Thursday, June 27, 2019

2019 CFL Predictions Week 3

Edmonton at Winnipeg
The Eskimos are better than I thought, but not that great. The Bombers are legit good this year and at home. Have to go with the Bombers on this one.
Bombers 29 Eskimos 22

Montreal at Hamilton
The Ticats annihilated Toronto last week away and are at home this week. The Alouettes might be better by the end of the season. That's not right now.
Ticats 40 Alouettes 13

BC at Calgary
BC has lost two games with Mike Reilly showing that maybe they have cap problems. Calgary somehow lost to Ottawa at home. Can't see the Stamps losing at home again, even though they aren't last year's team.
Stampeders 28 Lions 19

Toronto at Saskatchewan
Will Toronto be better than last week? Hard to be that bad twice in a row. The Riders are decent, but not great and have lost Collaros for a while. Home field advantage helps but Toronto is just bad now.
Riders 22 Argonauts 13

Thursday, June 20, 2019

2019 CFL Predictions Week 2

Saskatchewan at Ottawa
I didn't expect Ottawa to beat Calgary last week, so they're better than I thought. The Riders lost Collaros as their starting QB after the Lawrence hit in Hamilton which is problematic. The Riders defence is decent, but Ottawa is at home which gives them the edge.
REDBLACKS 20 Riders 18

BC at Edmonton
Another who knows game, without a lot of data. BC lost to the Winnipeg at home which isn't a good sign. Edmonton's offence to me isn't great. Normally I would take the Esks at home, but I'll go with Reilly as the X-factor.
Lions 28 Eskimos 26

Hamilton at Toronto
Toronto didn't play last week, so there's a not a lot on them. The Ticats were somewhat disappointing considering they injured Collaros basically right away. The offence was especially week. I'll take Hamilton though just because of their overall strength, including Canadians and defence.
Tiger-Cats 25 Argonauts 22

And that's all there is this week for games. Halifax needs to become a team pronto to balance out the schedule.

Thursday, June 13, 2019

2019 CFL Predictions Week 1

The blog is back!

Saskatchewan at Hamilton
The Ticats are looking strong in the East. The Riders are a bit shambolic after Chris Jones shuffled off to the NFL. Zach Collaros is I'm sure capable of playing well on occasion, but I think the odds of excellent play every game isn't that high. On defence, Jones was good at that; I expect regression.
Tiger-Cats 25 Roughriders 17

Montreal at Edmonton
Edmonton doesn't seem that great to me. They did pick up Dean and Unamba from the Cats at linebacker which is solid. Losing Reilly at quarterback hurts more though. Still Montreal doesn't have an owner and just booted their coach right before the season. So enjoy your week one home win Edmonton.
Esks 29 Alouettes 13

Ottawa at Calgary
Ottawa did little in the off-season. The Stamps lost a lot of players in the off-season but did resign Bo Levi Mitchell. The Stamps always seem to find new players, so while I think the Stamps are worse this year, I doubt they will be that much worse. Ottawa I think will be better by the end of the season, but their quarterback issues will take time to sort out. Plus the Stampeders are at home.
Stampeders 30 REDBLACKS 19

Winnipeg at BC
This is interesting. Winnipeg should be good again this year. BC should improve from 9 and 9 last year with Reilly at quarterback. But Reilly is earning a ton of salary camp money, so BC I'm sure may have some talent problems elsewhere unless some cheap new Americans play well. Somebody has to win on the road this week in the CFL so why not Zoidberg, I mean Winnipeg.
Blue Bombers 21 Lions 19