Winning the West Division isn’t out of the question for Saskatchewan. But the way things are going, the Riders are perhaps more likely to finish fourth in the division and cross over to the East for the playoffs.<\/p>\n
The Saskatchewan Roughriders still have a chance to win the West Division with five games left and one against the Edmonton Elks, the team they\u2019re four points behind in the standings.<\/p>\n
But the way things are going, Glen Suitor believes they\u2019re perhaps more likely to finish fourth in the division and cross over to the East for the playoffs.<\/p>\n
A lot of his pessimism stems from extended absences to receivers Kian Schaffer-Baker and Sam Emilus and uncertainty about their returns to the lineup.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think these injuries are finally rearing their ugly head,\u201d Suitor said on Tuesday\u2019s edition of the SportsCage. \u201cWhen are they getting these playmakers back? If it\u2019s four weeks from now, it\u2019s time to maybe start to look at the practice roster, maybe look to sign guys that are on your (negotiation) list and bring them in while they\u2019ve got a couple games to get under their belt before playoffs.\u201d<\/p>\n
The 19-6 loss the Riders suffered\u00a0to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers last Saturday has Suitor down on this group.<\/p>\n
The Bombers brought a ton of pressure on Riders quarterback Trevor Harris, and Suitor felt like he lacked options in the receiving corps for quick passes.<\/p>\n
\u201cWere they sharp on their adjustments?\u201d Suitor said. \u201cOnly they would know when they break down the film fully, but that\u2019s what I wonder about.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was a master class in \u2013 I won\u2019t say being out-coached \u2013 but the Bombers coaching staff did a really nice job in that one.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Riders racked up 278 yards of net offence and only 52 rushing yards. They failed to score a touchdown in what was their worst offensive showing of 2026.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is typical Banjo Bowl. It just is,\u201d Suitor said. \u201cIt\u2019s the hardest game in the regular season of the year for the Saskatchewan Roughriders. And when they won last year, I said, \u2018That is a mental hurdle that could carry them to the Grey Cup.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
That didn\u2019t happen this year. The Riders were tripped up by that hurdle.<\/p>\n
Now, they\u2019re two wins behind the Elks for top spot in the division with the Bombers and B.C. Lions just two points back.<\/p>\n
The East could be calling.<\/p>\n
Watch the full segment below.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Winning the West Division isn’t out of the question for Saskatchewan. But the way things are going, the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":897867,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":["post-897866","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\/897866","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=897866"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/897866\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/897867"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=897866"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=897866"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=897866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}