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Well, at least he’s confident.

Maurice Price touched down in Ottawa for the first time Tuesday and promised the Ottawa Redblacks would qualify for the Canadian Football League in 2015.

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“I’m not an on-the-fence guy,” said the 29-year-old Price, who was acquired from the Calgary Stampeders in January for linebacker Jasper Simmons and fellow wide receiver Dan Buckner. “I’m a man of faith. You’ve got to have faith, you’ve got to believe, you have to speak it as if it is.

“So, yes, we’ll make the playoffs.”

Such talk is common in football and in sport, but even Price must acknowledge the Redblacks’ 2-16 record in Year 1.

Price knows CFL success, though, having played for the winning Stampeders side in the Grey Cup Game at Vancouver in November. He, too, has bought into the idea that the makeover of the Redblacks’ offence — new offensive co-ordinator and line coach, three other experienced receivers signed as free agents — can make the difference between last place and entry into the postseason.