The next third is here.

With most of the CFL’s nine teams getting to the six-game mark (Saskatchewan and BC do that this week), we can take stock of what we’ve seen.

Act I of the season has given us plenty to mull over, it is true.

But, it’s football. We’ve got to keep looking ahead.

With six more games coming up to get us to the two-thirds mark of the regular season, here are five things to keep an eye on in Act II.

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DEFENCE? DEFENCE? DEFENCE?

It’s been a rough start for the CFL’s defences, generally speaking, with the offences taking charge the way they did right out of the gate in Week 1.

In this next third of the schedule, it’ll be interesting to see if the defences can clamp down on the fireworks.

After Week 4, the league-wide net yards per game average sat at 819. After Week 7, it was down one whole yard, to 818.

Passing yards? 655 per game after Week 4, down slightly to 648 after Week 7.

Rushing yards per game came in at 193 after Week 4, and rose to 200 at the conclusion of this past week.

Other comparisons from Week 4 to Week 7 show that sacks are up from 3.3 to 3.6 per game, turnovers have gone from 3.1 to 3.6/game and that touchdown drive percentage has fallen from 25 to 23 per cent.

There have been 21 Players of the Week named so far in........

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