The 2016 regular season was the 16th highest scoring year (at 52.91 points per game) in CFL history and the highest scoring season since 2010 (52.92 points per game). While our Argos had a terrible season, many games across the league were very exciting this season. As the season progressed, penalties decreased and the pace of the game improved. The key factor this season was a huge reduction in QB injuries from 2015 to 2016. Darian Durant, with a couple of starts missed due to injury, was the only western starting QB to miss any playing time. The team most harmed by QB injury this season had to be the Toronto Argonauts but both Ottawa and Hamilton had starting QBs who missed significant time also. This would help to explain why the west dominated the east this year after it looked like the east would continue its domination in the first month of the season.

While the challenge system still needs some tweaking and officiating needs improvement, we can feel pretty optimistic that the game of Canadian football has entered an exciting, new era in regards to on-field play. Hopefully we will see that excitement rub off on the Argos in 2017.