We are almost a month into the CFL season and while we still have a ton of ground to go over until November rolls around and we are all huddled up in the cold and watching the Grey Cup, one thing is perfectly clear: Montreal and Saskatchewan are heads above the rest of the CFL.
Since facing off on Canada Day both teams have handled their opponents with relative ease. Saskatchewan has developed a defensive identity and defensive end Brett Hawkins has become a breakout star. The Riders have silenced the preseason critics (myself included) who questioned their abiliy on the other side of the football.
"Montreal and Saskatchewan are heads above the rest of the CFL"
With the play of quarterback Darian Durant, who is looking like the front runner in the most outstanding player race, and a healthy receiving core, the Riders are the easy choice as favourites in a Western Division that is no longer the power division that it was a few years ago.
In the East, which with the improvements made by Hamilton, Winnipeg, and Toronto is much tougher than last year, which was a laugher of a title race for Montreal, the Alouettes still continue to be the top dog with the famiiar faces continuing to play at a top level.
It appears that the rest of the league can’t catch up, each team having a significant flaw. It is a long season, but it looks like we are headed for another classic Grey Cup matchup, featuring two new rivals that look like they are entrenched as the elite teams in the CFL.
July 26th, 2010 at 6:02 AM
Looks like it’s a Three Horse Race…