Stampeders prepare with home Grey Cup the goal - BERITAJA

CALGARY – A Grey Cup crippled successful their metropolis is connected the horizon. The Calgary Stampeders scheme to support their heads down and do the activity to play successful it.

“I get it correct now, we’re going to talk about the Grey Cup,” caput coach/general head Dave Dickenson said Sunday connected the first time of main campy astatine McMahon Stadium.

“I cognize Nov. 15, I want to beryllium coming retired of that locker room pinch the guys. In bid to look forward, you’ve sewage to kinda look wherever we’re at. For us, let’s make judge we grip today.”

It’s been a CFL infinitesimal since a squad won a Grey Cup successful its location stadium.

The 2013 Saskatchewan Roughriders were the past to do truthful successful Regina, which capped a tally of 3 consecutive years aft the Toronto Argonauts (2012) successful Toronto and the B.C. Lions (2011) successful Vancouver.

Receiver Dejon Brissett, who signed pinch the Stampeders successful the off-season aft winning 2 Grey Cups pinch the Argos (2024, 2022), says committedness to and execution of day-to-day chores will beryllium the cardinal to hoisting the trophy.

“I’ve been connected 2 teams that sewage location and won it truthful it’s a process right?” said the 29-year-old from Mississauga, Ont.

“So conscionable benignant of reinforcing that pinch the guys, not getting excessively focused connected the extremity goal, but each azygous measurement on the way. Teams that commencement beardown and decorativeness stronger, those are the teams that usually win.”

Brissett amassed 907 receiving yards for the Argos past year.

Calgary hosts the defending Grey Cup-champion Saskatchewan Roughriders successful a pre-season crippled May 18. Calgary’s regular play starts June 5 astatine location to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.

An 11-7 grounds to rank 3rd successful the West Division successful 2025 was a important turnaround from finishing dormant past successful the convention the erstwhile year. The Stampeders narrowly fell 33-30 to the B.C. Lions successful past season’s section semifinal.

Quarterback Vernon Adams Jr., revived Calgary’s offence successful his first play arsenic a Stampeder, and was rewarded pinch a contraction hold connected the eve of training campy done to 2028.

“We started a winning instauration again, what this metropolis is utilized to,” Adams said. “We want to uphold the standard, but we want to raise it moreover higher. It’s a immense opportunity this twelvemonth for america and we cognize what’s astatine stake.”

As is his custom, the backmost ran different outpouring campy pinch his receivers successful April.

While the mostly of that group successful California was acquainted to him, location were changes pinch the status of Dominique Rhymes and departure of Damien Alford to the NFL’s New Orleans Saints.

The CFL’s starring rusher past play pinch 1,409 yards felt fresh successful assemblage and mind to commencement training camp.

“Coming into camp, weighed successful astatine 225 connected the dot,” said Dedrick Mills, who besides signed a two-year statement hold successful the off-season.

“Usually I’m coming successful astatine 230, 240, 238, 240. It’s about apt the champion I’ve ever felt body-wise, weight-wise. Mentally, conscionable sewage married, truthful emotion very good.”

Receiver Reggie Begelton and protect lineman Folarin Orimolade were veterans not successful pads Sunday.

Begelton, who sustained a season-ending knee wounded successful Week 2 of 2025, was an on-field perceiver wearing workout clothes.

Orimolade, who tore his Achilles tendon successful September’s Labour Day game, jumped statement connected the sidelines pinch his near ankle successful a brace.

“They haven’t had their physicals yet,” Dickenson said. “Both are progressing well, but definite days they’re having immoderate problems.

“We would for illustration them backmost for Week 1, both.”

Defensive backmost Bailey Devine-Scott started campy connected the six-day injured list.

The status of P.J. Walker has opened the doorway for Josh Love to move up the extent floor plan and backmost up Adams.

The departure of protect lineman Jaylon Hutchings and linebacker Jacob Roberts to the NFL’s Minnesota Vikings creates title for starting jobs connected defence. Hutchings was released by the Vikings past period but has yet to motion pinch different team.

“We accomplished immoderate positives past year,” Dickenson said. “I’m not 1 of these guys that you person to triumph the Grey Cup to see it a successful season, but it really is levels of success.

“I’ve heard successful hockey, talk (that) if you don’t triumph it, you don’t make the playoffs, what’s the difference? For us, there’s levels of success. We want to make judge we’re playing our champion football.

“We’ve for illustration to get a (playoff) bye and for illustration to springiness ourselves the champion chance, but arsenic acold arsenic expectations, we’ve sewage to beryllium observant connected that. Let’s conscionable get amended and make judge this week’s important to america and get amended connected a regular basis.”

This study by BERITAJA was first published May 10, 2026.