With cuts now out of the way, Riders Head Coach Craig Dickenson got down to work on Sunday as the Saskatchewan Roughriders held their first practice of the regular season at Mosaic Stadium Sunday afternoon. As one would expect after the first practice, the quarterback was the focus, but it was 3rd string quarterback […]
The Riders released 23 players, put 12 on the practice roster and returned four players to junior on Saturday as they get ready for the start of the 2019 season which begins Thursday in Hamilton. Three of the biggest cuts were to QB David Watford, DL Chad Geter and DB Crezdon Butler. Riders GM Jeremy […]
The Saskatchewan Roughriders have announced a number of roster moves just after noon on Saturday. The movement comes before the CFL’s 10:00 p.m. eastern deadline for teams to make cuts to their training camp rosters. Social media gave away a couple of the announcements either last night or this morning. Quarterback David Watford and defensive […]
CFL teams must get down to their 46 man roster by 8 o’clock Saskatchewan time Saturday night. While the Riders have not made any cuts public, quarterback David Watford has indicated through his Twitter account that his time in Riderville has come to an end. Thank you Rider Nation for the opportunity on to the […]
Play time is over as the real season now begins. The Saskatchewan Roughriders got one last chance to tune-up their game before the start of the 2019 CFL season on Thursday night as they battled the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. While the Bombers won the game 35-29, there were several positives for the football team including […]
More regulars will be in the Saskatchewan Roughriders line up Thursday night, when they host the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in their final pre-season tune up before the 2019 regular season gets underway. After last weeks loss to Calgary, Coach Craig Dickenson said while they’re still in dress rehearsal mode, they do want to be much […]
The Riders announced Monday that they have signed Huskies kicker Sean Stenger. In a matching move, they released K Felix Menard-Briere who had been with them through all of training camp. Stenger was a first-team All Canadian in 2016 and a Canada West All Star in 2017. He made 19 of 26 field goals for […]
Dan Clark admits he thought his football career was over. Twenty-six days after he was thrown from his vehicle when it rolled over while on his way back to Regina following a community event in Cudworth, Clark was back on the practice field Sunday. “I didn’t think I could do it and there was a […]
The Riders have made their first set of cuts following Friday’s 36 point loss in Calgary. Three players were let go Sunday morning including receiver Brock McCoin. He had a solid first half before suffering what is believed to be a broken wrist. The other two let go were defensive back Davon Jernigan and offensive […]
Things did not go well for the Saskatchewan Roughriders as they opened the pre-season in Calgary getting beat 37-1 by the Stampeders. At one point, it was thought the game may not be played because of heavy smoke in Calgary from the forest fires in Northern Alberta, but it did get underway after a […]
