{"id":917346,"date":"2026-10-02T03:16:30","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T03:16:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/917346\/"},"modified":"2026-10-02T03:16:30","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T03:16:30","slug":"qa-riders-tommy-stevens-talks-special-skills-trevor-harris-throws-cfl-vs-nfl-620-ckrm-the-voice-of-saskatchewan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/917346\/","title":{"rendered":"Q&A: Riders\u2019 Tommy Stevens talks special skills, Trevor Harris throws, CFL vs. NFL | 620 CKRM – The Voice of Saskatchewan"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tommy Stevens and the Saskatchewan Roughriders are looking to turn the page on a disappointing loss against the B.C. Lions and take out that frustration on the Calgary Stampeders.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel like everybody in our group, everybody in every room, we\u2019re all pulling the rope in the same direction,\u201d Stevens said. \u201cWe just had to recalibrate and eventually move on because there\u2019s no getting it back.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve got to control the things that we can control. We did a good job of that this week.\u201d<\/p>\n

Stevens, a fan favourite and Saskatchewan\u2019s short-yardage quarterback, is looking to do what he does best against the Stamps. He\u2019s second in the CFL with 15 touchdowns but hasn\u2019t found the end zone in either of his last two games.<\/p>\n

A win over the Stamps \u2013 Stevens\u2019 former team \u2013 clinches a playoff berth for the Riders. A big touchdown in front of the home crowd would undoubtedly raise the noise level.<\/p>\n

\u201cI love playing here,\u201d Stevens said. \u201cIt\u2019s awesome playing here in front of these fans. We feed off their energy, especially when this place is rocking like it has been this year. I\u2019m excited to see if they can exceed expectations as well. We\u2019re going to need them.\u201d<\/p>\n

We at SportsCage.com needed you, too, since Stevens was the subject of our latest reader-driven Q&A. We got some great questions from people who submitted them through the Riders All Access Report<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Those who had their queries chosen below will all be entered into a draw to win Riders tickets.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s Stevens responding to your questions from Voice of the Roughriders Dave Thomas. Editor\u2019s note: some questions were edited for length, clarity, or context.<\/p>\n

From Thomas W. Paterson: You\u2019ve made excellent contributions to the Riders. In comparison to other experiences professionally, how does the organization and Riders team stack up?<\/p>\n

That\u2019s a great question and a great name. Thomas; that\u2019s fantastic.<\/p>\n

This is only my second organization I\u2019ve been in in this league. I don\u2019t want to make this about the other place or create bulletin-board material by any means, but it\u2019s much different here. I wouldn\u2019t say that probably for most of the other teams in this league. This place is special.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s really about the people. I had a sense of that when I showed up as a visitor, and I was playing against the Riders. It was always a place that I enjoyed playing. Having them feel like, I feel like, our team, it\u2019s a lot more fun that way. There\u2019s not a lot of teams that have that around the league. It\u2019s absolutely an advantage to have. The people truly care.<\/p>\n

This place has reminded me the most of Penn State since I\u2019ve left. I had a blast there and people were very, very passionate \u2013 almost cult-like. It\u2019s about loving football. I\u2019m not sure that all the other teams in this league have exactly that. This place is very special to me. I\u2019ve said this before, but I hope I\u2019m here for the rest of my career.<\/p>\n

From Grandma Joan: Are you happy with your role with the Saskatchewan Roughriders or would you like to be a starting QB? We love you in your role!<\/p>\n

(Laughs.) I\u2019ve been playing the quarterback position since high school. I have a very limited amount of reps there. It was something that I always wanted to continue to work to.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve always seen myself as an every-down quarterback eventually. It\u2019s something that I\u2019ll continue to work on in my time here. If it doesn\u2019t happen, it doesn\u2019t happen. It\u2019s something that I would like to happen for sure.<\/p>\n

Having a role for a pro football team in a place like this, for as special as this place is, I\u2019m just happy to be a football player. I\u2019m happy to be on this team. I\u2019m happy to have a role on a very successful football team.<\/p>\n

From Thomas W. Paterson: We\u2019ve seen you in short yardage. How else do you contribute to the team?<\/p>\n

That\u2019s probably the main role. I\u2019ve always had a natural feel for being able to connect with people. I feel like I\u2019ve always been able to have conversations with a lot of different people from a lot of different backgrounds.<\/p>\n

I credit my mom for that. She was a home health-care nurse for most of my life and went into a lot of different environments to help care for patients. She\u2019s always had great communication skills. I went to school and got my master\u2019s degree in communications. I would say one of my best abilities is being able to connect with a lot of different teammates.<\/p>\n

When you\u2019re able to have guys that truly care about each other, it makes for a special group. I feel like we have that here.<\/p>\n

From DFletch: When you come out for a play and Trevor Harris stays on the field as a blocker, have having you ever thought about throwing him the ball just once rather than running it?<\/p>\n

I\u2019ll tell you this, I would love to throw Trevor his first receiving touchdown. You don\u2019t get many firsts with Trevor Harris. He\u2019s done just about everything you can in this game. That\u2019s one of the first things I asked him when we started doing these things was if he\u2019d ever had a receiving touchdown.<\/p>\n

The plan, actually, was to throw him one when we played against Winnipeg \u2013 the one where I dove for the pylon \u2013 but he was covered. I had to improvise on that one. I would love to. It\u2019s hopefully something that maybe we can work into the future.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/x.com\/TSN_Sports\/status\/2096775212586893630<\/a><\/p>\n

From Laureen Marchuk: Where would you say the calibre of play in the CFL is at?<\/p>\n

As an American guy that didn\u2019t know a ton about the CFL when I first got here, I was blown away by how competitive, by the overall skill level. I just didn\u2019t know. You don\u2019t know a ton about the game if you don\u2019t watch it. I didn\u2019t know a bunch about the CFL. Once I got up here, once I started learning about the game, I really realized how good some of the players are here. This is the most competitive I\u2019ve seen the league since I\u2019ve been here.<\/p>\n

I spent a very brief amount of time in the NFL. I don\u2019t want to sit here and act like we\u2019ve got Lamar Jackson, Christian McCaffrey, and Saquon Barkley. Those guys are aliens, one of ones. But for the most part, the guys that are maybe fighting for roster spots in the NFL are special teams guys. That\u2019s a lot of the same guys we have here in the CFL. It\u2019s a lot closer than most people would be willing to give it credit for. I was one of those people, too. I just didn\u2019t know. I didn\u2019t watch the game. It\u2019s very, very competitive.<\/p>\n

I think, by a wide margin, it\u2019s the next-best league. I love it. I love playing here. It\u2019s given me an opportunity to continue playing the game that I love. Whenever I explain the Canadian game to my friends and family back home, I just try to explain to it them as if it\u2019s a different game.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s been a lot of fun here. Not that the CFL needs Americans to watch. But the more that football is broadcast to Americans, they are going to watch because they love football. So do I. I would have loved to have watched the CFL when I was little.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tommy Stevens and the Saskatchewan Roughriders are looking to turn the page on a disappointing loss against the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":917347,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[224145,224143,49,48,521,522,520,224144,4398,224142,1893,4397,4402,4401,4400,4399,82,4403],"class_list":["post-917346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cfl","tag-100-year-celebration","tag-620-ckrm","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-canadian-football-league","tag-canadianfootballleague","tag-cfl","tag-ckrm","tag-country-music","tag-countrys-greatest-hits","tag-radio","tag-regina-news","tag-reigna-pats","tag-rider-radio","tag-saskatchewan-roughriders","tag-saskatchewan-sports","tag-sports","tag-sportscage"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/917346","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=917346"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/917346\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/917347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=917346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=917346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=917346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}