By Matt Macmillan With nine games down in the 2017 Canadian Football League season, the Ottawa Redblacks have been less than spectacular, to put it nicely, sitting third in the East with a 2-6-1 record. Hopes were high for the Grey Cup champs coming into the season, with the return of stand-out running back William … Continue reading Enough leadership on Redblacks roster to defend Grey Cup?
Tag: ottawa
Your 2017 Ottawa Redblacks
With training camp in the books and the 2017 Canadian Football League season on the horizon, general manager Marcel Desjardins, head coach Rick Campbell and the Ottawa Redblacks had the difficult task of paring down the roster to the league-mandated maximum of 46 (not including injuries, plus 10 practise roster spots) over the weekend. Here's … Continue reading Your 2017 Ottawa Redblacks
Redblacks Training Camp battles – It’s Trev’s offence now
By Cranky Frank Clair Hope you had a chance to read my defensive preview. Here is a position-by-position breakdown of the Redblacks offence. Quarterback Hank is gone, but the team’s QB corps is solid thanks to GM Marcel Desjardins’ timely acquisitions of Trevor Harris prior to the 2016 season and Drew Tate this past winter. … Continue reading Redblacks Training Camp battles – It’s Trev’s offence now
Redblacks Training Camp battles – De-fence!
By Cranky Frank Clair I hope #RNation has enjoyed its post-championship glow, because life moves fast and the win-loss columns are all about to be set to zero. While some familiar Redblacks have left (or not been asked back), the team is looking strong. Starting with the defence, today is the first of two position-by-position … Continue reading Redblacks Training Camp battles – De-fence!
Redblacks 2017 #CFLDraft preview
With mini-camps wrapping up across the continent, the next big event in the 2017 CFL calendar is the Draft. On May 7th, (most of) the best and brightest Canadian football talent will be snapped up by the league's nine teams over eight rounds. As Grey Cup champions (woo hoo!!!), the Ottawa Redblacks are set to … Continue reading Redblacks 2017 #CFLDraft preview
Offseason of change begins for Grey Cup champs
By Cranky Frank Clair I really don’t have anything to offer that hasn’t already been said about the Redblacks Grey Cup win. So instead of rehashing/celebrating what happened, I’m going to look ahead a bit. The Redblacks have a pile of pending free agents as do most other teams in the CFL. There are quarterback … Continue reading Offseason of change begins for Grey Cup champs
Redblacks recipe a little off in first half of 2016
By Cranky Frank Clair Last night I was given some homemade guacamole. It looked great, I thanked the person profusely and then I tried it. There was nothing actually wrong with it, but it wasn’t guacamole. Some ingredients were missing, and there weren’t enough of others. With some tinkering, I later made it better, but … Continue reading Redblacks recipe a little off in first half of 2016
Redblacks at the 6-game mark
by Cranky Frank Clair The CFL's East division race has become a tight one following a 4-game stretch that has seen the Redblacks pick up just one win, and now sit with a record of 3-2-1. This makes it time for reflection and a quick review of our personnel, but first, let’s get right to … Continue reading Redblacks at the 6-game mark
Putting the Carter incident to bed (hopefully)
A lot has been said in mainstream and social media about the Duron Carter incident over the last week. Some of it reasonable, far too much of it not. I'm not interested in re-hashing each element of the incident or perform a Zapruder film-like dissection of the various TSN broadcast angles. In my estimation, it … Continue reading Putting the Carter incident to bed (hopefully)
Training Camp update – A few answers, but still many questions
By Cranky Frank Clair So we’re almost two weeks into camp. Thus far there’s been a weak attempt by the media to stir up a QB controversy, a sidelined DE and a soggy mock game. The RedBlacks had a lot of question marks coming into camp and if they haven’t been answered, at least we have … Continue reading Training Camp update – A few answers, but still many questions
Defend the R 