Sweet Sweet Fantasy: Week 1

Every week RFTW will roll out its fantasy football picks. You can play CFL fantasy football here. And each week we’ll break it down like this:
Huge Week
QB – Dave Dickenson: Toronto’s D has some new pieces – DD will be bouncing.
RB – Joffrey Reynolds: Hamilton’s defence is revamped – the Stamps star runner will take [...]

Eskimos Not Forced To Live In Igloos

 
RFTW sincerely apologizes for not having this story earlier, I guess we got caught up in cuts and season previews. There are probably a lot of disappointed young ladies in Edmonton because the homeless Eskimos have places to live. On Monday, the Edmonton Sun ran a front page story describing the struggles some new Esks [...]

Season Preview: Coaches

 
There are only eight coaches in the CFL and three play dual roles, having said that here’s our take on who’s hot and who’s not going into the season. BTW, hot is bad.
Hot
Danny Maciocia – As coach and GM the Eskimos are Maciocia’s show. He picks the players and puts them into positions. After winning [...]

The Rock Is Not In The Building

Hamilton Tiger Cats QB Rocky Butler asked for his release after learning he was fourth on the team’s depth chart. GM Marcel Desjardins granted his release and now Rocky is unemployed. I can’t really understand how Rocky couldn’t at least crack third string but I guess Richie Williams out played him in training camp. Timmy [...]

Season Preview: Stamps

Calgary Stampeders
Est: 1935
Grey Cups: 5 for 11 – last win 2001
GM: Jim Barker
Head Coach: Tom Higgins
Last Season: 10-8. Second in the West. Lost in West Semi-Final
Losses: Demetrious Maxie, Sheldon Napastuk, John Grace
Additions: Marc Boerigter, Akili Smith, Ryan Thelwell
RFTW’s 2007 Award Nominees:
Outstanding Player
Probably: Joffrey Reynolds
Our pick: Marc Boerigter – Reynolds is too obvious and Guy [...]

Season Preview: Riders

Saskatchewan Roughriders

Est: 1910
Grey Cups: 2 for 15 – last win 1989
GM: Eric Tillman
Head Coach: Kent Austin
Last Season: 9-9. Third in the West. Lost in West Final
Losses: Kenton Keith, Rocky Butler, Omarr Morgan
Additions: D.J. Flick, Wayne Smith, Wes Cates
RFTW’s 2007 Award Nominees:
Outstanding Player
Probably: Matt Dominguez
Our pick: Kerry Joseph – Call it a gut feeling. It is [...]

Season Preview: Lions

British Columbia Lions

Est: 1954
Grey Cups: 5 for 14- last win 2006
GM: Wally Buono
Head Coach: Buono
Last Season: 13-5. First in the West. Grey Cup champs
Losses: Bobby Singh, Ryan Thelwell, Carl Kidd
Additions: None (significant yet anyway)
RFTW’s 2007 Award Nominees:
Outstanding Player
Probably: Dave Dickenson
Our pick: Buck Pierce – There we said it. Dickenson is getting older and more brittle [...]

Season Preview: Eskimos

Edmonton Eskimos

Est: 1949
Grey Cups: 13 for 22 – last win 2005
GM: Danny Maciocia
Head Coach: Danny Maciocia
Last Season: 7-11. Fourth in the West. Missed playoffs.
Losses: Ed Hervey, Malcolm Frank, Signor Mobley
Additions: Omarr Morgan, Kevin Lefsrud, Stanford Samuels
RFTW’s 2007 Award Nominees:
Outstanding Player
Probably: Ricky Ray
Our pick: Ray – The two-time Grey Cup champ is missing most of his [...]

Season Preview: Ti-Cats

Hamilton Tiger Cats

Est: 1950
Grey Cups: 8 for 18 – last win 1999
GM: Marcel Desjardins
Head Coach: Charlie Taafe
Last Season: 4-14. Fourth in the East. Missed playoffs.
Losses: Tim Cheatwood, D.J. Flick, Rob Hitchcock
Additions: Rocky Butler, Peter Dyakowski, Nautyn McKay-Loescher
RFTW’s 2007 Award Nominees:
Outstanding Player
Probably: Jason Maas
Our pick: Jesse Lumsden – We just have a feeling about this kid [...]

Season Preview: Blue Bombers

Winnipeg Blue Bombers

Est: 1930
Grey Cups: 10 for 22 – last win 1990
GM: Brendan Taman
Head Coach: Doug Berry
Last Season: 9-9. Third in the East – Lost in East Semi-Final to Toronto.
Losses: Ike Charlton, Stanford Samuels, Ron Warner
Additions: Alexandre Gauthier, Nate Davis, Davin Bush
RFTW’s 2007 Award Nominees:
Outstanding Player
Probably: Charles Roberts
Our pick: Milt Stegall – Uncle Milty [...]