One of the Riders big moves in the off-season was the signing of linebacker Solomon Elimimian. After nine seasons in B.C, Elimimian was cut by the Lions and picked up by Saskatchewan just prior to training camp, but a calf injury sustained in one of his first practices has kept him on the shelf. On […]
The CFL has fined Riders DT Makana Henry for his sideline hit on Redblacks QB Dominique Davis. In the fourth quarter of last Thursday’s game, Davis was pushed out of bounds after a 22-yard scramble. Replays showed Henry not move from his spot on the sideline and lean a shoulder into Davis, knocking him to […]
The Saskatchewan Roughriders have selected Offensive Lineman Jake Bennett in the 2019 supplemental draft. In doing so the Riders will forfeit their third round selection in the 2020 CFL Draft. The six-foot-three, 290-pounder was most recently a member of the Salt Lake Stallions in the AAF, suiting up at centre for the team. “The CFL […]
What crazy world is this? The Riders have opened as a 13.5-point favorite for Monday’s game versus the Argos. Yes, the 0-2 Riders are a monster favorite on Monday. Online-betting site Bodog released its spreads late Monday morning. It seems the oddsmakers think much more highly of the Riders than they did last week. Or […]
Many were expecting points to be at a premium Thursday in Ottawa when the REDBLACKS battled the Saskatchewan Roughriders. Instead, they got a shootout. Quarterbacks Cody Fajardo and Dominique Davis combined to throw for 714 yards and five touchdowns with Davis and the REDBLACKS prevailing by a score of 44-41 to improve their record to […]
The CFL Players’ Association informed the CFL on Wednesday night that it’s grieving the two-game suspension handed down by the league to Hamilton Tiger-Cats linebacker Simoni Lawrence. That means Lawrence will be eligible to continue playing until an arbitration hearing is held. The Ticats visit the Toronto Argonauts on Saturday afternoon. The league suspended Lawrence […]
The Saskatchewan Roughriders have made four changes to their roster for Thursday’s encounter in Ottawa against the REDBLACKS. Quarterback Bryan Bennett, offensive linemen Rene Brassea and Braden Schram and receiver Brayden Lenius have all been added with Zach Collaros, Dariusz Bladek, Max Zimmermann and Terran Vaughn being taken off. For Lenius, it will be his […]
Saskatchewan Roughriders Head Coach Craig Dickenson says it was his plan all along to start Cody Fajardo at quarterback Thursday in Ottawa, but they didn’t want to announce that right away. Fajardo was called into service just three plays into the season opener when Zach Collaros was knocked out of the game after a head-shot […]
The Hamilton Tiger-Cats will be without Simoni Lawrence for the next two games. The CFL has announced a two game suspension for Lawrence’s hit to the head of Saskatchewan Roughriders QB Zach Collaros early in Thursday’s season opening loss in Hamilton. The Riders have placed Collaros on the six game injured list, with coach Craig […]
The Riders have placed starting QB Zach Collaros on the 6-game injured list. Collaros took a shot in the head from Ticats linebacker Simoni Lawrence on the third offensive play Thursday. Collaros did not return to the game. “It was a team decision,” says Head Coach Craig Dickenson. “It was management and the player and […]
