Freshly back in the fold, receiver Jordan Williams-Lambert won’t play for the Riders Saturday. “He looks good,” says Head Coach Craig Dickenson. “He’s still learning the system obviously…it’s only day one for him. But he’s running well and he looks like he’s in shape. That’s very encouraging.” If not Saturday, when is the first for […]
Contrary to reports, receiver Jordan Williams-Lambert will not be rejoining the Riders. On Wednesday the transactions page on CFL.ca listed Williams-Lambert’s name and said he was added to the Riders active roster. News sites, blogs and Riders fans exploded with the big news. But it is not to be. “That was just one of those […]
Riders receiver Justin McInnis will move into the starting lineup for the Labour Day Classic. Cory Watson has been moved to the 6-game injured list. Watson missed practice on Friday when the Riders said he was “under the weather”. Now, Head Coach Craig Dickenson says Watson has a knee injury. The team is awaiting medical tests […]
Riders Quarterback Cody Fajardo sums up Willie Jefferson well: “He’s a freak athlete.” Add in a what must be a high football IQ and the creativity to invent ways to ruin plays, and you’ve got the Bombers star defensive end. Jefferson is first in the CFL in QB pressures (35), first in forced fumbles (5), first […]
The stats would say that the Riders are set to face a bad passer. The Riders themselves say different. The Bombers Chris Streveler was 7/17 for 89 yards in a win over Edmonton last week. He was accurate on only 50% of his pass attempts. Riders Head Coach Craig Dickenson says he doesn’t think that’s […]
After beating Ottawa at Mosaic Stadium on Saturday night, the Roughriders took three days off. It’s back to work on Wednesday though as they start getting ready for the annual back-to-back games against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers starting with Sunday’s Labour Day Classic which will go at Mosaic Stadium starting at 1. The Riders go […]
The Saskatchewan Roughriders continue to prepare for this Saturday’s matchup against the Ottawa Redblacks. The Riders are still not committing to kicker Brett Lauther being available on Saturday, but they have placed Gabe Ferraro on the practice roster to make room for defensive lineman A.C. Leonard. Head Coach Craig Dickenson said with Leonard coming back, there […]
The Saskatchewan Roughriders got what they hoped for when they signed free agent runningback William Powell in the off season. Last week Powell ran for 146 yards and three touchdowns in the green and whites 45-18 win in B.C. and was named one of the CFL’s Top Performers for Week 7. Coach Craig Dickenson said […]
Zach Collaros was back with the Saskatchewan Roughriders when they returned to the turf at Mosaic Stadium following the bye week, but he was not on the field. Collaros, who has been at his home in southern Ontario since suffering what Head Coach Craig Dickenson confirmed Tuesday was a concussion, is doing everything but practicing […]
Moments after the Calgary Stampeders walked off the Mosaic Stadium turf having beaten the Saskatchewan Roughriders by a convincing score of 37-10, Riders Head Coach Craig Dickenson was asked if he could put that game into five words. He could not. While the first-year head coach could not put what had happened over the last […]
