Winless Elks face stiff test against reigning Grey Cup champion Argos
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It might be a stretch to call a team that finished 4-14 last season and hasn’t won a home game in more than two seasons the biggest disappointment so far in the young CFL season.
It might be a stretch to call a team that finished 4-14 last season and hasn’t won a home game in more than two seasons the biggest disappointment so far in the young CFL season.
After all, the bar isn’t set very high for the winless Edmonton Elks, who host the Grey Cup champion Toronto Argonauts on Sunday.
Despite the Elks' free-agent signing frenzy this past off-season to improve their offence, the team has scored just 13 points over its first two games, having been shut out in a 22-point loss to the BC Lions last week.
“We’re frustrated, there’s no doubt about it,” said Edmonton general manager and head coach Chris Jones. “You feel the frustration in our team meetings. You feel the frustration in our locker room.
"They’ve worked hard, and they want to be a good football team. You’d be worried if they weren’t frustrated.”
Elks quarterback Taylor Cornelius has just 300 yards passing over the first two games of the season. A chunk of those came on one play -- an underthrown pass to Geno Lewis, who turned it into a jump ball and then sprinted to the end zone for a 102-yard touchdown in a 17-13 Week 1 loss to the Saskatchewan Roughriders.
That stands as Edmonton’s only touchdown of the season. Take that one big play away and the numbers get really worrying.
