CFL Week 6 Recap: It'll Get Worse Before it Gets Worse

Things just continue to get worse and worse for the Canadian Capital.

Week 6 of the 2026 Canadian Football League season began with the Ottawa Redblacks in Edmonton against the Elks. These two teams met in the Grey Cup in 2015, and I remember that year; it was only the Redblacks' second in play. Ottawa lost that year, but the following year (2016) ended with the Redblacks as Grey Cup Champions--winning the trophy in only their third season of play.

Yet here it is, a decade later, and the Redblacks' season is kaput.

The game in Edmonton was close throughout. It was 16-14 Elks after three quarters. Then the fourth quarter happened. We all saw a season die in July. Edmonton outscored Ottawa 24-3 in the fourth quarter. A 40-17 victory for the Elks, who were coming off a loss in Vancouver in Week 5. It's a good thing for the Elks that the Redblacks exist. Ottawa is having a terrible summer in sports. The Senators lose Brady Tkachuk to the Panthers, and now the Redblacks are 0-5 to start the season. They are done. Not officially, but realistically. They'd have to win nine of their final 13 games to finish at .500! It's just not going to happen.

It's good for the Argonauts, because unless the crossover bites us in the ass like it did last year, we have a free ride to the playoffs all season. On the really safe side, we need to at least stay in second place, because that's safe from crossover rules. We were in Winnipeg for Friday Night Football, but despite our game effort, we came up short. A 30-21 victory for the Bombers, and that's two straight we've lost since defeating the defending champions. What didn't help us was the Montréal Alouettes picking up a big, high-scoring victory over the Calgary Stampeders on Saturday; 37-30 was the final score.

Thank God the Saskatchewan Roughriders came through! The Hamilton Tiger-Cats' Sunday visit to Regina was one they'd like to forget. The TiCats had no chance at all. It was all Riders en route to a 38-7 victory. The Tiger-Cats should have stayed in bed.

The standings after six weeks see the Saskatchewan Roughriders and the Edmonton Elks both at 4-1, with the Riders' 2-0 divisional tally being the difference. The Winnipeg Blue Bombers have the third place position at 3-2, while the Calgary Stampeders are close behind at 2-3, and the idle BC Lions remain at the bottom at 1-3. In the East, the Montréal Alouettes have increased their lead in the division, standing at 4-1, two games ahead of the Toronto Argonauts and the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. The Argos still have the divisional record edge that puts us in second place, and while Hamilton got smashed in Week 6, at least they're not Ottawa.

Week 7, which puts the season at the one-third mark, starts on Friday, July 17 with a West Division battle between the BC Lions and the Edmonton Elks. On Saturday, July 18, it's a doubleheader, starting with the Montréal Alouettes and the Calgary Stampeders facing off again, followed by the first meeting of the season between the Toronto Argonauts and the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. Finally, on Sunday, July 19, the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and the Ottawa Redblacks will close out not just the week, they will close out the first 33 1/3% of the 2026 CFL season.

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