Holden Caulfield
Eternal Skeptic
I know that it's early to judge, but it looks like Montreal will win the east and Saskatchewan the west. I was hoping that Hamilton would be in the Grey cup while hosting it. It could be because Hamilton is already having alot of key players injured like Posey, Wynne etc. They also lost alot through retirement, but I guess most teams have had that problem.
Not sure how Saskatchewan could be a favourite over Winnipeg? It's early but it appears to be a battle between those two but I easily give the edge to Winnipeg right now. If Mike Reilly gets healthy BC might be a darkhorse, with him at like 35% healthy he nearly led a comeback from down 31-9 at half. Reilly at full health and solid chance BC wins that game never having spotted Sask 28 points.
Not loving the start of the season for Hamilton, the offense looks lost at the best of times. Hopefully, they can get things going soon as I would love to see us in the GC in our host year.
Hamilton has gone from "solid Grey Cup favourite" to "I'm not sure this is a playoff team" in two weeks. It all starts with the offensive line, and they are getting rag-dolled out there. Filer retiring right as camp was starting was a setback that they evidently could not afford, and with Addison injured, opposing defenses can focus on Banks and they have shut him right down. Hamilton's offense through two games has performed at 2019 Redblacks level, something unimaginable 10 days ago, and I'm not sure there's an easy fix. When your o-line is bad, everything else suffers, just look at BC in 2019.
To be fair to Hamilton, they've played what has clearly been the early stand outs in Winnipeg and Saskatchewan. I agree with Kyle McMahon here though that OLine is very concerning for Hamilton. I think with the poor roster in Ottawa overall that it will be very hard for Hamilton to miss the playoffs, but they certainly don't look like any kind of favourite right now.
BC Lions to announce new ownership today
Press conference at 11:15 am PST/2:15 EST
Queue the Rock rumours! Will wait and see
Sounds like it's a local group. Good for BC, glad it didn't drag on too long.