On any given Monday there is always so much to dissect and digest from the week that was in the CFL.

The difficult part is parsing through all the action to sum up the most significant moments from the four games.

While I can’t include every moment and player, I have done my best to distill what we saw and have put together a list of five things we learned from these four games.

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THE ELKS RUSHING ATTACK JUST GOT MORE DANGEROUS

Let’s start with the obvious: Justin Rankin is the best player in the league and would win MOP if the award was handed out in early July.

His 19-yard touchdown run in the first quarter had no business working, as the Ottawa REDBLACKS defence had blown up any chances for a run up the gut. The undeterred Rankin bounced away from the point of attack and looped around the left side of the line for yet another impressive touchdown. I felt bad for Ottawa’s Luiji Vilain who was isolated one-on-one on a swing pass and ended up tackling air as Rankin hit the turbo boost button and went in for a 33-yard touchdown.

The revelation on Thursday was the return of Javon Leake, the running back. Dating back to 2025, Leake had 65 total........

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