CFL 2024 Recap: Montreal @ Edmonton - week 2

[@ericsupermagnificent]

Montreal has won 10 games in a row!

[@teo_heel]

They do.

[@KyleJon]

Yea. Let’s see. 2 months of “winning “ against Hamilton and Ottawa. Then they played Hamilton in the playoffs. Then Toronto self destructed like no other team in history. Then you got extremely lucky against a FAR BETTER but beat up Bomber team, “winning it” in the last 12 SECONDS. Now you’ve beaten EDMONTON and a Bomber team that lost a crap load of players, to “The Grey Cup champions “ who lost virtually NO ONE. Now WHY wouldn’t ANYONE want your players??

[@clyde38]

Best team in the CFL right now.

[@teo_heel]

@@KyleJon Yeah, Toronto self destructed, Als defense didn't do anything, right? Not at all... no Dequoy 100+ TD return from interception and 21 total points from Toronto turnovers caused by them. And how a "FAR BETTER" team managed to lose in Grey Cup? Maybe because they were not that good? And yeah, winning in the last 12 seconds is not "lucky", it's being a BETTER team when it mattered the most. Winnipeg didn't do good in the last three plays by Fajardo and his team. And what do you mean by "no one wants Als players"? You know that Austin Mack and Lwal Uguak signed with NFL teams, right? PS. Edmonton looked great tonight, Montreal defense once again showed why Als are champions.

[@KyleJon]

@@teo_heel Your “team” played Tiddly Winks for the last 2 months, then played tiddly winks the first 2 weeks of the playoffs. Winnipeg was playing 2 months of Saskatchewan, BC, Saskatchewan Bc, Calgary and were basically injured and worn out. Your RIDICULOUS team scored THREE POINTS against the Bombers game 1, then to prove it wasn’t a fluke, scored THREE POINTS the second game. THREE. Not three on the first drive. THREE POINTS IN SIXTY MINUTES. Who TF does that? Not a “championship team.” Now your loser QB thinks he is Doug Flutie or something. So in 2 games against WESTERN opponents, you had scumbag Stubblefield get injured for the whole year. (Totally hilarious. Tries to injure Streveller the play before, then gets injured for the whole year.) Then your receiver gets injured for 6+++ games. Snead? Then your receiver got knocked da f*** out tonight against Edmonton. See what it’s like in the WEST? Your path to the cup was even more pathetic than the Coilers.

[@wintertime331]

As a riders fan , another western team loss bodes well for us : As a CFL fan - COME ON Edmonton and get out there and SUPPORT YOUR TEAM! You’ll only support them when they’re winning??? They have to be in the grey cup every year or you’ll abandon them??? The riders haven’t been back to the big game since 2013 yet the stands full ! Same with Winnipeg! 29 years and no grey cup wins yet the stands were full ! Get behind your team !!!

[@teo_heel]

Yeah... I don't understand that at all. It seems that most "fans" of Edmonton were bandwagoners who only cared about them when they were great. I'm a new fan of CFL and I gravitate towards Edmonton because they're struggling. I'm all about great teams having a bad period. I have a great example in Russian Soccer. FC Spartak Moscow was at one point the dominant force, they won all but one Russian Championship in 90s. But in recent years, especially after an unexpected championship in 2016-2017 season team is not doing great. Team is still considered a contender every year, but sometimes they end very low in the table. But fans are still supporting them no matter what.

[@user-yg1dg6xm2g]

@@teo_heel Edmontonians were fans of the Eskimos. The Elks are a new team that has yet to win over the old fanbase.

[@teo_heel]

@@user-yg1dg6xm2g are you dumb? It's the exact same team. Name change doesn't mean that the team is new.

[@georgelukowich8987]

There are so many factors into why there are less fans. For one, this last game there was a tornado/storm warning. Name change completely aside, the Management & Community Ownership haven't given a flying f**k about the fans for nearly a decade. After we won the cup in 2015, the quality has dropped in everything. The quality of swag dropped significantly & price of food is astronomically high for the poor quality. Even small things like throwing mini footballs after touchdowns, they haven't thrown any in the upper bowl for years. They haven't had a good halftime show since 2016. I was a season ticket holder with my Dad for nearly two decades in the upper bowl and there were hundreds of others sitting near us with season tickets. They lost all of us when they announced there won't be an upper bowl and demanded we pay as new "season ticket holders". Then, with less then a month before the season started, they offered to grandfather us in if we went to the lower bowl on the 10yard line. Who would want to pay the same price of seeing the entirety of the field and how the plays/drives set up for basically seeing just one endzone the entire game? Tie in the fact that Jones just has a rotating door of players who have made zero difference, how Tre Ford finally showed us signs of life and then Jones goes and grabs (who I still think is beyond overrated) b/c Ford isn't mature enough to hide the fact that he despises Canadian QBs (see what he did to the poor kid in Sask). All in all, Edmonton fans are trying there best, but when you see how Oilers & the RiverHawks (baseball) treat their fans far better and actually try to make the games entertaining, it leaves a real shitty taste in your mouth to want to cheer for the team.

[@teo_heel]

@@user-yg1dg6xm2g Elks is the same team. Name change doesn't mean that the team is completely new.

[@smokindragn1]

OMG the stadium was almost empty

[@DarrellWingerak]

Shocking. It wasn't long ago that only Toronto saw crowds like this. I feel bad for the players.

[@teo_heel]

Not that much. 15000 people attended the game. Yeah, it does look empty because Commonwealth is 55000 seat stadium, but that's a respectable attendance.

[@aetfggdgdfgret]

Edmonton used to have more than 30000 average attendance.

[@eibbor171]

stanley cup..

[@f.p.b7197]

Looking at the amount of fans in the stands its just terrible . What has happened to this proud team of Edmonton that would fill out those stands game after game years ago . Anyway as a Montreal fan happy we got the win and many more coming . GO ALS GO .

[@teo_heel]

15000 fans... it's not a bad number for a team that is losing quite a lot in the last three seasons. And fans are bitching about name change and that is not helping Elks at all.

[@sportshistorybuff319]

Was that the official attendance, 15,0000? If that's what the owners claim, and given the magical crowd size reporting in recent years, I wonder how light it might really have been?

[@teo_heel]

@@sportshistorybuff319 I believe that 15000 people were on the stadium. Commonwealth Stadium is such a huge one, 15000 people will look like nothing on it. Just look at UFL, it's kinda the same thing with San Antonio in Alamodome, they have 15000 people and arena looks almost empty.

[@rickykozak58]

What happened is Edmonton didn’t win a game at home for like literally 4 years I think

[@rickykozak58]

@@teo_heelthe Blue bombers average double that for attendance. They’re nearly sold out every game. Look at Calgary from 2014-2018, McMahon was packed. Look at Saskatchewan in the 2010’s packed. It correlates with team success. Edmonton didn’t win a game in Edmonton for 3 seasons straight. If they start playing good football again they’ll get some fan turnout

[@teo_heel]

Fun game. Elks were close. But a very costly interception by MBT was enough for Als to seal the win.

[@chanceschenk5960]

I hate how the games that are supposed to be primetime games and the sky sun is still out during the first two quarters like start the games later then like at 8 o clock especially on a Friday night if it's a Thursday night then I get it but COMEON ITS A FRYDAY NIGHT GAME AND THE SUN IS STILL OUT if the elks just started the game at 730 then that would be great

[@teo_heel]

@@chanceschenk5960 I think that it's not that easy to do with all the other events that TSN broadcast.

[@chanceschenk5960]

all they broadcast is sportcenter after the games ennyways

[@teo_heel]

@@chanceschenk5960 I know, but they have UEFA Euro 2024 and 2024 CONMEBOL Copa America as well.

[@chanceschenk5960]

I guess but still I it dosent feal like a fryday night football game unless it is actually dark outside at the beginning of the game like the feal is just not there

[@teo_heel]

Quality of the recap... is ALL OVER THE PLACE... What the heck is wrong with it?

[@elterrifico9522]

Cry simp

[@Funnyfinsfan]

Audio and video doesn’t match for one…

[@lemonator8813]

Yeah would've been nice to see the play after leakes return that set up the field goal at the end of the half lol

[@philv2099]

I love this team ! Go Als

[@teo_heel]

And my god... the quality of the recap is even worse than quality of CFL+ stream... what the heck? PS. CFL+ ONCE AGAIN had a problem with a desynched audio. CFL, do something with it. It's not acceptable at this point. 1st week was okay if not for the missed part of the game between BC and Toronto.

[@Soundersfan2023]

I thought I was tripping cuz I thought it was my connection but no it was theirs

[@elijahtchilembe-mpovie2715]

🔵⚪️🔴🕊️

[@string-bag]

Great game!

[@kaminator515]

A heartbreaker for the Elks. They brought the fight but simply could not make that timely critical play

[@XJLegend7573]

LET'S GO MONTREAL

[@GaryWhite-qb7kt]

What happened to Tre' Ford? However these CFL games are fun to watch.

[@kamelsport-666]

aucun espoir avec cette équipe de Edmonton. toujours les mêmes erreurs,même fautes qui cause la défaite à chaque fois.ça devient pénible pour les supporters. les Alouettes enfin ils ont trouver la sauce pour bien jouer.ils peuvent devenir une dynastie si ils continuent à jouer de cette façon et pourquoi pas recruter quelques joueurs de plus pour aider l'équipe et c'est parti pour gagner au moins 3 championnats dans les 5 ans à venir et profiter de baisse du régime des Winnipeg au moins dans les 2 derniers matchs. un fan de la CFL from France.

[@TimDyck]

The stadium has a lot of empty seats. This is not good for the league.

[@Cuhhh9]

Why tre ford not starting

[@teo_heel]

Tre Ford needs to learn a lot. MBT was signed to motivate Ford and MBT is teaching Tre about all the nuances of the game. Tre Ford is all about magic, but sometimes you should just do small things and not try to do crazy stuff all the time.

[@dianewood4603]

racist chris jones goes not want a qb of color

[@Cuhhh9]

@@dianewood4603 that’s what it seems like

[@teo_heel]

@@dianewood4603 it has nothing to do with color or anything. Tre Ford is good, but he still need to learn a lot. MBT was brought not only to play, but also to teach Tre. MBT has a lot of experience, he was a passing leader in CFL before. It's not his fault that his OLine was not doing a great job protecting him and letting him to make better decisions, he was forced quite a few times to do a risky play and it ended with him throwing an interception.

[@-007-2]

@@dianewood4603- Darien Durant and Kevin Glenn say your comment is nothing but race-baiting garbage.

[@robertoautore9252]

!! GO ALS GO !!

[@sportshistorybuff319]

15,000 is even lower than most official crowds the past three seasons, and this is only Week Two. When the Elks return home, they could be 0-4. Wonder what the mood is among the fan faithful if it figures to be another 4-14 season. Never lived in Edmonton so I am not familiar with whether they are like Toronto Maple Leaf fans through thick and thin.

[@teo_heel]

To be honest, I think that Elks will win more than 4. Both games were close. Not like the last season when BC twice didn't let Elks to score even once.

[@edwardkelly3280]

Both of the losses are 1 possession games so far but it might be turned into one or two ways.

[@thomasjoseph3488]

Couldn't see all that well here, but it looked like a light crowd.

[@creedencebakken2686]

The elks literally need to start playing in the small stadium next door because they have a hard time selling tickets

[@teo_heel]

15000 people. Not a small one to be honest, but on a 55000 seat stadium it isn't that big of an audience.

[@thomasjoseph3488]

@@teo_heel Yes, not bad, but that seems low for a beautiful Friday evening against the defending Grey Cup champions. Maybe it's depression over the Oilers' situation.

[@teo_heel]

@@thomasjoseph3488 Yeah, both Oilers losing in the Stanley Cup finals and Elks not being good since the name change for sure does a lot of harm.

[@erisedhammer3286]

Please stop showing the winning team celebrating in the video preview photo.

[@creedencebakken2686]

They need to do logos of the teams playing

[@runnerfromjupiter]

🏈🌩

[@Between-The-Goalposts]

Come on CFL. Show some punt highlights. How did Montreal start at their own 9 yard line and there was nothing?? But you'll show some random 3 yard run. PLEASE show some special teams plays. Jeez...

[@teo_heel]

Agreed. The highlight video is a bit random.

[@albertapatriot3877]

I never seen empty seats like that when they were the Edmonton Eskimos.

[@dylanparks3119]

Why are we sitting tre ford? Literally was the first to bring us a win the whole year and then his reward is getting replaced by a washed veteran who looks like Ben rothlesburger

[@jamesharris4041]

If not for the picks, Edmonton could very well have defeated the defending champs.

[@SirLionofBiff]

Augh. Again, stupid mistakes costing Edmonton. Little things like Purifoy running the ball out of the EZ on a missed FG. No difference between four and five points, but the 35 yard/8 yard difference is significant. Also, never a fan of Bethel-Thompson. His poor passing here is a reason why I've never been warm on the guy.

[@teo_heel]

That Purifoy idea of running the ball actually didn't do much in the end as Edmonton was close from a touchdown if not for MBT throwing an inception when Edmonton was reaching red zone. MBT was not bad with his passing, Dilon Mitchell dropped a good pass by him that could've ended in a touchdown.

[@felixculpa3520]

Yay! -- miaow(tabarnac).

[@chrisk475]

Good lord Dustin Neilson is like some guy from a high school calling a game.

[@teo_heel]

Dustin Nielson is great. Full of energy, that's a good thing for a viewer.

[@SirLionofBiff]

Agreed. He's amateur, and I have no idea why he's got a job when there are so many eager broadcasters who actually have talent.

[@teo_heel]

@@SirLionofBiff you clearly have no idea what is Dustin's role in the broadcast. He's a color commentator, whose job is to give emotional comments, not analytical comments. He works with Glen Suitor who is a play-by-play commentator. It's a right pairing. They complement each other with their styles. Perfect combination. And he's not an amateur, you clearly have no idea how amateur announcer sounds.

[@SirLionofBiff]

@@teo_heel Dude.... Wanna try the names/responsibilities again?

[@aaronscott8837]

why did the refs allow edmonton kick the field goal with zeros on the clock?????

[@poirierpascalxavier7601]

🔴🔵⚪🐦

[@jorlor9011]

Damn theres like no one in the stands lol

[@teo_heel]

Could you all please stop with all this nonsense about Edmonton's name change. It's just the name. Support the team, Elks have great players in their roster right now, but without a fan support they won't break a mental barrier. And stop asking for Tre Ford. Yes, he was doing some crazy stuff in the second half of 2023 season and won four games, but he isn't that great that you see him. He needs to learn a lot if he wants to really become a legend in CFL. For one great play of him there were two or three mediocre plays or even interceptions. Yes, his stat line is 12 TDs and 6 INT in 2023, but he had 2 TDs and 5 INTs in 2002. He's not that stable yet. Chris Jones signed MBT to motivate him. MBT isn't doing great, but he's not a bad player. A bad player would've not be the passing leader in 2022 and passing touchdowns leader in 2019 in CFL and passing yards leader in USFL in 2023. He will teach Tre Ford a lot. You need to believe in them and not bashing them for name change (that was forced by those who had money, they didn't want to deal with the team with a questionable name anymore). Elks have a great squad, their defense was solid tonight and offense was good as well. Team wants to win, they're too eager to end a playoff drought, they need your support.

[@Jake-xu1ts]

Eskimo’s used to be my favourite team, now that they changed their name to Elks , they absolutely suck , they should just fold

[@teo_heel]

You should just shut your mouth. Name change is not the reason why they suck, they're stuck in the rebuilding that took way longer than it should've been.

[@Jake-xu1ts]

@@teo_heel Bla Bla Bla!! So many excuses

[@teo_heel]

@@Jake-xu1ts every team eventually have their worst seasons. I know that Edmonton had a 34 season streak of making playoffs in 1972-2005, but right now they're on 3 season playoff drought. It's not great for sure, but from what I've watched of them this season, they're not half bad. They just need to overcome a mental barrier. Team is too used to losing, they sometimes want to win so bad and it causes them to make silly mistakes. But I believe in them. They have a great team, both losses were in close games.

[@elterrifico9522]

Cry simp

[@alexandermichelotti9069]

@@teo_heel I think he's one of those internet trolls spewing reactionary talking points.

[@martinbaird1406]

Where are you getting all the crowd noise from?

[@LeslieOtwell]

Damn elks almost had that one

[@teo_heel]

Yeah, they almost did it. It was a close one. People should support Elks in this situation.

[@MrChrisdube]

Is Edmonton's home losing streak (since they changed their nickname) still intact?😮

[@teo_heel]

No. They won two in a row at home last season. They're on 4 home game losing streak right now and that's not as bad as 22 home game losing streak.

[@oldtimer1946]

If Edmonton had to play themselves, they would lose

[@tupac2352]

Leugene Lewis

[@chrisr5499]

Why poor crowds ?

[@teo_heel]

2 home wins in the last three seasons plus Oilers playing in the Stanley Cup finals and losing as well.

[@chrisr5499]

@@teo_heel I'm a Rugby fan (both League and Union) but was reading the history of the game and it seemed to boom from the 1950's through the 1980s but is it losing it's place and whats the future ?

[@teo_heel]

@@chrisr5499 Future is bright. Yeah, there're no big money in the league, but talent is there for sure. Great players, great plays... Edmonton is struggling despite having a great team on paper.

[@CheeseEnthusiast617]

Talk about a snooze fest. Early game was somewhat exciting, but I can’t believe I sat on my couch for 3 hours to watch that. It felt like it was never gonna end. Although as a Riders fan it’s always glad to see Fajardo succeeding

[@mikeinalberta1330]

Elks are a terrible team. No wonder the stands are empty. Going on 3 years with no wins. Wow.

[@teo_heel]

Fans were on the stands. 15000 to be exact. Not much, but not too bad. And Elks are not that bad. They just need to break the mental barrier... somehow.

[@ryananderson5202]

Get woke go broke

[@Alibaba10-223]

Ngl CFL would be as epic as the NFL with 4 downs

[@eibbor171]

nah other way around

[@teo_heel]

CFL is epic BECAUSE of 3 downs.

[@chrisnesbitt8454]

Sorry about the dislike...Elks fan...

[@oldtimer1946]

How can a professional team be this bad for so many years. You all are a joke

[@teo_heel]

Just three years... three years. Like come on... Detroit Lions were awful for 10+ years and no one asked a thing. It happens, in every league some teams will not do good. And Elks are not that bad this season. Both losses were in close games that could've ended differently if Elks would just do a bit better. They want to win, it's clear as day. Sometimes they want it a bit too much though and it ends with them making mistakes.

[@Stoaneh]

Literally 1k people in the stands. Pathetic Cfl is def dieing. Maybe ufl will expand one day to canada

[@teo_heel]

I'm pretty sure that about 15000 - 20000 people were at the stadium, but because of its size it seems that there were not so many people. Commonwealth Stadium is one of the biggest stadiums in CFL with 55000 seats. And UFL is not even on the pro level at this point despite the looks. I'm pretty sure that UFL won't survive and they will follow the path of AAF, USFL, XFL and many other spring leagues.

[@cflhighlights9370]

The CFL has been “dying” pretty much since its inception in 1958. In Library and Archives Canada you can find a document written by some House committee from 1969 explaining that the inevitable addition of an NFL Toronto within the next decade was going to destroy an integral part of Canadian culture. In Pinball’s memoir which was written in the late 90s I think, he says that the NFL will expand to Toronto within the next ten years. It’s never happened at it never will. Let alone a UFL team. Attendance doesn’t tell the whole story. BC’s attendance has been able to jump and all it took was one new owner. One person to change how things were done and they have a vibrant fan base. Exact same could be all Edmonton needs without some low attendance being the downfall of a 160-year tradition.

[@davidrivera9743]

Lol

[@teo_heel]

@@cflhighlights9370 it's fun to talk with those who have no idea about CFL.

[@josephm3775]

The Edmonton Eskimos became the Edmonton Elks. What's next, will the Edmonton Oilers become the Edmonton Solar Panels?

[@Jake-xu1ts]

Yup, bunch of wacko’s up there, I wouldn’t miss them if they just fold

[@elterrifico9522]

Hopefully they change it back it the Eskies

[@teo_heel]

@@elterrifico9522 and lose all money? You should understand that the name change happened because of those who provide team with money.

[@teo_heel]

Eskimos was a very weird name for a sports team. I'm pretty sure not a single Eskimo actually played for them and not a single Eskimo lives in Alberta. And its a derogatory term after all even if not every inuit agrees with that.

[@Jake-xu1ts]

@@teo_heel what about the Elk ? They don’t like their name being used on a losing team, it’s an insult to the Elk 😂

[@KyleJon]

Was little Cody Farjardo insulted because he had to fly out to Edmonton this week? Little Cody knows you have to play in other teams cities too right? Can someone get Cody a bottle? Wipe his bunny?

[@teo_heel]

What the hell are you talking about? Cody was not crying at all, I don't know how you came up with this nonsense.

[@KyleJon]

@@teo_heel Cody was very hurt he had to fly to Winnipeg for game one. He even messed in his panties. Don’t comment, if ya ain’t gonna READ. SMFH

[@tudormiller887]

Can The Elks win The Grey Cup ? Can The Oilers win The Stanley Cup ? 🤔🇨🇦🏈🏒🏆