{"id":217092,"date":"2025-10-16T10:48:15","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T10:48:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/217092\/"},"modified":"2025-10-16T10:48:15","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T10:48:15","slug":"saskatchewan-roughriders-rule-out-top-receivers-keesean-johnson-dohnte-meyers-against-winnipeg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/217092\/","title":{"rendered":"Saskatchewan Roughriders rule out top receivers KeeSean Johnson, Dohnte Meyers against Winnipeg"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.3downnation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/KeeSean-Johnson.jpeg\" data-caption=\"Photo courtesy: Arthur Ward\/CFL\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/KeeSean-Johnson-696x392.jpeg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"KeeSean Johnson\"\/><\/a>Photo courtesy: Arthur Ward\/CFL<\/p>\n<p>The Saskatchewan Roughriders have ruled out their two top receivers against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers as KeeSean Johnson (knee) and Dohnte Meyers (ankle) were non-participants throughout the practice week.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson has made a CFL-high 86 catches for 1,159 yards and four touchdowns this season to lead the Roughriders in receptions and receiving yardage. The 29-year-old native of Mountain View, Calif. joined the team as a free agent in 2024 following a five-year NFL career with the Arizona Cardinals, Philadelphia Eagles, San Francisco 49ers, Atlanta Falcons, and Buffalo Bills.<\/p>\n<p>Meyers has caught 65 passes for 1,056 yards and eight touchdowns on the year, leading the Roughriders in receiving scores. The 25-year-old native of Brooklyn, N.Y. missed last week\u2019s game against the Toronto Argonauts, during which <a href=\"https:\/\/3downnation.com\/2025\/10\/11\/saskatchewan-roughriders-clinch-first-in-west-as-corey-mace-refuses-gatorade-shower\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Saskatchewan clinched first place in the West Division<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Roughriders have also ruled out running back A.J. Ouellette and defensive lineman Micah Johnson due to what they\u2019ve termed \u201cload management.\u201d Short-yardage quarterback Tommy Stevens (knee), defensive lineman Shane Ray (neck), and defensive backs Marcus Sayles (ankle) and Rolan Milligan Jr. (foot\/knee) have been ruled out as well.<\/p>\n<p>Franchise quarterback Trevor Harris is listed as available, though <a href=\"https:\/\/3downnation.com\/2025\/10\/13\/jake-maier-takes-first-team-qb-reps-after-riders-clinch-top-spot-in-west-division\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jake Maier reportedly took first-team reps during the practice week<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Saskatchewan Roughriders (12-4) will visit the Winnipeg Blue Bombers (8-8) at Princess Auto Stadium on Friday, October 17 with kickoff slated for 8:00 p.m. EDT. <a href=\"https:\/\/3downnation.com\/2025\/10\/11\/saskatchewan-roughriders-turn-their-attention-to-november-with-win-over-toronto-seven-other-thoughts\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Riders are coming off a win over Toronto<\/a> that allowed them to clinch first place in the West Division, while <a href=\"https:\/\/3downnation.com\/2025\/10\/11\/winnipeg-blue-bombers-get-gobbled-up-in-thanksgiving-game-against-elks-eight-other-thoughts\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the Blue Bombers lost to Edmonton<\/a>, failing to clinch a playoff spot in the process.<\/p>\n<p>The weather forecast in Winnipeg calls for a high of 11 degrees with rainy conditions. The game will be broadcast on TSN in Canada and CFL+ internationally. Radio listeners can tune-in on 620 CKRM in Regina and 680 CJOB in Winnipeg.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photo courtesy: Arthur Ward\/CFL The Saskatchewan Roughriders have ruled out their two top receivers against the Winnipeg Blue&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":217093,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":{"0":"post-217092","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-news","11":"tag-top-stories","12":"tag-topnews","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217092","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=217092"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217092\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/217093"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=217092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=217092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}