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<\/p>\nOn the defensive side of the ball, Antoine Brooks Jr. will once again get a chance to show what he can do.<\/p>\n
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The linebacker began the season as the Saskatchewan Roughriders\u2019 starter, but after 10 games the Riders made a change putting Seyi Oladipo at that spot for the past three games. In those 10 games, Brooks had 57 tackles, a sack and a forced fumble.<\/p>\n
With Oladipo being placed on the six-game injured list, Brooks Jr. will once again get a chance to provide a spark for the team.<\/p>\n
\u201cNothing to reflect on. Just do what is best for the team. I did it last year. There\u2019s no point in arguing about what\u2019s going on,\u201d Brooks said. \u201cThis is not my total team, but it\u2019s my team. I don\u2019t make all the decisions, so it is what it is. I\u2019m glad we\u2019re here.\u201d<\/p>\n
Brooks and the rest of the Riders\u2019 defence will look to stop quarterback Nathan Rourke and force last season\u2019s most outstanding CFL player to make a few mistakes.<\/p>\n
\u201cExecute the plays from the certain times we have to contain him or him running outside. We have to make sure we keep him inside the pocket so he makes the throws we want him to make,\u201d Brooks said. \u201cMake sure we can get him frantic back there, and get him a little nervous back there.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Riders\u2019 defence will also need to handle the Lions\u2019 two-headed rushing attack, which features Zander Horvath \u2013 who has a league-leading 19 touchdowns (16 rushing, three receiving) \u2013 and veteran James Butler<\/p>\n
\u201cThis week you should see a lot more people to the ball and a lot more tackling to the ball,\u201d Brooks said.<\/p>\n
Another change on the defensive side of the ball will see defensive back Malcolm Bell make his first career CFL start this week. The first-round CFL draft choice will slide into Marcus Sayles\u2019 spot as he makes the move inside to halfback in place of Jonathan Edouard.<\/p>\n
Wide receiver Dylan Djete will start as wide receiver, as Daniel Wiebe (head) is out. Shemar Bridges is on the team\u2019s reserve roster.<\/p>\n
Fullback Albert Awachie also makes his return as offensive lineman, as Erik Andersen comes off.<\/p>\n
The Riders can clinch their season series with the Lions with a win. Saskatchewan can also clinch a playoff spot with a win paired with losses by the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and Calgary Stampeders.<\/p>\n
Kickoff for the game is set for 8:30 p.m. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On the defensive side of the ball, Antoine Brooks Jr. will once again get a chance to show…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":908390,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":["post-908389","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\/908389","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=908389"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/908389\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/908390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=908389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=908389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=908389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}