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5 comeback stories waiting to be written in 2025

5 comeback stories waiting to be written in 2025

Tyson Philpot and Dalton Schoen are just a few players that CFL.ca’s Don Landry says have comeback stories just waiting to be written in 2025.

20.03.2025 20

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Don Landry

5 takeaways from Saskatchewan’s winter meetings availability

From AJ Ouellette’s off-season lifting to lofty expectations in 2025 for Malik Carney, CFL.ca’s Don Landry has five takeaways from the...

21.01.2025 4

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Business as usual for Bombers in Grey Cup hosting year

CFL.ca’s Don Landry spoke to Winnipeg Blue Bombers general manager Kyle Walters ahead at the 2025 Winter Meetings during the American Football...

15.01.2025 10

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Tre Ford on 2025 Elks: ‘We’re going to be a better football team’

Just a month after Tre Ford signed a three-year extension with Edmonton, the QB tells CFL.ca’s Don Landry he’s excited to what the Elks...

09.01.2025 10

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Landry: A New Year’s resolution for every CFL team

The 2024 season is in the books and it’s almost time to turn the calendar to 2025. With celebrations getting set to begin, here is a New Year’s...

31.12.2024 10

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7 most exciting three-minute warning games of 2024

The 2024 CFL season saw plenty of fab finishes in a bevy of games that were in doubt until the drama of the final moments had played out. According...

28.12.2024 3

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Landry: A holiday gift for every team

Happy holidays, CFL fans. Here’s hoping all your gifts make you giddy and not groany. As we celebrate the season, here are some appropriate gifts...

24.12.2024 4

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Landry: A look at all 9 quarterback rooms

With CFL free agency shopping just two months away, a couple of things seem clear when it comes to quarterbacks. One: each and every one of the...

11.12.2024 3

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Landry: Where will Tre Ford play in 2025?

It’s Tre Ford’s time, right? Riiiiight? The young quarterback has bided his time as an Edmonton Elk, showing off plenty of talent and lots of...

04.12.2024 10

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Don Landry

5 things to know about the Bombers ahead of the 111th Grey Cup

When a team makes it to five straight Grey Cup Games, you get to know an awful lot about them. And that is certainly the case with the Winnipeg...

15.11.2024 7

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Landry’s 3 takeaways from Toronto’s Grey Cup arrival

The Toronto Argonauts arrived in Vancouver on Monday night, displaying a veneer of determination if not outright defiance as they embrace the...

12.11.2024 3

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Landry’s 5 takeaways from the Division Finals

Hello, Winnipeg. The Jets setting an NHL record with 14 wins in their first 15 games? And the Bombers heading out for a fifth straight appearance...

10.11.2024 2

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Landry: 3 ways that Cody Fajardo can lead the Als to a win

Last season, quarterback Cody Fajardo and the Montreal Alouettes walked into Toronto for the Eastern Final and shocked the Toronto Argonauts by a...

06.11.2024 10

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Landry’s 5 takeaways from Division Semi-Finals

Hello, AJ Ouellette. Now THAT’S the guy we remember. And the dyed hair? *chef’s kiss* I think I will call you Dark Thor for the rest of the...

04.11.2024 10

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Landry’s 5 takeaways from Week 21

Hello, CFL fans. I’d just like to state, unequivocally, and may I just say without even a pale shadow of a doubt, that there is no such thing as...

28.10.2024 10

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Landry: 3 non-playoff reasons Week 21 matters

We all know the big drama and the high stakes implications involved in this week’s CFL action lie with the settling of first place in the West and...

24.10.2024 20

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Landry’s 5 takeaways from Week 20

Hello, dear reader. Do I feel I could have done things differently in presenting this week’s takes? I don’t know, really, I can’t comment on that...

21.10.2024 2

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Landry’s 5 takeaways from Week 18

Hello, Andrew Peirson. Nice little cut on a crossing route, find the soft spot in the zone and sit down in it. Soft, cradling hands to make the...

07.10.2024 4

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Landry’s 5 takeaways from Week 17

Hello, Stefan Flintoft. I trust your feud with the scoreboard at BC Place is over, yes? Now that the scoreboard has had enough and has actually kept...

30.09.2024 2

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Landry: 5 red hot offensive players to watch

At this time of year the games get bigger, the stakes going ever higher. In a crucible of must-win scenarios, there are players who find another...

27.09.2024 4

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Landry’s 5 takeaways from Week 16

Hello, Brady Oliveira. I’m just so glad you guys didn’t decide to pretend to lay any eggs. More on “the chicken box,” below. Here are this week’s...

23.09.2024 4

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Landry: 5 reasons the Ticats are still in it

It seems like a rite of fall, just as sad starts have been a rite of summer. The Hamilton Tiger-Cats are once again heating up after a terrible...

20.09.2024 5

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Landry’s 5 takeaways from Week 15

Hello, Winnipeg Blue Bombers. How’d you manage that? Just a few short weeks ago, you were stuck in the West Division trunk. And now you’re in the...

16.09.2024 2

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Landry: 5 must-watch games down the stretch

OK Tire Labour Day Weekend has come and gone. The stretch is upon us and, my oh my, look at those standings. The East? Two heavyweights at the top...

11.09.2024 4

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Landry’s 5 takeaways from Week 14

Hello, Willie Jefferson. A blocked punt now, eh? Tell me, how much would it cost me to have you and your big swattin’ arm escort me everywhere I...

09.09.2024 1

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Stanback: ‘I’m trying to stomp Montreal’

When I tell you that William Stanback says he wants to “stomp Montreal” when his BC Lions pay a visit to the Alouettes on Friday, a little context...

06.09.2024 2

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Landry’s 5 takeaways from OK Tire Labour Day Weekend

Hello, Nathan Rourke. I’d just like to ask a quick ques – no? Cool. Cool-cool. Talk later. Here are the OK Tire Labour Day Weekend takeaways. OK...

03.09.2024 1

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Landry’s 5 takeaways from Week 11

Hello, Ben Major. Yes, that was “pretty odd,” indeed. A punt flying into the hanging scoreboard at BC Place. Thank you for levity in the moment and...

24.08.2024 1

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Don Landry

Landry’s 5 takeaways from Week 11

Hello, Ben Major. Yes, that was “pretty odd,” indeed. A punt flying into the hanging scoreboard at BC Place. Thank you for levity in the moment and...

19.08.2024 1

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Landry’s 5 takeaways from Week 10

Hello, Dominique Davis. Welcome back to the CFL. You looked like you hadn’t been away at all. Quarterback sneaks are just like riding a bike,...

12.08.2024 1

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Landry’s 5 takeaways from Week 9

Hello again, CFL Power Rankings Committee. I suspect the new list will look something like this: 1) Montreal Alouettes. 2) Summer McIntosh. 3)...

05.08.2024 1

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Landry’s 5 takeaways from Week 7

Hello, Ottawa. That west end sure was weird on Friday night, just ask Lewis Ward and Boris Bede, the field goal kickers who had pretty perplexed...

22.07.2024 2

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