2018 Toronto Argonauts season

The 2018 Toronto Argonauts season was the 61st season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 146th season overall. The Argonauts failed to improve upon their 9–9 record from 2017, losing their tenth game of the season to the Calgary Stampeders on September 28. Following their week 17 loss to the BC Lions on October 6, the Argonauts were the first team eliminated from post-season contention.^[1] They became the first team since the 2006 Edmonton Eskimos to fail to qualify for the playoffs in the year after winning the Grey Cup.

2018 Toronto Argonauts season
General manager	Jim Popp
Head coach	Marc Trestman
Home stadium	BMO Field
Results
Record	4–14
Division place	4th, East
Playoffs	did not qualify
Team MOP	S. J. Green
Team MOC	Sean McEwen
Team MOR	Trumaine Washington
Uniform
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This was the second season with Jim Popp as general manager and Marc Trestman as head coach.^[2] Trestman was relieved of his duties the day following the Argonauts' 24–9 loss to the Ottawa Redblacks on November 2, following a 4–14 season with minimal success in Ricky Ray's absence.^[3] Ray was also indecisive about retirement at the end of the 2018 CFL regular season after sustaining a season-ending injury in the Argonauts' 41–7 loss to the Calgary Stampeders on June 23 though he ultimately retired prior to the start of the 2019 Toronto Argonauts season. ^[4]

Offseason

CFL draft

The 2018 CFL Draft took place on May 3, 2018.^[5] The Argonauts had the last selection in each round of the draft by virtue of winning the 105th Grey Cup, less any traded picks. The Argos traded their third-round pick to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in a trade for Drew Willy, but got Edmonton's when the Argos traded Mason Woods for James Franklin.^[6][7] The Argonauts also made two conditional trades, one of which was fulfilled; they lost their sixth-round selection to Montreal after acquiring S. J. Green and he had a successful season.^[8]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School	Hometown
1	9	Ryan Hunter	OL	Bowling Green	North Bay, ON
2	18	Nelkas Kwemo	LB	Queen's	Montreal, QC
3	20	Régis Cibasu	WR	Montreal	Montreal, QC
4	35	Simon Gingras-Gagnon	FB	Laval	Quebec City, QC
5	43	Sean Harrington	LB	Michigan State	Commerce Township, MI
7	60	Mathieu Loiselle	LB	Wagner	Quebec City, QC
8	69	Kain Anzovino	LS	Kent State	Fort Erie, ON

Preseason

The Argonauts played their home pre-season game in Guelph due to field maintenance for the grass at their usual home stadium, BMO Field.^[9]

Week	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results		TV	Venue	Attendance	Summary
				Score	Record
A	Bye
B	Fri, June 1	7:30 p.m. EDT	@ Hamilton Tiger-Cats	W 36–18	1–0	TSN	Tim Hortons Field	NA	Recap
C	Thurs, June 7	7:30 p.m. EDT	Ottawa Redblacks	L 17–32	1–1	None	Alumni Stadium	3,921	Recap

^[10][11]

 #  Games played with white uniforms.

Regular season

The Toronto Argonauts lost their starting quarterback, Ricky Ray, due to a serious neck injury in the team's 41–7 loss to the Calgary Stampeders in the second week of the season.^[12] He was subsequently discharged from a Toronto hospital several days later. At the time of discharge, it was announced that Ray would miss a significant, but undisclosed, amount of time from on-field responsibilities.^[13] At the time of injury, commentators suggested that the team bench Ray in favor of their newly acquired backup quarterback, James Franklin.

Standings

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Team	GP	W	L	T	Pts	PF	PA	Div	Stk
Ottawa Redblacks	18	11	7	0	22	464	420	6–2	W3	Details
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	18	8	10	0	16	513	456	4–4	L3	Details
Montreal Alouettes	18	5	13	0	10	345	512	4–4	W2	Details
Toronto Argonauts	18	4	14	0	8	369	560	2–6	L2	Details

Schedule

Week	Game	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results		TV	Venue	Attendance	Summary
					Score	Record
1	1	Fri, June 15	9:00 p.m. EDT	@ Saskatchewan Roughriders	L 19–27	0–1	TSN/RDS2/ESPN2	Mosaic Stadium	29,788	Recap
2	2	Sat, June 23	7:00 p.m. EDT	Calgary Stampeders	L 7–41	0–2	TSN/RDS2	BMO Field	16,450	Recap
3	Bye
4	3	Sat, July 7	5:30 p.m. EDT	Edmonton Eskimos	W 20–17	1–2	TSN	BMO Field	12,196	Recap
5	4	Fri, July 13	9:00 p.m. EDT	@ Edmonton Eskimos	L 15–16	1–3	TSN/ESPN2	Commonwealth Stadium	31,056	Recap
6	5	Sat, July 21	4:00 p.m. EDT	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	L 20–38	1–4	TSN	BMO Field	10,844	Recap
7	6	Fri, July 27	8:30 p.m. EDT	@ Winnipeg Blue Bombers	L 14–40	1–5	TSN/RDS/ESPN2	Investors Group Field	27,116	Recap
8	7	Thurs, Aug 2	7:00 p.m. EDT	Ottawa Redblacks	W 42–41	2–5	TSN/RDS/ESPN2	BMO Field	11,857	Recap
9	Bye
10	8	Sat, Aug 18	4:00 p.m. EDT	BC Lions	W 24–23	3–5	TSN/RDS2	BMO Field	18,104	Recap
11	9	Fri, Aug 24	7:30 p.m. EDT	@ Montreal Alouettes	L 22–25	3–6	TSN/RDS	Molson Stadium	16,480	Recap
12	10	Mon, Sept 3	6:30 p.m. EDT	@ Hamilton Tiger-Cats	L 28–42	3–7	TSN	Tim Hortons Field	24,221	Recap
13	11	Sat, Sept 8	1:00 p.m. EDT	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	L 25–36	3–8	TSN	BMO Field	15,702	Recap
14	Bye
15	12	Sat, Sept 22	7:00 p.m. EDT	Saskatchewan Roughriders	L 29–30	3–9	TSN	BMO Field	14,479	Recap
16	13	Fri, Sept 28	9:00 p.m. EDT	@ Calgary Stampeders	L 16–38	3–10	TSN/RDS2	McMahon Stadium	24,126	Recap
17	14	Sat, Oct 6	7:00 p.m. EDT	@ BC Lions	L 23–26	3–11	TSN	BC Place	18,535	Recap
18	15	Fri, Oct 12	7:30 p.m. EDT	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	L 20–34	3–12	TSN	BMO Field	14,184	Recap
19	16	Sat, Oct 20	4:00 p.m. EDT	Montreal Alouettes	W 26–22	4–12	TSN/RDS	BMO Field	14,080[14]	Recap
20	17	Sun, Oct 28	1:00 p.m. EDT	@ Montreal Alouettes	L 10–40	4–13	TSN/RDS/ESPN2	Molson Stadium	17,583	Recap
21	18	Fri, Nov 2	7:30 p.m. EDT	@ Ottawa Redblacks	L 9–24	4–14	TSN/RDS	TD Place Stadium	22,185	Recap

^[10]

 #  Games played with colour uniforms.

 #  Games played with white uniforms.

Team

Roster

Toronto Argonauts roster
Quarterbacks 14 McLeod Bethel-Thompson  2 James Franklin  9 Dakota Prukop QB/ST Running back 35 Brandon Burks 38 Declan Cross FB 33 Simon Gingras-Gagnon FB 30 Travon Van RB Receivers 89 Duron Carter 11 Alex Charette SB 10 Armanti Edwards SB 19 S. J. Green SB 84 Llevi Noel SB 88 Jimmy Ralph  8 Myles White		Offensive linemen 64 Ryan Bomben RG 66 Isiah Cage LT 67 Jamal Campbell LG 69 William Campbell RT 62 J'Michael Deane RG 57 Tyler Holmes LG 68 Chris Kolankowski C 61 Sean McEwen C Defensive linemen 94 Frank Beltre DE 97 Ken Bishop DT 91 Evan Foster DE 93 Linden Gaydosh DT 90 Cleyon Laing DT 18 Eric Striker DE 75 Cameron Walker DE 98 Dylan Wynn DT		Linebackers  3 Alden Darby DB/LB 99 Sean Harrington 52 Justin Herdman 23 Jeff Knox Jr. 12 Nelkas Kwemo 24 Justin Tuggle LB/DL Defensive backs 27 Jonathan Dowling S 29 Abdul Kanneh HB 43 Marcus Roberson CB 36 Trumaine Washington HB 20 Matt Webster S  7 Robert Woodson CB 25 Ronnie Yell CB Special teams 46 Zackary Medeiros P 34 Drew Brown K 58 Jake Reinhart LS		1-Game Injured List 13 Mario Alford WR 39 Matt Black DB 80 Darren Carrington II WR 92 Troy Davis DL 49 Jeffrey Finley DL 28 Akeem Jordan LB  4 William Likely DB 44 Dexter McCluster RB/KR 17 Ronnie Pfeffer P/K 65 D. J. Sackey OL 81 Rodney Smith WR 54 Chris Van Zeyl RT 82 Malcolm Williams 6-Game Injured List  6 Marcus Ball LB  1 Anthony Coombs RB/SB 21 Qudarius Ford DB  5 Jermaine Gabriel DB 41 Nakas Onyeka LB 47 Terrance Plummer LB 15 Ricky Ray QB  0 Johnny Sears Jr. DB 26 Cassius Vaughn DB 32 James Wilder Jr. RB 48 Bear Woods LB Practice squad 95 Hassan Barry DL 53 John Biewald DE 37 Anthony Covington 77 Rakim Cox DE 87 Austin Duke WR 16 Caleb Ham DB 42 Mathieu Loiselle LB 40 Duke Thomas DB 00 Chandler Worthy WR Suspended Italics indicate international player Roster updated 2018-11-01 Depth chart Transactions (argonauts.ca) Archived 2016-02-29 at the Wayback Machine Transactions (cfl.ca) 46 active, 8 one-game injured 12 six-game injured, 7 practice roster → More rosters

Coaching staff

Toronto Argonauts staff
	Front office and support staff Owner – Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment President – Bill Manning Special advisor – Michael Clemons General manager – Jim Popp Assistant general manager – Spencer Zimmerman Director of football administration – Catherine Raiche Director of football operations – Ian Sanderson Director of canadian scouting – Vince Magri Scout/Football Ops Assistant – Timur Malik Consultant, Football Operations – Nick Volpe Equipment manager – Danny Webb Assistant equipment manager – Tom Bryce Head athletic therapist – Scott Shannon Assistant athletic therapist – Josh Shewell			Head coaches Head coach – Marc Trestman Offensive coaches Offensive coordinator/receivers – Tommy Condell Quarterbacks – Anthony Calvillo Running backs – Josh Moore Offensive line – Jonathan Himebauch Offensive quality control – Justin Poindexter Defensive coaches Defensive coordinator – Mike Archer Defensive backs – Tyron Brackenridge Linebackers – Greg Quick Defensive line – Kerry Locklin Defensive quality control – Gavin Lake Special teams coaches Special teams coordinator – Kevin Eiben Assistant special teams – Wendell Avery → Coaching Staff → More CFL staffs