B.C. Lions @ EDMONTON
B.C. Lions +131 over EDMONTON

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Posted at 1:00 PM EST. 

9:30 PM EST. The Eskimos are undefeated at 4-0 but forgive us for not being impressed. While their record makes for a great headline, it can't be ignored that three of the Eskies wins have been by way of the fourth quarter comeback. That includes last week's 31-28 road win in Hamilton against the winless Tiger-Cats. A look at the stat sheet shows there aren't many holes to poke in the Eskies but slow starts have been a problem all season. The Eskimos are playing with fire and can't continue to come back week after week.

Despite losing starting quarterback Jonathon Jennings two weeks ago in Hamilton, the Lions haven't missed a beat. It doesn't hurt that their number two is Travis Lulay, the teams' former star QB and a man that led the Leos to the Grey Cup in 2011. While Lulay is not the player he once was, he's getting the job done. The Lions are loaded with offensive weapons. Receivers Nick Moore, Emmanuel Arceneaux and Bryan Burnham are all producing for the West Division's top passing team with 338.6 yards per game while running back Jeremiah Johnson leads the league with five rushing touchdowns. The offense is doing its part. The Lions defense is led by Solomon Elimimian, who leads the team with 40 tackles. While the Leos are the top passing team out West they are also giving up the fewest passing yards league wide at just 240.8 per game. In a pass heavy league that's a nice stat to hang your hat on.

These two teams played in Vancouver in Week 1 with Mike Reilly engineering what has become his signature this season, a fourth quarter comeback. In that game, the Lions had more first downs, ran more plays and led the way in time of possession but they made the mistake of giving Reilly the ball with time left on the clock. Already down 1-0 in the season series, the Lions shouldn't make that mistake again and quite frankly, they are the better team taking a price (or points).

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Our Pick

B.C. Lions +131 (Risking 2 units - To Win: 2.62)