Tre Ford, the Canadian quarterback seen as the catalyst to the Edmonton Elks miraculous turnaround this season, will once again be under centre when the team returns from its bye week.
The third-year signal-caller, who came into Saturday’s 37-16 Elks victory over the Calgary Stampeders with four minutes left after starter McLeod Bethel-Thompson came out of the game with an injury, five weeks earlier had led Edmonton (5-8, fourth in CFL West) to its first win of the season in his first start of it.
That triumph on the road over the Saskatchewan Roughriders ended the Elks’ seven-game winless slide to start the 2024 Canadian Football League campaign.
Eight days later, however, Ford left Edmonton’s eventual win over the B.C. Lions with a chest injury, with Bethel-Thompson taking over and leading the team to four …