Football is a 60 minute game. That is a lesson the Saskatchewan Roughriders came oh-so-close to learning in their season opener. The Riders had a 32-9 lead at halftime, but they turned the game into a nail-biter as the B.C Lions came back only to see a potential game-winning drive snuffed out when A.C Leonard […]
Cut-down day was once again hard for Riders GM Jeremy O’Day. After all, they don’t call the guys who make the team to give them the good news. Forty-nine players remain on the Riders roster with 15 more split between the two practice rosters. One of the QBs on the roster is former NFL 1st-round […]
For the first time since the 2019 Western Final, fans were in Mosaic Stadium to see the Riders. Sure it was only Day 8 of training camp, and no score was kept, it still felt like a special day for the players. “You could tell a lot of guys had some juice,” says QB Cody […]
Riders offensive coordinator Jason Maas promises and expects a lot of work from Cody Fajardo in the next three weeks. And then the 19 weeks of the CFL season. Fajardo is one of four quarterbacks (soon to be five with Monday’s arrival of Paxton Lynch) in camp. But Fajardo will be significantly busier than the […]
Riders QB Cody Fajardo was on the field for Thursday’s fateful practice. “Honestly, it felt like it was straight out of a movie,” the Riders QB says. “I’ve been here for a year and we’ve done (that drill) multiple times and nothing like that has happened.” Four players tore an Achilles tendon doing a single […]
As the Saskatchewan Roughriders start to wrap up their one-week quarantine before their 2021 training camp, Riders QB Cody Fajardo is ready to get back on the field. Joining Derek Taylor on the Sportscage, Fajardo says his home quarantine was better because he was with family, but a bit of relief came on Wednesday. “We […]
The last time we saw Cody Fajardo in uniform, the Saskatchewan Roughriders quarterback was laying face down on the Mosaic Stadium turf after a potential game-tying touchdown pass hit the crossbar on the final play of the 2019 Western final on November 17, 2019 sending Winnipeg onto the Grey Cup. Fajardo will be back on […]
Cody Fajardo will be around for the 2022 Grey Cup in Regina. The Riders announced they have signed their starting QB to an extension through the 2022 season. No other details were released. The 28 year old was the West nominee for Most Outstanding Player in 2019. And he quickly became a fan favourite for […]
In an effort to help his team keep its core together, there is a report suggesting Riders quarterback Cody Fajardo has restructured his contract for the 2021 season. Justin Dunk of “3 Down Nation” is reporting Fajardo has converted his $180,000 roster bonus, which was due on February 1, 2021, into a $140,000 signing bonus. That […]
Cody Fajardo can be heard talking about his thoughts on the game each and every Friday on 620 CKRM’s Sportscage, but on Thursday he was grilled by media across the country about many things as he was one of several players taking part in availabilities as Grey Cup Unite week continues. ON THE FACT LEAGUE […]
