Insight and Analysis
New faces but more of the same from Harris, REDBLACKS
OTTAWA — The more things change the more they stay the same, or so hopes Ottawa REDBLACKS head coach Rick Campbell.
Last year’s Grey Cup runner-ups have lost a few key pieces, ...
Good News, Bad News: Landry on free agency
Whether you were the busy Bombers or quiet Calgary, free agency probably helped you in some way. On the other hand, it also may have hurt. It’s bad news first for CFL.ca’s Don Landry, ...
Steinberg’s MMQB: Buckle up, it’s almost time
What a difference a year can make. The 2016 CFL free agency market is as close to unprecedented as it gets. Compared to where we were at this point last year, it’s not even close.
Trying to rank ...
Reilly on Maas: ‘You saw what Ottawa was able to do last year’
EDMONTON — How excited is Mike Reilly to work with Eskimos new head coach Jason Maas? Look no further than last year’s Ottawa REDBLACKS, he says, the team the Eskimos beat 26-20 in ...
Steinberg’s MMQB: Winds of off-season change
Because it’s been such a busy and eventful off-season, we just didn’t have any other option but to bring the Monday Morning Quarterback back early. In our early welcome back edition, and in our ...
Riders’ Murphy: ‘Darian Durant’s our starting quarterback’
REGINA — Don’t expect a quarterback controversy in Riderville this off-season.
Less than a week after releasing two franchise cornerstones, the Saskatchewan Roughriders made it clear on ...
Zero to Hero: Who will be 2016’s Cinderella story?
TORONTO — In some parts of Canada you’ll hear this old saying that if you don’t like the weather, wait a minute. Funny, you could almost say the same for the CFL landscape – especially as ...
Morris: Benevides joins Esks with renewed focus
There was a part of Mike Benevides that believed he might actually derive some enjoyment watching the BC Lions struggle last season.
After all, Benevides was deemed the problem when the Lions ...
Nye: Chick, Dressler weren’t just Riders; they’re Rider legends
How hard was Saskatchewan hit by the news of Weston Dressler and John Chick being released?
Tears flowed in vehicles as they heard the news for the first time on our radio station. One text-in ...
Price extends with Riders; could play key role
REGINA — Chris Jones’ vision of the 2016 Saskatchewan Roughriders is far from complete, but recently-acquired Maurice Price may be a big part of it.
The 30-year-old receiver was added ...
Early Look: 5 potential MOP candidates in 2016
TORONTO — Predicting who the CFL’s Most Outstanding Player will be is difficult at the best of times, let alone 10 months before the award will be handed out.
Just look who’s won it in the ...
Cauz: My CFL New Year’s resolutions
By Matthew Cauz
I love the desperation that comes with New Year’s Eve. You hit the gym to lose 1,000 calories thinking you’re getting healthy even though you put back over 4,000 calories of booze ...
Nye: 10 bold predictions for 2016
The New Year will bring us a draft, free agent frenzy, trades, signings, releases and that is all before a football is thrown in main camps at the end of May.
Here in my crystal football I give ...
Westerman: ‘There’s a lot of hunger in that locker room’
WINNIPEG — Jamaal Westerman has all the analogies.
Last year, he said, the Bombers were like a plane without a pilot, trying to navigate through a turbulent season without franchise ...
Milanovich coaching tree branching out fast
TORONTO — Sometimes when you win a Grey Cup everyone wants a piece of you.
That was no doubt the case for the 2012 Toronto Argonauts, who three years later have only one coach from that ...
LaPolice, Willy aim to set Bombers in flight
Run the football, protect the football and keep Drew Willy on his feet. Oh, and it can’t be repeated enough – keep Drew Willy on his feet.
Those are the things newly-hired offensive coordinator ...
Nye: Riders get their wake up call in Jones
Chris Jones has decided to go from first to worst.
The now former Edmonton Eskimos head coach is taking on a gigantic challenge. Maybe the biggest challenge in the CFL, next to trying to figure ...
A question for every CFL team this off-season
From coaching changes, to quarterback scenarios, to free agency, CFL.ca looks ahead at one key question for every team entering the 2015-2016 CFL off-season.
Cauz: There is always family time for the Grey Cup
Sometimes life can get in the way of good quality family time, but as CFL.ca’s Matthew Cauz explains, the Grey Cup has a way of bringing everybody together in one room.
Steinberg’s MMQB: The Esks are simply the best
The Eskimos were a CFL powerhouse from start to finish this season, which is why in the end it’s clear to Pat Steinberg that the best team won the Grey Cup.
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