{"id":288502,"date":"2025-11-17T08:31:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T08:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/288502\/"},"modified":"2025-11-17T08:31:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T08:31:09","slug":"riders-o-line-the-unsung-heroes-of-the-112th-grey-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/288502\/","title":{"rendered":"Riders o-line the unsung heroes of the 112th Grey Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"

Trevor Harris<\/a> summed up the incredible night that the Saskatchewan Roughriders\u2019 offensive line had in the 112th Grey Cup, a game won by the \u2018Riders by a score of 25-17.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think I took a single hit,\u201d said Saskatchewan\u2019s Grey Cup MVP quarterback. \u201cI coulda not worn shoulder pads.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThey protected their butts off all night.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Roughriders O-line painted a masterpiece in the Grey Cup game giving up zero sacks and providing Harris with a clean pocket all night long, allowing the veteran quarterback to spin some magic in setting a Grey Cup record by completing 85.2 per cent of his passes and racking up 302 passing yards and a 119.7 efficiency rating.<\/p>\n

\"112th112th GREY CUP
\u00bb\u00a0Riders take down Alouettes to win 112th Grey Cup<\/a>
\u00bb Landry\u2019s 5 takeaways from the 112th Grey Cup<\/a>
\u00bb\u00a0Trevor Harris named the Most Valuable Player of the 112th Grey Cup<\/a>
\u00bb\u00a0Samuel Emilus named the Most Valuable Canadian of the 112th Grey Cup<\/a>
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It\u2019s true that Harris\u2019 quick-thinking and equally fast delivery played a part in denying the Montreal Alouettes\u2019 defence much of a presence in the Saskatchewan backfield, but it\u2019s equally true that the fortifications up front helped Harris stay safe while getting his feet under him in the early going.<\/p>\n

The Als sent some \u201cfunky\u201d blitz packages at the Roughriders\u2019 offensive line, Harris said, and yet he had time to climb the pocket anyway.<\/p>\n

\u201cI knew something was special,\u201d said head coach Corey Mace of the unit, feeling the vibe since way back in training camp and even before.<\/p>\n

\u201cOffensive line came to Saskatchewan a week before camp to watch film and work out together,\u201d he said. \u201cSpecial group.\u201d That was something that right tackle \u2014 and 2025 Most Outstanding Offensive Lineman \u2014 Jermarcus Hardrick<\/a> remembered as well.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe came in early,\u201d said the 11-year vet, in his second season with Saskatchewan. \u201cWe wanted to be the difference in this team, and I think we were.\u201d<\/p>\n

Asked if this was his unit\u2019s best performance of the season, at precisely the right time, the man they call \u201cYoshi\u201d just smiled and replied:<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know, we\u2019re champs, man. I haven\u2019t looked at the film, haven\u2019t thought about it. I\u2019m ready to go celebrate with my teammates.\u201d<\/p>\n

Centre Logan Ferland, looking exhausted but very satisfied, deadpanned that things could have been better.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s some things to clean up,\u201d he said. \u201cWatch film, clean it up.\u201d<\/p>\n

Then he smiled. \u201cNo, I\u2019m kidding.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Not only did the pass protection allow for Harris to stand tall against a ferocious defence, the line paved the way for running back AJ Ouellette, who finished the night with 83 yards on 17 carries, and for short yardage quarterback Tommy Stevens<\/a>, who scored two touchdowns on sneaks at the goal line.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m just so proud of that group,\u201d said Stevens. \u201cI\u2019m so thankful to be a part of them. You know, they accepted me with open arms. And those guys are awesome, man. I love those guys, and I\u2019m just so proud of our group.\u201d<\/p>\n

Right guard Jacob Brammer<\/a>, in his second year on the Saskatchewan line, felt that a September game against the Als, in which the \u2018Riders got blasted pretty good, served as pretty good motivation for the rematch.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe took it personal from the last time we played them,\u201d said Brammer. \u201cI mean, they\u2019re really good defensive group, and it was just something we made a point of during the week. We wanted to keep him (Trevor Harris<\/a>) upright and really just try to set the tone from the jump.\u201d<\/p>\n

That they did. And they kept that tone up for the entire game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Trevor Harris summed up the incredible night that the Saskatchewan Roughriders\u2019 offensive line had in the 112th Grey…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":288503,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-288502","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\/288502","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=288502"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288502\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/288503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=288502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=288502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=288502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}