The kewlest forum on covers becomes a ghost town in the off-season. I have 4 minutes and 23 seconds of extra time on my hands and thought I'd ramble....already futures up on the CFL......I was a lover of Hamilton all last season, and I felt a hurt that has scarred me that they could not come through for me.
The biggest news is the quarterbacks changing teams and some interesting coaching moves. Jones is gone from Saskatchewan and the never ending saga of "who's the quarterback?" looks like it continues on in Riderville. I don't give them a chance this year, as Jones, Claybrooks of Calgary and Steinhauer of Hamilton have been the best defensive minds in the CFL....I don't envision the replacement for Jones will be near what he brought to the table.
Claybrooks becomes the BC head guy and gets a top 2 quarterback in Riley to move from Edmonton. They instantly move into the top two or three favorites to win the Grey Cup. Subtracting Jonathan Jennings from the roster instantly makes the Lions 7 points better, and their defense will be among the best in the CFL by the middle of the year. I'd consider them playoff worthy and a dangerous team. And for bettor's sake, lets hope that some (dumb) team gets enamored with Jennings "amazing physical tools" and "great potential" so we can all make some money betting against him again this season.
In the East, Steinhauer becomes the head coach, and Hamilton will be the favorite to win the east. Who is going to play quarterback for the other East franchises? Perhaps Trevor Harris was a product of good coaching and another one can play the part of a system quarterback in Ottawa. There are no excuses in Hamilton this year....they should walk away with the East,....Montreal has a chance to be big improvers this year, and pointspread darlings.....shame about them being absolutely shafted in the Johnny Manziel trade, which was more like the Louisiana Purchase.
Calgary is older and I expect a subpar record against the spread record this year....defending champs often let bettors down their following season,...unless they come as underdogs, I won't be too interested in them.
I pick Winnipeg and BC to battle for top spot in the West. Would love it if the Bombers traded Matt Nichols to some needy team like the Argos and let Chris Streveler run the team, as he would put the Bombers over the top. GMs tend to love the tried and true though, how else does one explain the retreads that we constantly see getting money to throw a football around in the CFL, like James Franklin and Brandon Bridge?
I repeat myself often when commenting in threads here, the CFL is the greatest league in the history of sports to bet on, if one bets blindly on underdogs and UNDERs. Anyone who wishes to check the past history of underdogs/UNDERs will rue the fact that they didn't bet that way for the past 10 years which would yielded new houses, trips to exotic locations and gorgeous women begging to have babies with you.......you have only yourself to blame that the Canadian economy is not significantly better.....meanwhile the bookies in Costa Rica, and other exotic locations are living the high life thanks to some of us being very kindhearted donators.
There's always the next 10 years though to get it right, right?
Any newsworthy news, those with their fingers on the pulse of the CFL chime in.
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