ARGOS POST-GAME NOTES: WEEK 4 at WINNIPEG

TALE OF THE GAME:

• The Toronto Argonauts traveled to Investors Group Field in Winnipeg, Manitoba, to take on the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in their first Western road trip of the season. In a full four-quarter chess match, the Double Blue dropped to 2-2 following a 33-25 loss to the Bombers on Thursday.
   
• In just his second career CFL game, RB/KR Martese Jackson gave the Argonauts their first lead of the game (10-7) in the first quarter by way of a 78-yard punt return touchdown. Jackson was freed by a crucial block from 2017 CFL Draft pick Nakas Onyeka that took out a pair of Bombers in pursuit on the play. Jackson's first career touchdown marked the Argos first punt return touchdown since Chad Owens 85-yard return on September 26, 2015, in Ottawa. The Florida Atlantic product finished the night with a total of 339 return yards (148 punt return, 191 kickoff return), ranking him fourth all-time in CFL history for total kick return yards in a single-game. Additionally, Jackson’s total return yards ranks second in Argos single-game history behind Bashir Levingston's 345 yards on August 24, 2005 vs. Calgary. 

WORTH NOTING:

• SJ Green passed Argos legend Michael Pinball Clemons and Jason Tucker to slide into the Top 50 receivers all-time in the second quarter on Thursday night. Green now has 7,098 career yards in his 11 CFL seasons; he finished the night with five catches for 85 yards.
• Argonauts QB Ricky Ray registered a 300+ yard passing game for the fourth consecutive week, throwing for 330 yards on 27-of-46 passing. Ray’s four consecutive games with 300+ passing yards marked the fifth time that he has done so in his career and the first since the 2009 CFL season. The 15-year veteran has registed five consecutive 300-yard passing games on just one occasion – June 17 to July 20, 2006.
• Canadian kicker Lirim Hajrullahu connected on 6-of-6 field goal attempts in just his second return to Investors Group Field. The Western University product’s six field goals tie a career high for field goals made in a game. Hajrullahu last converted six kicks against the BC Lions on July 7, 2016.
• LB Bear Woods led the Argonauts defence with nine tackles, the most he has had in a single game since joining the club in June. The sure-handed tackler has now registered a total of 24 defensive tackles in four games and 5+ in the Argos last three outings (WK2 - 6, WK3 - 8, WK4 -9).
• Fourth-year Argo Anthony Coombs led the club and notched a career-high in catches (8) and receiving yards (94). The Argos 2013 CFL Draft pick needs just 19 catches to reach 150 in his career.
• WR Khalil Paden, who signed with the Argonauts via free agency this past off-season, had a career-high six catches for 59 yards on the night.
• 10-year CFL veteran Brandon Whitaker moved into the Top 40 rushers in CFL history on Thursday night. Whitaker’s 19 yards on the ground pushed him past Gerry McDougall for 40^th on the CFL’s All-Time list.