Sports Take

Oh yeah, it’s almost here. Football season is about to begin and the excitement I feel now is getting up there. As with every season there’s familiar faces in different places so I’ll be going over who went where and what that could do for the team. This will be a team by team summary coming out once a day for all teams in the CFL.

BC Lions
Who’s In
Jeremiah Masoli Qb
James Butler Rb
Adam Auclair Lb
Deontai Williams Db
Micah Awe Lb
Rysen John Wr
Adam Konar Lb

Who’s Out
William Stanback Rb
Jeshrun Antwi Rb
Joshua Archibald DL
Ciante Evans Db
Adrian Green Db
Bo Lokombo Lb(Retired)
David Mackie Rb(Retired)
Manny Rugamba Lb

What it means
Masoli is clearly not going to be the starter in BC with Nathan Rourke in the fold at QB, but is a solid backup and insurance policy in case of injury or Rourke doesn’t perform to his pre-NFL form. James Butler coming in to be the starting RB after Stanback was released before free agency began is an interesting choice especially allowing a potential ratio breaker (CFL teams are required to have at least 21 Canadian’s on roster and 7 starters) in Antwi to walk. The biggest change is on the defensive side of the ball with Auclair, Awe, and Konar joining the lineback core, that will be the true question mark for the Lions and how the front seven will shape up to be.

In all the Lions didn’t change all that much, major question mark in the linebackers and how they’ll line up, my guess is that they’re going to look to outscore their defensive gaps. I’d expect the over in a lot of Lions games this season unless the D jells together early.

I expect the Lions to finish with a 10-8 record this season.