Right, especially after the PR goes back to 10 instead of 13 players. I don’t know which week that happens.
The Alouettes could always have less than 13 players on the practice roster, but they don’t have to go to 10 anytime; could decide so, but don’t have to.
In September, and for 4 weeks, the practice roster could go to 18 and back to 13 after these 4 weeks.
You can have 13 or 18, only if you have 3 Global players on practice roster; excluding Global players, it’s 10 and up to 15 in September which coincides with last NFL cuts.
Richard
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Ah, yes, it’s global players that allow the larger PR of 13. And we have 3 globos there currently: Hutley, Sloan, and Nouilli.
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Our Tuesday injury report is identical to Monday’s, except that Mason is obviously gone and Moose isn’t listed since he’s on the 6-game. Ottawa’s report is identical too. (Brown still Limited in practice.)
| Player Name | POSITION | Injury | MON | TUE | WED | Game Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dionte Ruffin | DB | Hamstring | DNP | DNP | ||
| Joshua Archibald | DL | Hamstring | DNP | DNP | ||
| Antonio Moultrie | DL | Back | Full | Full | ||
| Stevie Scott | RB | Knee | Full | Full | ||
| Nick Callender | OL | Foot | DNP | DNP | ||
| Cyrille Hogan-Saindon | OL | Knee | Full | Full | ||
| James Morgan | QB | Back | Full | Full |
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We could very well be facing our old friend Matt Shiltz Friday,
And Dru Brown admits he should have taken himself out of the Sask. game when he injured his hip.
But he also didn’t want to take himself out of the game and put the responsibilities on the shoulders of a cold backup.
“In hindsight, maybe that would have been a smart decision,” Brown said.
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Ottawa would be foolish to start Brown if he’s not at 100%. That’s a risk to their meal ticket. That said, whoever starts is going to get bodied by our defence.
If Shiltz starts, a good chunk of their offense will be former Als.
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Not just offence. Between Shiltz, Stanback, Lewis, Pickett, and Wakefield, it’s the Ottawa Alouettes for sure.
Edit: If Scott has another day of full practice, do they activate him to back up STE this week, or keep Theis on the roster?
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Unless Scott is going to start, I think Theis also providing KR backup/options keeps him in the lineup.
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Ça pourrait aussi être une tentative de mêler l’adversaire.
Relativement au remplacement potentiel (et probable) de Callender, je ne crois pas que Maas va envoyer une recrue. S’ils veulent faire jouer une recrue comme bloqueur, ce sera à droite, pas à gauche. Shanks s’était bien débrouillé en march préparatoire, mais ce n’était pas contre les partants. Je vois peut-être plus Ventrelli y être transféré et Gibbon partir comme garde.
Concernant le porteur de ballon, je me demande ce que Theis aurait fait de mal la semaine dernière pour être mis de côté au profit de Scott. Il a bien couru et a fait des gains en faisant rater les adversaires, chose qu’on voyait rarement avec Fletcher et Antwi.
En défensive, difficile de demander mieux que la semaine dernière. Mais je pense que les Bicolores seront plus coriaces que les Argonauts ne l’ont été. L’attaque devra trouver une façon de demeurer sur le terrain.
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I agree with the substance of your post, but do want to point out that Ottawa’s O-line had a lot of trouble against Saskatchewan. If that’s how they’re going to play, whoever’s behind centre will have a miserable time against our defence.
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Report that Brown is out for this week’s game.
Edit: confirmed that Brown is out.
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Here are the LT possibilities for the Als:
En terminant, notons que le bloqueur à gauche, Nick Callender, a raté l’entraînement mardi. Les Alouettes ont alterné entre Ed Montilus et Des Holmes pour le remplacer. Callender s’est blessé durant le deuxième quart contre Toronto, mais il a été en mesure de reprendre l’action quelques minutes plus tard. Les Alouettes avaient donc déplacé le bloqueur à droite Jamar McGloster du côté gauche et ils ont envoyé la recrue Tiger Shanks dans la mêlée pour remplacer McGloster. Cette option demeure donc une possibilité pour la rencontre de vendredi contre le Rouge et Noir à Ottawa.
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Should be an easy win for the Als - 42 - 0 ?
Honestly a bit surprised that they’re going right to raw newcomers in Montilus and Holmes for Callender’s spot. Montilus has a bit of familiarity with our system, since he signed last September. Holmes is new to the team but spent time with Ottawa in 2023 and 2024. Both are 25 and around the same height and weight. Flip a coin! 
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Given that McGloster moving to LT and Shanks playing RT aftert he injury worked well, surprised they don’t stick with that … they must really like Montilus and/or Holmes.
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Le front défensif des Alouettes a bien paru entre autres parce que le jeu au sol des Argonauts était vraiment pourri. Ça va être une autre histoire contre Stanback. Si on parvient à limiter les gains au sol du Rouge et Noir à une quantité négligeable de verges, on pourra dire qu’il se passe quelque chose.
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I think they would start with either Montilus or Holmes at LT. If they are getting beaten early, then they might consider moving McGloster to LT and plugging in Shanks at RT.
Hopefully Montilus (who has been with the team since last Sept.) or Holmes can be pleasant surprises.
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Dans un article du 11/06 de Frédéric Daigle dans la Presse de, il est mentionné que Des Holmes sera utilisé comme bloqueur offensif à gauche.
Comme C. Sprieker est blessé, J. Wayne s’est entraîné avec la premier unité offensive.
À suivre..
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But our defence shut down the run early. It’s not like Toronto suddenly forgot how to run the ball.
I was actually going to point out after the game that our run D was better against the Argos than it’s ever been. Between Wynn and Uguak, we’ve got some excellent run-stoppers, and we gave Toronto nothing all night long.