Last season was their best season in a lot of years. Not a perfect season but it was good. Are they going to be better this season? We have to remember they have that great season missing the best running back for half a season, an inconsistent season for one of the top kicker Rene Paredes and they've been missing a lot of players due to injuries on both sides. A healthy Jon Cornish, a bounce-back season for Paredes and healthy lineup I think this team will be much better than last season. We lost some good leadership with Nik Lewis and his blocking and timely catch skills. We also lost the quickness of Maurice Price and of course the consistent play by our centre Brett Jones and DE Shawn Lemon but I think we have some good replacements. The intriguing part of this team is probably the OLine. Lavertu will start as C but I am not sure if Erdos, Lavoie or Picton can handle the backup position. I guess time will tell. Bryant's lost might be tough but the guy who's replacing him Edwin Harrison was an All-Star two seasons ago. They are few international OL who are capable of giving him a run for the starting position too. Receiver is one of the toughest position to crack this season. They have so many speedy and big target this season Fuller, Rogers, West, Cunningham and McDaniel are the vets for international receivers but they have a lot of good competitions : Buckner, Greg Wilson(can also do return), Joseph, C. Mitchell, Jorden and Slaughter. National receivers looks good too with Parker, Campeau, Arthur as the vet with rookie Lamar Durant looking in. Good competitions all around defense as well. I love the additions of LB Jesper Simmons, DB Burnett and even DT Eric Taylor.
I am looking forward to this season already.
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