2021 Ottawa Redblacks season

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2021 Ottawa Redblacks season
PresidentMark Goudie
General manager Marcel Desjardins (until October 25, 2021)
Jeremy Snyder (interim)
Head coach Paul LaPolice
Home stadium TD Place Stadium
Results
Record3–11
Division place4th, East
Playoffsdid not qualify
Team MOP DeVonte Dedmon
Team MODP Avery Williams
Team MOC Lewis Ward
Team MOOL Mark Korte
Team MOST DeVonte Dedmon
Team MOR Ryan Davis
Uniform
CFL OTT Jersey 2021.png

The 2021 Ottawa Redblacks season was the seventh season for the team in the Canadian Football League. The Redblacks were eliminated from postseason contention following their week 10 loss to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats on October 23, 2021. [1] This was the second straight season that the Redblacks failed to qualify for the playoffs. [2]

Contents

The 2021 season was the first season for Paul LaPolice as the team's head coach and the seventh season with Marcel Desjardins as general manager, until his dismissal on October 25, 2021. [3]

An 18-game season schedule was originally released on November 20, 2020, but it was announced on April 21, 2021 that the start of the season would likely be delayed until August and feature a 14-game schedule. [4] [5] On June 15, 2021, the league released the revised 14-game schedule with regular season play beginning on August 5, 2021. [6]

Offseason

CFL Global Draft

The 2021 CFL Global Draft took place on April 15, 2021. [7] [8] With the format being a snake draft, the Redblacks selected last in the odd-numbered rounds and first in the even-numbered rounds. [7]

RoundPickPlayerPositionUniversity/Club TeamNationality
19 Anthony Mahoungou REC Purdue Flag of France.svg France
210 Tyron Vrede LB North Dakota Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
327 Chris Ferguson OL Cincinnati Flag of the Bahamas.svg The Bahamas
428 Tony Anderson DB Grand View Flag of France.svg France

CFL National Draft

The 2021 CFL Draft took place on May 4, 2021. [9] [10] The Redblacks had six selections in the six-round snake draft and had the sixth pick in odd rounds and the fourth pick in even rounds. [11]

RoundPickPlayerPositionUniversity TeamHometown
16 Deshawn Stevens LB Maine Toronto, ON
213 Alonzo Addae DB West Virginia Pickering, ON
324 Connor Berglof OL Saskatchewan Saskatoon, SK
431 Jake Julien K/P Eastern Michigan Barrie, ON
542 Keegan Markgraf LS Utah Hamilton, ON
649 Matthew Derks OL Delaware State Brantford, ON

Preseason

Due to the shortening of the season, the CFL confirmed that pre-season games would not be played in 2021. [6]

Planned schedule

WeekGameDateKickoffOpponentTVVenue
ABye
B1Fri, May 287:30 p.m. EDT at Montreal Alouettes NA Molson Stadium
C2Fri, June 47:30 p.m. EDTvs. Montreal AlouettesNA TD Place Stadium

[12]

Regular season

Standings

TeamGPWLTPtsPFPADivStk
Toronto Argonauts 14950183093186–2L1 Details
Hamilton Tiger-Cats 14860163122444–4W1 Details
Montreal Alouettes 14770143562955–3L1 Details
Ottawa Redblacks 14311062243841–7W1 Details

Schedule

The Redblacks initially had a schedule that featured 18 regular season games beginning on June 11 and ending on October 29. [4] However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, the Canadian Football League delayed the start of the regular season to August 5, 2021 and the Redblacks began their 14-game season on August 7, 2021. [6]

WeekGameDateKickoffOpponentResultsTVVenueAttendanceSummary
ScoreRecord
11Sat, Aug 710:00 p.m. EDT @ Edmonton Elks W 16–121–0 TSN/RDS2/ESPN2 Commonwealth Stadium 30,302 Recap
2Bye
32Sat, Aug 217:00 p.m. EDT@ Saskatchewan Roughriders L 10–231–1TSN/RDS Mosaic Stadium 28,559 Recap
43Sat, Aug 287:00 p.m. EDT BC Lions L 12–241–2TSN/RDS TD Place Stadium 15,000 Recap
54 Fri, Sept 3 7:30 p.m. EDT Montreal Alouettes L 29–511–3TSN/RDSTD Place Stadium15,000 Recap
65Sat, Sept 1110:00 p.m. EDT@ BC LionsL 13–451–4TSN/RDS BC Place 12,552 Recap
7Bye
86Wed, Sept 227:30 p.m. EDT Hamilton Tiger-Cats L 7–241–5TSN/RDS2TD Place Stadium12,041 Recap
97Tues, Sept 287:30 p.m. EDTEdmonton ElksW 34–242–5TSN/RDS2TD Place Stadium12,108 Recap
108Wed, Oct 67:30 p.m. EDT@ Toronto Argonauts L 16–352–6TSN/RDS2 BMO Field 6,788 Recap
109 Mon, Oct 11 1:00 p.m. EDT@ Montreal AlouettesL 16–202–7TSN/RDS Molson Stadium 15,236 Recap
1110Sat, Oct 164:00 p.m. EDTMontreal AlouettesL 16–272–8TSN/RDSTD Place Stadium16,139 Recap
1211Sat, Oct 234:00 p.m. EDT@ Hamilton Tiger-CatsL 3–322–9TSN/RDS2 Tim Hortons Field 20,112 Recap
1312Fri, Oct 297:00 p.m. EDT Calgary Stampeders L 13–262–10TSNTD Place Stadium15,280 Recap
1413Sat, Nov 64:00 p.m. EDTToronto ArgonautsL 20–232–11TSN/RDS2TD Place Stadium18,644 Recap
15Bye
1614Fri, Nov 197:30 p.m. EST@ Montreal AlouettesW 19–183–11TSN/RDSMolson Stadium11,297 Recap

[13] [14] [15]

 #  Games played with white uniforms. [16]
 #  Games played with colour uniforms. [16]
 #  Games played with alternate uniforms. [16]

Team

Roster

Ottawa Redblacks roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

Fullbacks

Receivers

Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams

1-Game injured

6-Game injured

Practice roster

CFL Practice Roster

Suspended

Italics indicate American player • Bold indicates Global player • 45 Active, 23 Injured, 16 Practice, 7 Suspended
Roster updated 2021-11-19 • Depth chart Transactions Archived 2014-12-05 at the Wayback Machine More CFL rosters

Coaching staff

Ottawa Redblacks staff
Front office
  • Owner – Ottawa Sports and Entertainment Group (OSEG)
  • Chief executive officer – Mark Goudie
  • Interim general manager – Jeremy Snyder
  • Interim assistant general manager – Jean-Marc Edmé
  • Director of player personnel – Pier-Yves Lavergne
  • Coordinator of football operations – Joey Swarbrick
  • Video coordinator – Braun Gheller

Head coaches

Offensive coaches

 

Defensive coaches

  • Defensive coordinator – Mike Benevides
  • Defensive line – Carey Bailey
  • Linebackers – Patrick Bourgon
  • Defensive backs – Greg Knox

Special teams coaches

Strength and conditioning

  • Strength and conditioning coordinator – Nick Mercuri

Coaching Staff Archived 2014-11-13 at the Wayback Machine
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References

  1. "Ticats eliminate Redblacks from playoff contention with lopsided victory". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. October 23, 2021.
  2. "Montreal Alouettes vs Ottawa Redblacks". cfl.ca. November 1, 2019.
  3. "Ottawa Redblacks fire general manager Marcel Desjardins". ctv.ca. October 25, 2021.
  4. 1 2 "Divisional games take centre stage in unique 2021 schedule". Canadian Football League. November 20, 2020.
  5. "CFL Announces Plans To Return-to-play For 2021 Season". Canadian Football League. April 21, 2021.
  6. 1 2 3 "Circle your calendars: CFL releases 2021 schedule". Canadian Football League. June 15, 2021.
  7. 1 2 "CFL calendar busy with free agency, virtual combines, drafts". Canadian Football League. February 4, 2021. Retrieved February 7, 2021.
  8. "2021 Global Draft tracker". Canadian Football League . Retrieved April 15, 2021.
  9. "CFL announces date for 2021 CFL National Draft". cfl.ca. Canadian Football League. March 30, 2021. Retrieved April 15, 2021.
  10. "2021 CFL Draft to feature some significant changes". CFL.ca. November 5, 2020. Retrieved November 21, 2020.
  11. "Ti-Cats snag first selection as CFL reveals 2021 order". CFL.ca. November 21, 2020. Retrieved November 21, 2020.
  12. "2021 Ottawa Redblacks Schedule". Ottawa Redblacks . Retrieved November 21, 2020.
  13. "2021 Schedule". Canadian Football League . Retrieved June 14, 2021.
  14. "Le football de la LCF de retour sur RDS dès le samedi 7 août" (in French). Canadian Football League. August 3, 2021.
  15. "ESPN Networks, ESPN+ to carry entire 2021 CFL season". Canadian Football League. August 4, 2021.
  16. 1 2 3 @REDBLACKS (August 5, 2021). "Another schedule to get hyped about" (Tweet) via Twitter.