{"id":859374,"date":"2026-08-15T19:46:53","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T19:46:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/859374\/"},"modified":"2026-08-15T19:46:53","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T19:46:53","slug":"hamilton-tiger-cats-defence-presents-a-test-for-sask-roughriders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/859374\/","title":{"rendered":"Hamilton Tiger-Cats defence presents a test for Sask. Roughriders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/cbcdb901-03f7-45bf-990e-eb17cc7fbc2d-1.jpg\" class=\"object-fit-cover\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Saskatchewan Roughriders head coach Corey Mace on the sidelines at Mosaic Stadium in Regina. The Roughriders will try to handle a stout Hamilton Tiger-Cats defence this week as they look to improve to 7-2. (Image Credit: Saskatchewan Roughriders)<\/p>\n<p>By Britton Gray &#8211; 980 CJME<\/p>\n<p>Riders Gameday<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tAug 15, 2026 | 8:01 AM\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>While the Hamilton Tiger-Cats\u2019 offence is going through some growing pains, the Saskatchewan Roughriders know the opposing defence will be up to the task.<\/p>\n<p>Hamilton\u2019s defence is only surrendering 26.2 points per game to opposing offences this season, which is the third fewest in the league.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey are coached well. Guys fly around and make plays. They have some playmakers up front and a linebacker corps (we\u2019re familiar with) with Wynton (McManis) and us being with Braxton (Hill) as well,\u201d Riders head coach Corey Mace said. \u201cI think it fits the mould of \u2018The Hammer\u2019 vibe they are going for. They are an aggressive football team, so it\u2019s a tall task for us offensively.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Offensive lineman Jermarcus Hardrick agreed that the Ti-Cats\u2019 defence presents an interesting challenge this week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Saskatchewan Roughriders head coach Corey Mace on the sidelines at Mosaic Stadium in Regina. The Roughriders will try&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":859375,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":["post-859374","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-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/859374","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=859374"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/859374\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/859375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=859374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=859374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=859374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}