Touchdowns are falling, but we're seeing more touchdown diversity

There's been a remarkable drop in touchdowns across the CFL this year. Through nine weeks of last year's season (32 total games), there were 162 touchdowns, or 5.1 per game. Through nine weeks of this season (before the Labour Day Weekend games), there had been 36 games played thanks to the introduction of a ninth team (the Ottawa Redblacks), but the total touchdowns had dropped to 135, or just 3.8 per game. However, while touchdowns have dropped, there have been many more unusual touchdowns, and plenty from unusual players. Consider this one from 310-pound Saskatchewan Roughriders offensive lineman Dan Clark, who lined up as a tight end and caught a touchdown pass last week against the B.C. Lions:

Or this one, from 282-pound Ottawa Redblacks' defensive tackle Jonathan Williams. After linebacker Antoine Pruneau knocked a pass from Calgary QB Bo Levi Mitchell up in the air in that clash last week, Williams caught it for an interception and rumbled in for a touchdown:

How about the old pick-and-lateral? Edmonton showed that off against Toronto last Saturday, with defensive lineman Odell Willis intercepting a Ricky Ray pass and lateraling to linebacker Dexter McCoil for a TD:

We've also see special teams coming through, but not on a return. Last Friday, the first touchdown in the Montreal-Winnipeg game came in the third quarter, when Bombers' DB Don Unamba blocked a Sean Whyte punt and fellow Winnipeg DB Derek Jones recovered for the touchdown:

The above is just a small sampling of the weird touchdowns this season, so, while there may not be a ton of TDs being scored, at least they're being scored in interesting ways. Add that to the rise of trick plays we've seen this year, and an argument can be made that there's still plenty of entertaining action in the CFL. It's just not frequently coming from the usual suspects.