2021 Toronto Argonauts season

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2021 Toronto Argonauts season
Head coachRyan Dinwiddie
General managerMichael Clemons
Home fieldBMO Field
Results
Record3–2
Division place1st, East
Playoff finishTBD
Uniform
CFL TOR Jersey.png

The 2021 Toronto Argonauts season is the 63rd season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 148th year of existence. The Argonauts will attempt to improve upon their 4–14 record from 2019, return to the playoffs after a two-season absence, and win their league-leading 18th Grey Cup championship.

This is scheduled to be the first full season with Michael Clemons as general manager following his appointment mid-way through the 2019 season.[1] This is also the first season for head coach Ryan Dinwiddie.[2]

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.[3][4] On June 15, 2021, the league released the revised 14-game schedule with regular season play beginning on August 5, 2021.[5]

Offseason[]

CFL Global Draft[]

The 2021 CFL Global Draft took place on April 15, 2021.[6][7] With the format being a snake draft, the Argonauts selected third in the odd-numbered rounds and seventh in the even-numbered rounds.[6] The team exchanged their third-round pick for a fourth-round pick as part of a three-player trade with the Calgary Stampeders.[8]

Round Pick Player Position University/Club Team Nationality
1 3 DB London Warriors United Kingdom Great Britain
2 16 K IBM Big Blue Japan Japan
4 30 Max Duffy P Kentucky Australia Australia
4 34 Sammis Reyes REC Tulane Chile Chile

CFL National Draft[]

The 2021 CFL Draft took place on May 4, 2021.[9][10] The Argonauts had seven selections in the six-round snake draft and had the seventh pick in odd rounds and the third pick in even rounds.[11] The team will acquired an additional fourth-round selection after trading Shawn Lemon to the BC Lions in exchange for Davon Coleman.[12] The Argonauts also swapped their fifth-round pick for the Stampeders' sixth round-pick in a three-player trade and they exchanged sixth-round picks with the Blue Bombers in the trade for Cody Speller.[8][13]

Round Pick Player Position University Team Hometown
1 7 OL Calgary Calgary, AB
2 12 OL New Mexico State Welland, ON
3 25 DL Michigan Ottawa, ON
4 30 WR McMaster Guelph, ON
4 33 LB Carleton Gatineau, QC
6 47 DB Saskatchewan Regina, SK
6 52 Benjamin St-Juste DB Minnesota Montreal, QC

Preseason[]

Pre-season games were not played due to the shortening of the season.[5]

Planned schedule[]

Week Game Date Kickoff Opponent TV Venue
A Bye
B 1 Thu, May 27 7:30 p.m. EDT vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats NA BMO Field
C 2 Thu, June 3 7:30 p.m. EDT at Hamilton Tiger-Cats NA Tim Hortons Field

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Regular season[]

Standings[]

East Division
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Team GP W L T Pts PF PA Div Stk
Toronto Argonauts 5 3 2 0 6 96 111 1–1 W1 Details
Montreal Alouettes 4 2 2 0 4 113 97 1–1 W1 Details
Hamilton Tiger-Cats 5 2 3 0 4 89 95 2–1 L1 Details
Ottawa Redblacks 5 1 4 0 2 80 155 0–1 L4 Details

Schedule[]

The Argonauts initially had a schedule that featured 18 regular season games beginning on June 19 and ending on October 30.[3] The team was scheduled to be the home team for a neutral site game on July 10 for a match-up with the Calgary Stampeders.[15] 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 Argonauts began their 14-game season on August 7, 2021.[5]

On August 22, 2021, it was announced that the Edmonton Elks had several players test positive for COVID-19, so the August 26, 2021 game was postponed with the re-scheduled date to be declared once the Elks pass health and safety protocols.[16] The CFL announced on September 2, 2021 that the game was re-scheduled for Tuesday, November 16, 2021, where the Argonauts originally had a bye week.[17]

Week Game Date Kickoff Opponent Results TV Venue Attendance Summary
Score Record
1 1 Sat, Aug 7 7:00 p.m. EDT at Calgary Stampeders W 23–20 1–0 TSN McMahon Stadium 23,921 Recap
2 2 Fri, Aug 13 8:30 p.m. EDT at Winnipeg Blue Bombers L 7–20 1–1 TSN/RDS IG Field 22,143 Recap
3 3 Sat, Aug 21 4:00 p.m. EDT vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers W 30–23 2–1 TSN/ESPN2 BMO Field 9,866 Recap
4 Bye (originally scheduled for Thurs, Aug 26, vs. Edmonton Elks; re-scheduled to week 16)[17]
5 4 Mon, Sept 6 1:00 p.m. EDT at Hamilton Tiger-Cats L 19–32 2–2 TSN/RDS2 Tim Hortons Field 15,000 Recap
6 5 Fri, Sept 10 7:30 p.m. EDT vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats W 17–16 3–2 TSN/RDS2 BMO Field 9,702 Recap
7 6 Fri, Sept 17 9:45 p.m. EDT at Saskatchewan Roughriders TSN Mosaic Stadium
8 7 Fri, Sept 24 7:30 p.m. EDT vs. Montreal Alouettes TSN/RDS BMO Field
9 Bye
10 8 Wed, Oct 6 7:30 p.m. EDT vs. Ottawa Redblacks TSN/RDS2 BMO Field
10 9 Mon, Oct 11 4:00 p.m. EDT at Hamilton Tiger-Cats TSN Tim Hortons Field
11 Bye
12 10 Fri, Oct 22 7:30 p.m. EDT at Montreal Alouettes TSN/RDS Molson Stadium
13 11 Sat, Oct 30 4:00 p.m. EDT vs. BC Lions TSN BMO Field
14 12 Sat, Nov 6 4:00 p.m. EDT at Ottawa Redblacks TSN/RDS2 TD Place Stadium
15 13 Fri, Nov 12 7:30 p.m. EST vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats TSN/ESPNews BMO Field
16 14 Tues, Nov 16 † 7:30 p.m. EST vs. Edmonton Elks TSN BMO Field

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 #  Games played with colour uniforms.
 #  Games played with white uniforms.
† Game rescheduled from August 26 due to an outbreak of COVID-19 amoung Edmonton players.

Team[]

Roster[]

Toronto Argonauts roster
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Quarterbacks

Receivers

Running backs

Fullbacks

  • 38 Declan Cross
  • 36
  • 37

Offensive linemen

  • 59 LT
  • 65 Dariusz Bladek RG
  • 67 Jamal Campbell RT
  • 51
  • 64
  • 52 C
  • 68 Shane Richards LG
 Defensive linemen

Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams

  • 14 Boris Bede K
  • 58 Jake Reinhart LS
 1-Game Injured list

6-Game Injured list

Practice roster

CFL Practice roster
  • 21 Reshard Cliett LB
  • 34 A. J. Ouellette RB
  • 70 K
  • 63 OL
  • 98 DL

Suspended list


Italics indicate American player • Bold indicates Global player • 45 Active, 13 Injured, 13 Practice, 13 Suspended
Roster updated 2021-09-16 • Depth chart • Transactions (argonauts.ca) • Transactions (cfl.ca) • More CFL rosters

Coaching staff[]

Toronto Argonauts staff
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Front office and support staff
  • Owner – Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment
  • President – Bill Manning
  • General Manager – Michael Clemons
  • Director of Player Personnel – John Murphy
  • Director of Canadian Scouting – Vince Magri
  • Player Relations Advisor and Football Ops Assistant – Matt Black
  

Head Coaches

Offensive coaches

  • Offensive Coordinator and Quarterbacks – Jarious Jackson
  • Receivers – Markus Howell
  • Running backs – Fred Reid
  • Offensive Line – Stephen McAdoo

Defensive coaches

  • Defensive Coordinator – Glen Young
  • Defensive Backs – Josh Bell
  • Linebackers – Kevin Eiben
  • Defensive Line –
  • Defensive Assistant –

Special teams coaches

  • Special Teams Coordinator – Mark Nelson
  • Assistant Special Teams – Kevin Eiben
  • Assistant Special Teams –

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References[]

  1. ^ CFL.ca Staff (October 8, 2019). "Argos relieve GM Jim Popp of duties". CFL.ca. Retrieved November 21, 2020.
  2. ^ "Ryan Dinwiddie named 45th head coach in Argos history". Toronto Argonauts. December 12, 2019. Retrieved November 21, 2020.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b "Divisional games take centre stage in unique 2021 schedule". Canadian Football League. November 20, 2020.
  4. ^ "CFL Announces Plans To Return-to-play For 2021 Season". Canadian Football League. April 21, 2021.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Circle your calendars: CFL releases 2021 schedule". Canadian Football League. June 15, 2021.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b "CFL calendar busy with free agency, virtual combines, drafts". Canadian Football League. February 4, 2021. Retrieved February 7, 2021.
  7. ^ "2021 Global Draft tracker". Canadian Football League. Retrieved April 15, 2021.
  8. ^ Jump up to: a b "Argos acquire rights to three, including Rogers, in trade with Stamps". Canadian Football League. January 31, 2021. Retrieved February 7, 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. ^ "Lions acquire Shawn Lemon, Argos land all-star Davon Coleman in trade". CFL.ca. August 12, 2019. Retrieved November 21, 2020.
  13. ^ "Argos acquire Speller in trade with Bombers". CFL.ca. January 27, 2021. Retrieved January 27, 2021.
  14. ^ "2021 CFL Schedule". cfl.ca. Retrieved November 21, 2020.
  15. ^ "2021 CFL schedule announced". Toronto Argonauts. November 21, 2020.
  16. ^ "CFL Statement on the Elks-Argonauts game on Thursday". Canadian Football League. August 22, 2021.
  17. ^ Jump up to: a b "Postponed Elks-Argos game rescheduled to Nov. 16". Canadian Football League. September 2, 2021.
  18. ^ "2021 Schedule". Canadian Football League. Retrieved June 14, 2021.
  19. ^ "Nos émissions" (in French). Réseau des sports. Retrieved August 3, 2021.
  20. ^ "ESPN, Upcoming". ESPN. Retrieved August 3, 2021.

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