The

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Ottawa Redblacks The Ottawa Redblacks (officially stylized as REDBLACKS) (French: Le Rouge et Noir d'Ottawa) are a professional Canadian football team based in Ottawa, Ontario. The team plays in the East Division of the Canadian Football League (CFL). Starting ...

season was the sixth season for the team in the

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. This was the sixth season with

Marcel Desjardins Marcel Desjardins (born May 19, 1966) is the former general manager for the Ottawa Redblacks of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He has also served as the General Manager for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats for two seasons. He is a four time Grey Cup ...

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and Rick Campbell as

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. The Redblacks were eliminated from playoff contention for the first time since their inaugural season in

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following a week 18 loss to the

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on October 11, 2019.

Offseason

Free-Agency

The 2018 CFL free agency period officially opened at 12:00pm EST on February 12, 2019. Significant transactions are listed below:

Retained

Additions

Departed

Foreign drafts

For the first time in its history, the CFL held drafts for foreign players from

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and

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. Like all other CFL teams, the Redblacks held three non-tradeable selections in the

2019 CFL–LFA Draft The 2019 CFL–LFA Draft took place on January 14, 2019. 27 players were chosen from an invited pool of 51 Mexican players: 34 from the Liga de Fútbol Americano Profesional (LFA) (a professional American football league) and 17 seniors from Mexic ...

, which took place on January 14, 2019. The

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took place on April 11, 2019 where all teams held one non-tradeable pick.

CFL draft

The

2019 CFL Draft The 2019 CFL Draft took place on May 2, 2019 at 8:00 pm ET and was broadcast on TSN and RDS. 73 players were chosen from among eligible players from Canadian universities, as well as Canadian players playing in the United States on NCAA or ...

took place on May 2, 2019. By virtue of being the 106th Grey Cup runner-up, the Redblacks had the second-last selection in each round, not including traded picks. The team traded their second-round pick to the

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in exchange for

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Preseason

Schedule

2019 Ottawa Redblacks Schedule
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Regular season

Standings

Schedule

RDS présente plus de 50 matchs de football de la LCF dès le jeudi 6 juin
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Team

Roster

Coaching staff

References

External links

* {{Ottawa Redblacks seasons 2019 Canadian Football League season by team Ottawa Redblacks seasons 2019 in Ottawa 2019 in sports in Ontario