Game picks for the opening week games in the CFL
Bo Levi Mitchell, who spent his first 10 CFL seasons with Calgary, will make his first start with Hamilton.
Montreal will also have a new starter when it faces Ottawa. Cody Fajardo, who helped lead the Saskatchewan Roughriders to consecutive West Division final appearances during his time there, joined the Alouettes in free agency. That reunited Fajardo with Alouettes head coach Jason Maas, who served as Fajardo’s offensive co-ordinator in Regina. But Montreal’s offence suffered a big hit this off-season when receiver Eugene Lewis signed with the Edmonton Elks as a free agent.
Fajardo joined the Alouettes after starter Trevor Harris and receiver Jake Wieneke — a close friend of Harris’s — both signed as free agents with SaskatchewanArticle contentA fractured ankle limited the six-foot, 233-pound Stanback to just 153 rushing yards on 34 carries over five regular-season games last year. In 2021, he led the CFL with 1,176 rushing yards and three touchdowns on 193 carries in 12 regular-season games.
Two years earlier — the CFL didn’t play in 2020 due to the global pandemic — Stanback had 1,048 yards and five TDs in 14 regular-season appearances. When Stanback is healthy, he’s a player opposing defences must not only account for but prepare to face head on.Advertisement 5Pick: Montreal.At Calgary, the Jake Maier era begins as the 26-year-old marks his first full season as the Stampeders’ starting quarterback.
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