Elks’ Jarious Jackson to make CFL head-coaching debut versus Redblacks
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Jackson is also Edmonton's offensive co-ordinator and quarterback coach.
It’s certainly been a hectic week for Jarious Jackson.
Jackson was named Edmonton’s interim head coach Monday after head coach and general manager Chris Jones was fired. The move followed the Elks’ 37-34 home loss to the Ottawa Redblacks on Sunday night.
At least Jackson, who is also Edmonton’s offensive co-ordinator and quarterback coach, will make his CFL head-coaching debut against a familiar opponent. The Elks visit Ottawa on Friday night.
The two teams appeared headed to overtime Sunday after Edmonton made it 34-34 on Dakota Prukop’s one-yard touchdown run with eight seconds remaining. But veteran kicker Boris Bede, who missed a 31-yard field goal earlier in the fourth quarter, put the kickoff out of bounds to give Ottawa possession at its 50-yard line.
Dru Brown’s 29-yard completion to Kalil Pimpleton set up Lewis Ward’s 38-yard field goal on the game’s final play. It was Edmonton’s fourth straight loss by three points and third consecutive via a walk-off field goal.
Edmonton’s five defeats have been by a combined 20 points. It opened the season with a 29-21 loss to the Saskatchewan Roughriders after being outscored 21-3 in the fourth.
Edmonton’s defence will have to be much tighter in the rematch with Ottawa. Brown was 26-of-38 passing for 480 yards with two TDs and an interception Sunday night.
And while Pimpleton led the way with four catches for 154 yards and a TD, Dominique Rhymes (seven receptions, 131 yards) and Justin Hardy (five catches, 110 yards, TD) also figured prominently in Ottawa’s aerial attack.
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