I’m not being snarky, I’m genuinely curious: do other teams typically dress two American running backs?
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Quel serait alors le ratio des 21 joueurs N….pour les Alouettes.
I don’t know what is in “Fashion” right now but there is nothing preventing teams from dressing two American Running Backs. I suppose if you start a pair of Canadian receivers, or dress five Canadian linesmen you have more options. Then again a team that dresses two would most likely use some two back sets in some situations.
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My impression is that most teams aren’t going to dress an extra American running back barring special circumstances (the major one being injury). That extra RB has to contribute on teams or else it’s a wasted spot, and even then, how many two-back American sets do we see across the league? If you trust your CanCon, you can run those formations without the extra American.
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Doesn’t really matter. You are going to dress 22 Americans and 21 Canadians and this is where changing the status of Canadian quarterbacks would add a lot of flexibility to CFL roster strategy.
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No question, right now it is very much a cookie cutter league.
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Off the top of my head, Toronto, Edmonton and Calgary did last year. I haven’t researched for more.
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Hamilton habillait un demi offensif et un Centre-arrière américains, en 2024.
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My supplemental question would be: did they also dress a Canadian running back?
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Calgary alignement du 26/10
Demis offensifs D. Mills A et P. Logan A (DA)
Centre-arrière R. Leder N
Un Centre-arrière N habillé
Edmonton alignement du 25/10
Demis offensifs J. Rankin A et J. Leake A
Centre-arrière P. Grohovac N
Un Centre-arrière N habillé
Hamilton alignement du 25/10
Demis offensifs G. Bell A et A. Litre N.
Centre-arrières J. Tuck N et J. Robinson A
4 porteurs de ballons habillés: 2 demis offensifs offensifs 1A et 1N et 2 centre-arrières habillés 1N et 1A
Toronto alignement du 9/11
Demis offensifs: K. Carey A
D. McMahon A
D. Adeboboye N
Pour Toronto: 3 demis offensifs habillés 2 A et 1 N
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Toronto won the Grey Cup with that ratio.
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Toronto 2024 - 302 course par les porteurs de ballon : 2 américains et 1 canadien
K. Davis A 191 courses 63 pour-cent , 1,060 verges
D. MacMahon A 48 courses 16 pour-cent 288 verges
D. Adeboboye N 63 courses 21 pour-cent 244 verges
En 2022, Toronto avait 3 porteurs de ballon mais un seul américain AJ Ouellette et deux canadiens A. Harris et D. Adeboboye.
Pour Alouettes 2024 au niveau des porteurs de ballon 204 courses
W. Fletcher A 141 courses pour 69 pour-cent pour 764 verges
STE N 53 courses pour 26 pour-cent pour 371 verges *
J. Antwi N 10 courses pour 5 pour-cent pour 20 verges
- après l’échange de J, Antwi, STE a été plus utilisé et avec succès, à continuer en 2025.
Ce qui est particulier au niveau de l’attaque au sol, c’est l’importance des qa pour la course.
C. Fajardo 51 courses pour 277 verges
D. Alexander 24 courses pour 166 verges
C. Evans 24 courses pour 55 verges
D. Davis 19 courses pour 39 verges
Porteurs de ballon 204 courses et qa 118 courses environ 40 pour-cent pour des courts gains et des touchés.
Dude, there is no winning formula for ratio. 
The key is striving to ensure that every Canadian you start is as good or better than the American you have at that position. No fielding a scrub just to say you’re starting a Canadian.
If you look at our projection:
- OL. Lestage and Lawrence are both all-stars. Gibbon, Saindon, Nouilli, and Shanks are excellent depth.
- FB Dallaire / WR Spieker (nationalized American). Spieker is an integral part of our offence. I don’t think anyone’s dressed an American at fullback since the days of Mike Sellers. But Dallaire is good. He’s a decent pass-catcher as a safety valve in addition to being a good blocker. Mason (FB) and one of the Canadian backups are fine as depth.
- WR Philpot. One of the top receivers in the entire league. Fervius is decent at backup.
- DE Berglund and Uguak. Berglund is coming off a terrific season. Uguak should bounce back to his 2023 form. Archibald is an excellent backup and rotation guy.
- FS. Dequoy. Enough said. One of the best safeties in the league. Beauchemin and Hamlin are great depth.
That’s 7/8 spots. Now, we have uncertainty about how we’re going to fill out that eighth spot, but teams around the league are in a similar position with ratio. No one is going to have elite depth behind their Canadian starters. So Fervius and Oladejo and Harris are big drop-offs from Philpot but that’s inevitable.
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