Argos earn 45-24 residence win over B.C. Lions, stay CFL’s lone unbeaten membership

Javon Leake had a 91-yard punt-return landing whereas Toronto’s defence registered six interceptions because the Argonauts defeated the visiting B.C. Lions 45-24 on Monday evening to stay the CFL’s lone unbeaten staff.

Toronto (3-0) opened a season with three straight wins for the primary time since 1991. Robertson Daniel anchored that accomplishment with three interceptions, together with a 62-yard pick-six with 52 seconds remaining.

B.C. (3-1) was trying to go to 4-0 for the primary time since 2007. Vernon Adams Jr. completed 24-of-39 passing for 388 yards and three touchdowns, but additionally had the six picks.

Toronto’s defence outshone a B.C. unit that got here in main the CFL in fewest factors allowed (seven per recreation), web offensive yards (211.7) and common yards per play (4.4). The Lions additionally registered seven sacks — boosting their CFL-best whole to 11 — in final week’s 30-6 highway win over Winnipeg.

And whereas Adams had his third 300-yard passing efficiency of the season, he had few solutions for Toronto’s defence. And that delighted the BMO Discipline gathering of 12,473 that included Jim Kelly, the previous Buffalo Payments star and Toronto starter Chad Kelly’s uncle.

Kelly was 23-of-29 passing for 249 yards with a TD. He additionally had an 18-yard run.

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Adams pulled B.C. to inside 35-24 at 4:37 of the fourth with a nine-yard TD cross to Keon Hatcher, who was showing in his first recreation of the season. However he additionally threw his fifth choose of the sport, this one to Qwan’tez Stiggers with 6:21 remaining to play.

Kelly then engineered a 10-play, 47-yard drive that resulted in Boris Bede’s 45-yard subject purpose at 13:37. Toronto really drove to the B.C. 16-yard line earlier than an altercation resulted in six fouls (two Lions, 4 Argos) and put the ball on the Lions’ 46-yard line.

B.C. obtained the ball again at its 29 with 1:17 remaining however Daniel responded along with his third interception.

Cameron Dukes, DaVaris Daniels and A.J. Ouellette scored Toronto’s different touchdowns. Bede kicked the converts, three subject targets and a single.

Dominique Rhymes had B.C.’s different two touchdowns. Sean Whyte booted the converts and a subject purpose.

Bede put Toronto forward 28-17 with a 37-yard subject purpose at 7:37 of the third. Then Ouellette scored on a four-yard run at 13:39 following Daniel’s 78-yard interception return to the B.C. 22-yard line.

Whyte’s 46-yard subject purpose at 4:41 minimize B.C.’s deficit to 25-17. The Lions’ defence stopped Toronto on third-and-one on the Argos’ 30-yard line.

Bede’s 47-yard subject purpose at 14:08 of the second staked Toronto to its 25-14 halftime lead. The Argos took benefit of B.C. errors, together with three Adams interceptions, for the 11-point benefit.

Kelly’s 17-yard landing cross to Daniels put Toronto again into the lead, 21-14 at 12:27. It got here two play after Jonathan Jones corralled Robertson Daniel’s deflection and returned it to the B.C. 21-yard line.

Bede then adopted with an 80-yard kickoff single at 12:30 to place Toronto up 22-14.

Adams hit Rhymes on a 21-yard TD cross at 8:55 to make it 14-14. It got here after Adams opened the march with a 61-yard completion to Justin McInnis.

Dukes’ one-yard run at 2:08 put Toronto forward 14-7. It adopted Daniel’s 29-yard interception return to the B.C. 22-yard line, with the Argos’ six-play scoring drive being aided by two B.C. penalties.

Leake pulled Toronto even along with his electrifying punt return TD at 13:53 of the primary. B.C. was pressured to punt after taking a pricey time-count violation on second-and-two that was adopted by an incompletion.

Rhymes opened the scoring with an 18-yard TD strike from Adams at 5:36, capping a four-play, 72-yard march.

UP NEXT

The Lions host the Montreal Alouettes (2-1) on July 9, whereas the Argonauts have their second bye week.

Dan Ralph, The Canadian Press

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