CFL.ca’s Top of the Depth Chart series offers an early, speculative look at how each team’s roster could shape up, highlighting potential starters and key position battles ahead of training camp.

After a four-year run that saw the Toronto Argonauts go 46-22 in the regular season and win two Grey Cups, the team went 5-13 in 2025 amidst injury to key players.

Now, after the departure of Ryan Dinwiddie to Ottawa, the Argos prepare for a new era under head coach Mike Miller, who’ll guide a team that has added talent via free agency and the 2026 CFL Canadian Draft.

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All eyes will be on the health of Chad Kelly, who hasn’t played a down of professional football in about a year and a half. New coach Mike Miller believes Kelly can regain his 2023 MOP form after breaking his right leg in the 2024 Eastern Final. The team can take comfort in the fact they have one of the league’s best backups in Nick Arbuckle, who threw for over 4,300 passing yards and 26 touchdowns in 2025.

Beyond the quarterback position, the biggest question mark going into training camp is who will emerge as the Week 1 starters at both tackle positions. Brandon Kemp played eight games last year and, at six-foot-seven and 310 pounds, has the prototypical build for the position.

Ryan Hunter had a tough 2025 season. In mid-July, the 2024 CFL Most Outstanding Offensive Lineman was hit by a car, which thankfully only kept him out of action for eight weeks. It was only two years ago that he was a major reason why Toronto had one of the most dangerous offences in the game, finishing second in rushing.

Peter Nicastro is the heart of the Argonauts’ offensive line, having started 53 of the past 54 games. Despite a losing season and injuries across the offensive line, it can easily be overlooked that Toronto actually finished third in offensive points scored. Nicastro deserves plenty of credit for that.

Dakoda Shepley is back after spending the past six years in the NFL, most recently with the Dallas Cowboys. I’m not alone in being curious about what the ceiling is for the former fifth overall pick in the 2018 CFL Canadian........

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