Saskatchewan Roughriders’ kicker Brett Lauther has been dealing with tightness\u00a0since Week 15.<\/p>\n
“Had some stuff going on since the Montreal game, tried to play through it,\u00a0I haven’t really felt right since then, but that’s football. Everyone’s playing through something this time of year. There is a joke in hockey, a long way from the heart,” Lauther said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“I don’t want to make the old age joke, but, like a pitcher, you use your legs so much in a season and start to tighten up —\u00a0about a month ago. Usually, things like that get better a lot quicker,\u00a0you can bounce back, but this has been a little different. Right now, putting that behind me, focusing on Friday,\u00a0trying to go out and get a win.”<\/p>\n
Lauther initially started his\u00a0CFL\u00a0career with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats from 2013 to 2014. Then he\u00a0split time between the Riders and the Toronto Argonauts in 2015. The next time he was on a roster, he was\u00a0with the Roughriders\u00a0for a second time, followed by a stint with the Edmonton Elks in 2017. In 2018, the 34-year-old\u00a0went\u00a0back to Saskatchewan\u00a0for a third time and he’s been\u00a0with the team ever since.<\/p>\n
“Trying to go out this weekend, trying to get back on track. Nothing in the past can change, so\u00a0I’m looking forward to it,\u00a0trying to get ready for the cold weather and get ready for the bigger games. It all starts with trying to look at the big picture, but trying to look at a good, hungry opponent this week in Toronto. You can’t overlook anyone.”<\/p>\n
Lauther\u00a0assured Rider Nation\u00a0he’s\u00a0ready for Friday’s game at Mosaic Stadium.<\/p>\n
“It’s been up and down, that’s for sure,” Lauther said about his\u00a0leg tightness.\u00a0“I would have liked to have been out here a lot more for practice and not missing a game. Right now, I’ll probably leave most of the stuff to [Corey] Mace to talk about the injuries. I’ve definitely felt better, but I’ll be fine to go out on Friday.”<\/p>\n
In Week 18, Saskatchewan beat the Ottawa Redblacks 20-13. Lauther did not play due to\u00a0a back injury. Campbell Fair started\u00a0and missed two extra points in the\u00a0game. Head coach Corey Mace was asked how the team decided which kicker would suit up in Week 19 versus Toronto.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWe gave Campbell a shot last week and unfortunately for him, it didn’t go as planned. We still had Brett, we brought in [Michael] Hughes\u00a0and we let them all swing this week. Ultimately, we went with the guy that we feel gives us the best chance and allows us also to put together a roster that we feel puts us in the best position to win,\u201d Mace said.<\/p>\n
Statistically, Lauther has a 68.9 field goal percentage,\u00a0which ranks\u00a0last in the CFL\u00a0among\u00a0kickers in\u00a0the 2025 season.<\/p>\n
\u201cI know the optics of it, but Brett, man, if we can put him in good situations —\u00a0me not throwing him out there on 55s and 57s\u00a0—\u00a0he’s excellent in his kickoffs, amongst the top in the league, which helps our team as well,” Mace explained.\u00a0“There’s a lot of things that went into the decision, but this is how we’re rolling this week. Each week, we’ll let ’em\u00a0swing and we’ll see\u00a0through the rest of the season.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Riders are first in the\u00a0West Division with an\u00a011-4 record. Saskatchewan\u00a0can clinch first place if the Riders beat Toronto\u00a0or Calgary\u00a0loses against the Tiger-Cats\u00a0and host the West Final. The last time the Riders won the West Division and hosted the West Final was in 2019 with a 13-5 record.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“I’ll never forget where I was standing and everything right there with the crossbar shot. That\u00a0sticks out right away, but that was a special year, a special team.\u00a0You don’t get lots of opportunities to get in those games\u00a0and we haven’t got over the hump since I’ve been here,” Lauther reflected on the 2019 season. “A lot of close ones with Winnipeg, but this group’s really good, really special. We’re going to have another good shot at it, but it starts with going 1-0 this week.”<\/p>\n
Saskatchewan hosts\u00a0the Toronto Argonauts on Friday for the\u00a0“Lights Out” game as\u00a0the Green and White will be wearing their obsidian green jerseys. Teagan Witko, Justin Dunk, and Wes Cates have the pre-game show at 4 p.m. Dave Thomas and Luc Mullinder have the game call at 7 p.m. Listen or watch our comprehensive coverage on the 620 CKRM Co-operators Rider Broadcast Network<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Saskatchewan Roughriders’ kicker Brett Lauther has been dealing with tightness\u00a0since Week 15. “Had some stuff going on since…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":201394,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,92566,82],"class_list":["post-201393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cfl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-canadian-football-league","tag-canadianfootballleague","tag-cfl","tag-saskatchewan-roughriderscorey-macebrett-lauthercfl-2025campbell-fair","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201393","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=201393"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201393\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/201394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=201393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=201393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}