Redblacks start to look for answers to home woes as they welcome Argos
OTTAWA — The struggling Ottawa Redblacks have lost three of their last four games, and even their single win over that span win wasn’t overly impressive. Still, the Redblacks find themselves in the thick of the CFL East Division title race despite their recent skid and a troubling 1-3-1 home record.
Working in the Redblacks favour is the fact that most of the other CFL teams range from mediocre to downright terrible at home this season. Only Calgary, B.C. and Hamilton have winning records in their own stadiums, and at 3-2 the Lions and Tiger-Cats haven’t exactly been dominating their home turf.
While injuries have been an issue, the Redblacks (5-5-1) need to figure out how to put together wins at TD Place with four if their final seven games at home. They’ll start to look for answers Friday when they host the Toronto Argonauts (5-7-0) in a game that will decide the season series between the teams.
“It’s been a challenge, but it’s not anything that other teams aren’t experiencing in professional sport so we make no excuses,” said offensive lineman SirVincent Rogers. “We know we’ve got to get on track. We know we haven’t been playing up to our potential and we’ve been working on that in practice so hopefully Friday will be a product of what we’ve been putting on the field out here and we’ll be ready to play.”