{"id":198549,"date":"2025-10-08T22:07:06","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T22:07:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/198549\/"},"modified":"2025-10-08T22:07:06","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T22:07:06","slug":"riders-not-taking-argos-lightly-can-clinch-first-place-in-the-west-with-a-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/198549\/","title":{"rendered":"Riders not taking Argos lightly, can clinch first place in the West with a win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This weekend\u2019s CFL matchup between the Saskatchewan Roughriders and Toronto Argonauts features two teams who have different fates when it comes to the postseason.<\/p>\n<p>Saskatchewan will be in the postseason and can finish first in the West Division with a win on Friday over the Argos or a Calgary Stampeders loss to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Read more:<\/p>\n<p>Toronto will have its season end without playoffs after being eliminated following another loss last week.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the disparity between the two in the standings, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cjme.com\/2025\/10\/06\/riders-look-to-clean-up-mistakes-in-clash-with-argonauts\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Saskatchewan knows they can\u2019t take them lightly.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s the business of pro sports. They know what is at stake and I am sure they will be playing hard and playing for jobs and their legacy,\u201d said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cjme.com\/2023\/10\/06\/c-j-reavis-road-to-the-cfl-filled-with-hurdles\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">C.J. Reavis<\/a>, who could be set to start a second straight game at safety. \u201cThey will come out and play hard and play physical, but we just have to do our job and we will be alright.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cjme.com\/2025\/02\/19\/the-green-zone-corey-mace-believes-foundation-has-been-set-for-riders\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Riders head coach Corey Mace<\/a> also agreed with that assessment, saying Argos coach Ryan Dinwiddie and his staff over there will have them ready to go for the game. Mace was a member of that staff from 2022-23 when he was the defensive co-ordinator there.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know that staff very well and a lot of those players \u2014 they take pride in their performance,\u201d Mace said. \u201cWhoever is out there definitely has something to play for. I don\u2019t care how you cut it \u2014 that head coach and that staff have won a lot of games and so have those players so we have to be on it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Argos are also dealing with more injuries to their quarterback spot. Nick Arbuckle suffered a shoulder injury and is being shut down for the season while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cjme.com\/2023\/07\/29\/riders-ship-sinks-against-argos-lose-touchdown-atlantic-game\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chad Kelly<\/a> hasn\u2019t played since suffering a serious leg injury in last year\u2019s East Final.<\/p>\n<p>That means Jarret Doege will make his third career CFL start and the second of the season this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a rough one for him last week but that\u2019s not the product that he has always put out there. I\u2019ve had some experience calling games against him when he was in Edmonton and now jumping over to Toronto and in an offence with Dinwiddie, he will have answers to a lot of stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Riders will be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cjme.com\/2025\/10\/07\/riders-defensive-backfield-expected-to-look-different-against-argos\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">without defensive backs Tevaughn Campbell (head) and Rolan Milligan (knee\/foot)<\/a> for the game. Kicker Brett Lauther (back) and receiver Dohnte Meyers (ankle) are questionable for the game.<\/p>\n<p>Despite not practicing this week, defensive back <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cjme.com\/2025\/02\/05\/marcus-sayles-signs-two-year-extension-with-saskatchewan-roughriders\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Marcus Sayles<\/a> (knee) is listed as available by the team.<\/p>\n<p>Kickoff for the game is set for 7 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cjme.com\/green-zone-game-day\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Green Zone pregame show<\/a> begins at 5 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This weekend\u2019s CFL matchup between the Saskatchewan Roughriders and Toronto Argonauts features two teams who have different fates&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":198550,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-198549","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cfl","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-canadian-football-league","11":"tag-canadianfootballleague","12":"tag-cfl","13":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=198549"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198549\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/198550"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=198549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=198549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=198549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}