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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
Honestly, he's made a lot of signings but they're to me with the exception of Bone Crusher pretty meh depth players. They don't have much at running back, their QB spot will definitely be in flux especially if Glenn is their starter. Their o-line will be ok, but I wouldn't take their o-line over Calgary's BC's or Edmonton right now. Defensively they were a train wreck last year, and while it might improve, it will still be not great.
Chris Jones isn't a great coach, he's a good coach when he joins a team that's built and ready to be elite, but he showed last year that he makes bafflingly stupid calls and their offensive and defensive schemes were horrible. Their Canadian depth is better then last year but that's not saying much.
I don't even know if a cross over is anything that they can aspire to. Montreal will be a lot better if DD can play the full season and their biggest problem last year was with QB, but they have one of the better defenses in the league. Ottawa is going to be very strong and Hamilton still has the makings of a good team. The only team in worse shape right now is really Toronto.
Lets be honest, the Riders aren't anywhere near Calgary or Edmonton right now. I think that Winnipeg will probably be better then the Riders, and BC has lost a lot of talent, but they should be offensively better this year.
In the East Ottawa, Montreal and Hamilton will all probably be better.
At the end of the day, I think they're a 6 win team and if that happens its likely that Murph and Jones will be asked to leave.
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True, the Riders are busy signing free agents namely Stamps free agent but they don't have a QB. If they rely on Kevin Glenn, I really think they will be in last place in the West again and Rider fans will be screaming for Chris Jones' head by the midseason. Derek Dennis was a good signing for them but Dennis won't have the luxury of playing with versatile OLine like in Calgary. OLine as a group made Dennis good last season. Stamps been there before losing an OLine and they usually plugged one in. We have some young OLine that we lost due to injuries last season that might be back the whole season.