{"id":119455,"date":"2026-07-09T23:16:06","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T22:16:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/?p=119455"},"modified":"2026-07-09T23:19:04","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T22:19:04","slug":"cfl-picks-bo-levi-mitchell-injury-shakes-week-6-as-roughriders-elks-lead-best-bets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/football\/cfl\/cfl-picks-bo-levi-mitchell-injury-shakes-week-6-as-roughriders-elks-lead-best-bets\/","title":{"rendered":"CFL Picks: Bo Levi Mitchell Injury Shakes Week 6 as Roughriders, Elks Lead Best Bets"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":118546,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[766],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-119455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cfl"],"acf":{"brief_description":"Surprising contenders and favorable point spreads make Week 6 one of the season's strongest betting slates","auto_update_sportal365":true,"property_type":["","run_ads","","","",""],"main_image":118547,"authors":false,"custom_author":"Mark Keast","type":"news","properties":{"ads_enabled":true,"adult_content":false,"important":false,"live":false},"live_url":"","type_of_redirect":"permanent","body":[{"acf_fc_layout":"editor_block","content":"<p>The major storyline across the CFL landscape this week, from a sports betting perspective, is player injury, with Hamilton Tiger Cats announcing they have lost veteran quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell, who underwent ankle surgery.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\">The Tiger Cats (2-2) are now forced to look at backup options going forward, and with that news their season has changed dramatically. That\u2019s a massive loss \u2013 Mitchell was seventh in the CFL with 1,107 passing yards, fourth in touchdowns, with nine.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\">Going into Week 6, the Ottawa Redblacks (0-4) are in Edmonton tonight to play the Elks (3-1), at 9 p.m. EST. In <a target=\"_self\" class=\"editor-link\" href=\"https:\/\/betway.ca\/ca-on\/en-ca\/sports\/grp\/american-football\/canada\/cfl\">CFL betting<\/a> at Betway, the Elks are -300, the Redblacks +240. The spread is Edmonton -6.5 (-110), and Ottawa +6.5 (-110), with the total at 57.5 (Over -115, Under -115).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\">Tomorrow, the Toronto Argonauts (2-2) travel to Winnipeg to take on the Blue Bombers (2-2), 8:30 p.m. EST. The Argos are betting favorites at -150, the Bombers +125, with the spread Winnipeg +2.5 (-115) and Toronto -2.5 (-105). The total is 60.5 (Over -105, Under -115).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\">On Saturday, it\u2019s the Calgary Stampeders (2-2) in Montreal against the Alouettes (3-1), at 7 p.m. EST. Montreal is -188 at Betway, Calgary +150, with the spread the Alouettes -3.5 (-110), and the Stampeders +3.5 (-110). The total is 62.5 (Over -110, Under -110).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\">And on Sunday, with the Mitchell injury, the Tiger Cats (2-2) find themselves underdogs against the Roughriders, in Saskatchewan (3-1) at 7 p.m. EST. At Betway, it\u2019s Hamilton +275, Saskatchewan -350, and the spread Saskatchewan -8.5 (-105) and Hamilton +8.5 (-115). The total is 54.5 (Over -105, Under -115).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\">Calgary has become one of the CFL\u2019s surprises, early on in the season, with Montreal coming off a bye week. Edmonton is coming off its first loss of the season but still looks like one of the West Division\u2019s strongest clubs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\">Best bets on the CFL front this week is led by the Roughriders\u2019 spread versus Hamilton, with Saskatchewan going into the game with the superior quarterback and defence, and the momentum, plus the home field advantage.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\">The Stampeders\u2019 spread looks like another strong play, with their ability to keep games tight.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\">I\u2019m taking the Edmonton spread at home against the Redblacks, with one of the league\u2019s more balanced rosters, and Ottawa near the bottom of the CFL in most offensive categories.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\">And Toronto outright against Winnipeg \u2013 the Argos offence has shown flashes all season and sits at the top in categories like passing yards (1,583), passing TDs (13), and net offence (1,861 yards).<\/p>\n"}]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119455","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119455"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119455\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":119456,"href":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119455\/revisions\/119456"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/118546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}