{"id":933066,"date":"2026-10-14T19:30:35","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T19:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/933066\/"},"modified":"2026-10-14T19:30:35","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T19:30:35","slug":"ottawa-redblacks-to-start-rookie-bryson-barnes-versus-toronto-argonauts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/933066\/","title":{"rendered":"Ottawa Redblacks to start rookie Bryson Barnes versus Toronto Argonauts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1792006235_220_imageRedirect.jpeg\" class=\"object-fit-cover\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Ottawa Redblacks quaterback Bryson Barnes (17) protects the ball from Montreal Alouettes&#8217; Najee Murray (12) during second half CFL football action in Montreal, on Thursday, August 20, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS\/Christopher Katsarov<\/p>\n<p>By The Canadian Press<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tOct 14, 2026 | 1:09 PM\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>OTTAWA \u2014 Rookie Bryson Barnes will get the start Friday night when the Ottawa Redblacks (0-16) host the Toronto Argonauts (9-7).<\/p>\n<p>Ryan Dinwiddie, Ottawa\u2019s head coach\/GM, made the announcement following Wednesday\u2019s practice.<\/p>\n<p>The expectation is Barnes will also start Ottawa\u2019s regular-season finale in Hamilton on Oct. 24.<\/p>\n<p>Barnes, 25, will become Ottawa\u2019s third starting quarterback this season after veterans Jake Maier and McLeod Bethel-Thompson.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ottawa Redblacks quaterback Bryson Barnes (17) protects the ball from Montreal Alouettes&#8217; Najee Murray (12) during second half&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":933067,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194295],"tags":[49,48,20739],"class_list":["post-933066","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ottawa","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-ottawa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/933066","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=933066"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/933066\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/933067"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=933066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=933066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=933066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}