Veteran Maier leads Ottawa in opener versus Elks
The Ottawa Redblacks will start the 2026 CFL season with Jake Maier as their quarterback against the Edmonton Elks. Maier, a free agent from the Saskatchewan Roughriders, replaces Dru Brown, who struggled last season. Edmonton will also debut new strategies under head coach Mark Kilam as they aim to improve from last year's performance.
- ▪Jake Maier will start at quarterback for the Ottawa Redblacks in their season opener against the Edmonton Elks.
- ▪Maier previously played for the Saskatchewan Roughriders and had a career-high 4,244 passing yards in 2023.
- ▪Edmonton's quarterback Cody Fajardo faced significant challenges last season, being sacked a league-high 40 times.
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The Jake Maier era in Ottawa begins Saturday night. Maier will start at quarterback when the Ottawa Redblacks host the Edmonton Elks in the CFL season opener for both teams. Maier came to the Canadian capital this off-season as a free agent after spending 2025 backing up veteran Trevor Harris with the Grey Cup-champion Saskatchewan Roughriders.Dru Brown had been Ottawa’s starter the last two seasons. He guided the Redblacks (9-8-1) to a playoff berth in 2024 — they lost 58-38 to Toronto in the East semifinal — but was limited to 11 starts last season as the club posted a CFL-worst 4-14 record.Maier made 45 starts over four seasons with Calgary (2021-24) and two more last year with Saskatchewan.
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