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Hamilton Tiger-Cats at Calgary Stampeders
McMahon Stadium
Kickoff: Saturday, July 29th @ 7:30 P.M.
TV: TSN, ESPN3


Since 2015, Calgary have won every home game against Hamilton but each of their five triumphs over the Ticats at McMahon since 2012 has been by less than a converted touchdown.Last time the Ticats won vs the Stamps at McMahon was 13 years ago. Marcus Crandell waas the QB for the Stamps while Danny McManus was the TiCats' QB. Even though the TiCats' record is 0-4 right now, the 3-1-1 Stampeders will not take them lightly. TiCats is struggling right now but they still have one of the best young QB in the CFL with Zach Collaros and one of the best returner in Speedy Banks.



OFFENSE:


Last week was the first time this season that Stamps run the ball more than the passing attempts. It actually helped because the Riders defense was caught concentrating on stopping Messam and some of the receivers were open, One good example was the Marquay McDaniel TD. Quay was wide open and the closest defender was caught watching the running plays.



Stamps stats against the Saskatchewan Roughriders last week:
QB Bo Levi Mitchell : 16/28 253YDS, 2 TD and 1 INT.

RB Jerome Messam : 28 carries 135 YDS and 1 TD - Player of the Week
R Marquay McDaniel : 2 for 88 YDS, 1 TD
R Kamar Jorden : 8 for 88 YDS 0 TD
R Lemar Durant : 4 for 61 YDS 1 TD
Oline: No sacks allowed.



DEFENSE:


Hughes picked the right time to come back. He came back playing the arch-rival Riders and against QB Kevin Glenn. Hughes was all over the Riders' OLine and definitely made Derek Dennis looks like a rookie out there. Hughes would have gotten at least 5 or more sacks the way he was playing. I actually thought he made 4 sacks. 3 were counted and the other one he got a hold of Kevin Glenn and Glenn's knee were down before he managed to throw the ball. DE James Vaughter was also played well and sacked Glenn twice.



Stats from last week's game:

DE Charleston Hughes :3 Tackles and 3 QB sacks and Player of the Week

DE James Vaughters : 4 tackles and 2 QB sacks
LB Maleki Harris, DB Ciante Evans, DT Micah Johnson and DB Jamar Wall all have 4 tackles.


SPECIAL TEAM:


It looks like Rene Paredes' struggled was now in the past. Paredes who struggled in the first two games was perfect in his field goal attempts in the last two games. Roy Finch who missed 2-games on a drug-related suspension doesn't look like he missed a step at all. Both Langlais and Power were pretty good on the special team coverage.


Stats from last week's game.

K Rene Paredes : 2 for 2 FG
R Roy Finch : 8 punt returns 122 YDS
R Marken Michel : 3 kickoff returns for 57 YDS.
RB William Langlais : 3 special team tackles
RB Charlie Power : 2 special team tackles


INJURY REPORT:


DB Brandon Smith who is eligible to come back after tomorrow's game. He is currently on 6-games injury list. Defensive captain Joshua Bell will miss the action tomorrow due to knee injury. Stamps doesn't think the injury is very serious which is a good nice. As of today, it looks like Bell is the only one not playing from last week's rosters. DB Odiasse will be inserted to replace Bell in the lineup while rookie Tunde Adeleke will start on Bell's safety position.


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Stamps will definitely take this game tomorrow. It is pretty scary to see the Stamps play their full potential. Imagine having the OLine 100% healthy, Mitchell getting his game back, Davaris Daniels getting the ball as much as last season and Messam running the ball as much as last week with a little more yards averages per carry. Defense fully healthy, I would say this team would be unbeatable.


Stamps need to pressure Collaros more often and get him frustrated. Ticats is a good team but if you get Collaros frustrated, their offense will not go anywhere.



Looks like we will have another nice and hot weather on game time tomorrow.



GO STAMPS GO!!!!