{"id":928428,"date":"2026-10-11T01:26:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-11T01:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/928428\/"},"modified":"2026-10-11T01:26:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-11T01:26:10","slug":"riders-kicker-brett-lauther-to-make-saskatchewan-debut-in-showdown-in-montreal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/928428\/","title":{"rendered":"Riders\u2019 kicker Brett Lauther to make Saskatchewan debut in showdown in Montreal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As kicker Brett Lauther got refamiliarized with the Saskatchewan Roughriders the past few days, there was one piece of extra business he had to take care of \u2014 get back the No. 12 jersey.<\/p>\n<p>Lauther had spent seven seasons with the Riders before he was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cjme.com\/2026\/02\/02\/kicker-brett-lauther-released-by-sask-roughriders-after-eight-seasons\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">released this past offseason<\/a> after a 2025 season where he hit just 72.2 per cent of his field goal attempts. He signed with the Ottawa Redblacks and had a career resurgence in 2026, hitting 94.1 per cent of his attempts.<\/p>\n<p>Read more:<\/p>\n<p>With Saskatchewan\u2019s kicking struggles all season, general manager Jeremy O\u2019Day<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cjme.com\/2026\/09\/30\/kicker-brett-lauther-returns-to-riders-roster-after-redblacks-trade\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> sent a fifth-round draft choice to Ottawa for the veteran.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>But the number he wore for years was being used by rookie <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cjme.com\/2026\/09\/22\/riders-malcolm-bell-ready-to-make-his-first-cfl-start-against-bc\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">defensive back Malcolm Bell<\/a> this season.<\/p>\n<p>But it sounds like negotiations between the veteran and rookie went smoothly, as Lauther got his jersey number back as Bell made the change to No. 4.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThanks to Malcolm. I\u2019ll probably keep the transaction just between us but very thankful for him. We got it worked out and I think four looks good on him too,\u201d Lauther said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had an exchange of some stuff but I don\u2019t want to put it out there or put it on him or anything. It all worked out and very thankful for him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On the field, Lauther has been working with long-snapper Mike Benson and holder Oscar Chapman as he will make his 2026 Riders debut on Monday in Montreal as Saskatchewan take on the Alouettes. Kickoff for the game is set for 11 a.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cjme.com\/green-zone-game-day\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Green Zone pregame show begins at 9 a.m<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese guys are great. Everyone over here has been really good and it\u2019s good to get back in the swing of things. I\u2019m just very thankful to be back here,\u201d Lauther said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey have been super accommodating, but I have been trying to fit in with what they are doing. I don\u2019t want to come in, step on toes, or change too much. I just want to fit in as much as I can. Everyone has been very accommodating to me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot too picky. Just focused on that it doesn\u2019t really matter what the snap or hold situation is, I\u2019m just trying to make the kick every time. Everything can\u2019t be perfect, I\u2019m trying my best to be perfect.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Saskatchewan will be without two of its top offensive weapons this week as slotback Sam Emilus (foot) and wide receiver KeeSean Johnson (ankle) are both ruled out for the game. Emilus has been out since Week 12 while Johnson was injured in last week\u2019s 37-31 loss to the Calgary Stampeders.<\/p>\n<p>Fullback Albert Awachie (quad) has also been ruled out.<\/p>\n<p>Offensive tackle Payton Collins appeared on the injury report following the team\u2019s closed practice on Thursday. He is listed as questionable with an ankle injury.<\/p>\n<p>Read more:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As kicker Brett Lauther got refamiliarized with the Saskatchewan Roughriders the past few days, there was one piece&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":928429,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194292],"tags":[49,48,2338],"class_list":["post-928428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-montreal","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-montreal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/928428","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=928428"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/928428\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/928429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=928428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=928428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=928428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}