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Ottawa +5 over Montreal

TD Place – Ottawa, ON

7:30 PM ET. Let’s not sugarcoat it — this isn’t an easy bet to make. Dru Brown looked electric in his Ottawa debut, throwing for over 400 yards in a losing effort, and now he’s shelved with a hip injury. In steps Matt Shiltz, a journeyman pivot with a sub-.500 record as a starter and a turnover-prone past. Oh, and Ottawa is down a key starter on defense in Alonzo Addae. So yes, this play takes a little nerve, but it also has teeth.

You see, everyone sees the same thing — Brown is out, the Als just manhandled Toronto, and Ottawa hasn’t beaten Montreal in ten straight home games. The market isn’t just baking that in — it’s dousing this line in it. Five points is a lot on the road in the CFL, and it’s being hung here because the perception is that Ottawa is short-handed and overmatched.

For one, Matt Shiltz isn’t a rookie off the street — he’s a veteran with 89 games under his belt and intimate knowledge of the Als' system, having played there for five seasons. The guy knows what he’s doing, and in a league where backup QBs routinely step in and thrive, we’re not in panic mode.

As for Montreal? Their win over Toronto looks nice on the surface, but peel back the layers. The Argos moved the ball — they just couldn’t finish drives. And Davis Alexander didn’t exactly light it up. He was efficient, but that Als offense wasn’t explosive — and now they hit the road, in a letdown spot, against a divisional foe coming off a stinging loss. It’s also a short week for Montreal, who played Saturday night and now travel on five days’ rest.

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