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Canadian Football Odds: The Ottawa Redblacks are the CFL's new franchise. They're the latest incarnation of football in Canada's capitol, and though they haven't had a great history in terms of regular season wins and losses, they are the defending Grey Cup champions. That said, the team that is going to be on the field in 2017 will look little like the Grey Cup team from a season ago, and that could make this a frustrating season.
2017 Ottawa Redblacks at a Glance
Ottawa Redblacks Grey Cup Odds: +925
Ottawa Redblacks East Division Odds: +225
Ottawa Redblacks Regular Season Win Total: 10
The Redblacks proved at the end of last season that they could play with anyone. Henry Burris was the team's starting quarterback at the end of the year, and he saved what might have been his best game for his last showing before riding off into the sunset. Burris beat the seemingly unbeatable Stampeders with a great showing for four quarters (and overtime!), and he decided right after the game that enough was enough.
Trevor Harris is now taking over under center, and he's going to have some new pieces to the puzzle around him as well. The Redblacks lost four of their defensive backs from last season, and they only brought back Toronto's A.J. Jefferson. Tori Gurley and Diontae Spencer are going to be expected to infuse some life into this passing game, especially with Ernest Jackson and Chris Williams moving on.
The Redblacks also have a somewhat odd schedule this year. They'll get three bye weeks instead of the two the rest of the teams in the league will get, but they'll have to play two games in Week 5, one on Wednesday and one on Monday. After playing three games in a span of 10 days, Ottawa will get its first bye.
2017 Ottawa Redblacks Schedule
Week 1: Redblacks vs. Stampeders, Friday, June 23, 7:30 p.m. ET
Week 2: Redblacks at Stampeders, Thursday, June 29, 9 p.m. ET
Week 3: Redblacks vs. Argonauts, Saturday, July 8, 7 p.m. ET
Week 4: Redblacks at Eskimos, Friday, July 14, 10 p.m. ET
Week 5: Redblacks vs. Alouettes, Wednesday, July 19, 7:30 p.m. ET
Week 5: Redblacks at Argonauts, Monday, July 24, 7:30 p.m. ET
Week 6: Bye
Week 7: Redblacks vs. Blue Bombers, Friday, August 4, 7 p.m. ET
Week 8: Redblacks vs. Eskimos, Thursday, August 10, 7:30 p.m. ET
Week 9: Redblacks at Tiger-Cats, Friday, August 18, 7:30 p.m. ET
Week 10: Redblacks vs. Lions, Saturday, August 26, 3:30 p.m. ET
Week 11: Redblacks at Alouettes, Thursday, August 31, 7:30 p.m. ET
Week 12: Redblacks vs. Tiger-Cats, Saturday, September 9, 6 p.m. ET
Week 13: Redblacks at Alouettes, Sunday, September 17, 1 p.m. ET
Week 14: Redblacks at Blue Bombers, Friday, September 22, 8 p.m. ET
Week 15: Redblacks vs. Roughriders, Friday, September 29, 7 p.m. ET
Week 16: Redblacks at Lions, Saturday, October 7, 7 p.m. ET
Week 17: Redblacks at Roughriders, Friday, October 13, 10 p.m. ET
Week 18: Bye
Week 19: Redblacks vs. Tiger-Cats, Friday, October 27, 7 p.m. ET
Week 20: Bye
List of Ottawa Redblacks Seasons
| Year |
Record |
Playoffs |
| 2016 |
8-9-1 |
Won Grey Cup |
| 2015 |
12-6 |
Lost Grey Cup |
| 2014 |
2-16 |
|
Football in Ottawa hasn't been all that successful. The old Renegades were a disaster in their entire existence, and the even older Rough Riders didn't win a single playoff game from 1983 through the end of their existence in 1996, failing to have a single winning season in the bunch.
The Redblacks looked to be off to the same sort of trouble in their initial season. The good news was that they had Henry Burris as their starting quarterback. The bad news was that the team around him wasn't very good. The team went 2-16 and obviously missed the postseason.
But the next year, fortunes turned quickly. Ottawa finished with a franchise-best 12-6 record and went to the Grey Cup, only to fall short against Edmonton. The next season, the team won the East in spite of a woeful 8-9-1 record, but that was good enough to rally to the Grey Cup and beat the Stampeders 39-33 in overtime.
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