Now that we have all seen one real game, let's take a moment and revise our predictions for this season, just in case any of us need to save face or develop our ego:
Mine
Winnipeg 13 - 5
Calgary 11-6-1
Edmonton 11-7
Vancouver 10-8
Ottawa 8-9-1
Toronto 8-10
Montreal 6-12
Regina 5-13
Hamilton 3-15
The wild card to all this is which QBs will be injured for how long: Winnipeg & Edmonton followed by Ottawa have the best depth but that could be debated
Winnipeg IMHO will be amongst the most improved teams in the league ... the games we will lose will be about Sam Hurl and defensive coaching decisions ... we will do well this year because we have improved an already decent team showing up with better depth and maturity
Calgary doesn't have quite as much talent as last year but they still have a lot ... and Messam is better .... Bo Levi Mitchell will have to face his ego .... Calgary has been on a roll for a long time and every once in a while your luck runs out
Edmonton carries over a lot of talent and has new stuff .... still a few holes and the loss of Sherritt is massive .... a top 3 contender
I would rank Vancouver and Ottawa as the next most talented .... with QBing not as good as expected: maturity woes but definitely not awful
Toronto is going to be the most improved team in the league because of talent assembly and coaching ... no depth at QB is what will keep them mediocre ... if anyone can over achieve this year its Trestman
Montreal has improved its QBing but its central core seems to be past its prime date ... the transition to new talent will be a process
In Regina Jones's scissors and duct tape will get them some wins against over confident rivals .... somehow Jones provides enough hope to keep his job another year
Hamilton has not done enough to improve its talent base .... management could lose faith in Austin and fire him after Collaros disappoints
Now that we have all seen one real game, let's take a moment and revise our predictions for this season, just in case any of us need to save face or develop our ego:
Mine
Winnipeg 13 - 5
Calgary 11-6-1
Edmonton 11-7
Vancouver 10-8
Ottawa 8-9-1
Toronto 8-10
Montreal 6-12
Regina 5-13
Hamilton 3-15
The wild card to all this is which QBs will be injured for how long: Winnipeg & Edmonton followed by Ottawa have the best depth but that could be debated
Winnipeg IMHO will be amongst the most improved teams in the league ... the games we will lose will be about Sam Hurl and defensive coaching decisions ... we will do well this year because we have improved an already decent team showing up with better depth and maturity
Calgary doesn't have quite as much talent as last year but they still have a lot ... and Messam is better .... Bo Levi Mitchell will have to face his ego .... Calgary has been on a roll for a long time and every once in a while your luck runs out
Edmonton carries over a lot of talent and has new stuff .... still a few holes and the loss of Sherritt is massive .... a top 3 contender
I would rank Vancouver and Ottawa as the next most talented .... with QBing not as good as expected: maturity woes but definitely not awful
Toronto is going to be the most improved team in the league because of talent assembly and coaching ... no depth at QB is what will keep them mediocre ... if anyone can over achieve this year its Trestman
Montreal has improved its QBing but its central core seems to be past its prime date ... the transition to new talent will be a process
In Regina Jones's scissors and duct tape will get them some wins against over confident rivals .... somehow Jones provides enough hope to keep his job another year
Hamilton has not done enough to improve its talent base .... management could lose faith in Austin and fire him after Collaros disappoints
Another charming season ahead for all of us gurus