The Saskatchewan Roughriders won their last game against the Toronto Argonauts and earned two points in the CFL standings.<\/p>\n
CFL analyst Glen Suitor believes they also got a less quantifiable victory in the process.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey beat the Argos, and they also beat down self-doubt,\u201d Suitor said on the SportsCage. \u201cWhen you lose two in a row, no matter how hard you fight it, you\u2019re starting to question in your mind if you\u2019re doing the right things to prepare.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo go out there in this one and snap that losing streak of two is big.\u201d<\/p>\n
There were several key contributors in the 28-24 come-from-behind win last Saturday. Suitor highlighted a couple of former University of Saskatchewan Huskies who stepped into starting roles at important positions and excelled.<\/p>\n
Daniel Wiebe was elevated to first-string duties at receiver after Sam Emilus and Johnny Johnson were added to the injured list because of ailments sustained in Vancouver on Aug. 23. Wiebe caught six passes for 56 yards. What impressed Suitor more was that 36 of those yards came after catches.<\/p>\n
And then there was Nelson Lokombo, who was moved from corner to his old position of safety in place of the sidelined Jaxon Ford. Lokombo had a crucial interception in the fourth quarter, which set up a Saskatchewan touchdown. It was only the second pick of his CFL career. That resonated with Suitor, who noted Lokombo\u2019s lack of interceptions before the game.<\/p>\n
Not to be overlooked was the Riders front seven.<\/p>\n
Argos quarterback Chad Kelly threw for 416 yards and three touchdowns. But Suitor indicated the Riders wore Kelly down with their aggressive play. Kelly had two interceptions in the game \u2013 James Burgess Jr. recorded the other one for the Riders \u2013 and was limited to 139 yards in the second half.<\/p>\n
Perhaps not coincidentally, the Riders defence shut out the Argos over the final two quarters.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat happens when you play physical on the quarterback \u2013 not dirty, but physical \u2013 is it pays off because they start in the second half seeing ghosts,\u201d Suitor said. \u201cEven veterans and guys like Chad, they\u2019re going to start seeing ghosts and they get back in that pocket and then the pressure\u2019s really not there, but they rush their throw. They overthrow. They start to hop around. They start to look at the rush.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s when you feel like you\u2019ve got them where you want them as a defence. And I thought that\u2019s what happened in this game.\u201d<\/p>\n
Even though it wasn\u2019t the prettiest performance for the Riders, there was a lot to like with how they got the job done. There are many positives to take into their pivotal home-and-home set against Winnipeg.<\/p>\n
The one thing to question is Alex Hale. After three straight perfect games, the kicker missed a 50-yard field goal and a convert in the fourth quarter that would have tied the score.<\/p>\n
Windy second-half conditions give Hale a bit of a reprieve, though, according to Suitor.<\/p>\n
\u201cKeep the competition on him, but I don\u2019t think we\u2019re anywhere near needing to make a drastic change because of that windy second half where he missed a couple (kicks),\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Watch the full interview below.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Saskatchewan Roughriders won their last game against the Toronto Argonauts and earned two points in the CFL…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":880692,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[3878,49,48,521,522,520,3290,4398,27684,27683,1893,4401,27682,4400,4399,82],"class_list":["post-880691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cfl","tag-agriculture","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-canadian-football-league","tag-canadianfootballleague","tag-cfl","tag-contests","tag-country-music","tag-gx94","tag-manitoba-news","tag-radio","tag-rider-radio","tag-saskatchewan-news","tag-saskatchewan-roughriders","tag-saskatchewan-sports","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/880691","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=880691"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/880691\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/880692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=880691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=880691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=880691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}