RIDERS AT LIONS PREVIEW

SASKATCHEWAN (5-2) at B.C. (5-3)
5:00 pm Sunday, B.C. Place Stadium
TSN, CKRM Radio Network, ESPN3

RIDERS: Road 2-1, Vs West 1-1
LIONS: Home 2-2, Vs West 2-2

RIDER OFFENSE: RUSH 2ND, PASS 8TH, OVERALL 5TH
QB Darian Durant is the CFL’s 7th-leading passer (1407 yds, 7 TDs, 5 INTs) … WR Rob Bagg is the team’s leading receiver (359 yds, 1 TD) … RB Will Ford is the team’s top rusher (257 yds, 5 TDs) … The Riders are 6th in points scored and #2 in fewest sacks allowed.

LIONS OFFENSE: RUSH 3RD, PASS 3RD, OVERALL 2ND
QB Kevin Glenn is the CFL’s 3rd-leading passer (2005 yds, 9 TDs, 11 INTs) … REC Emmanual Arceneaux is 3rd in CFL receiving (472 yds, 5 TDs) … RB Andrew Harris is #2 in CFL rushing (410 yds, 2 TDs) … The Lions are #2 in points scored and #8 in sacks allowed.

RIDER DEFENSE: RUSH 3RD, PASS 7TH, OVERALL 5TH
DE John Chick is the CFL’s sack leader (12) … DB Mark Legree is the CFL’s INT leader (3) … LB Sam Hurl leads the club in tackles (29) … Riders are #3 in fewest points allowed and #1 in sacks (29).

LIONS DEFENSE: RUSH 5TH, PASS 1ST, OVERALL 2ND
DL Alex Bazzie is #2 in the CFL sack race (7) … DBs Ronnie Yell and Ryan Phillips lead the team in INT (2) … LB Solomon Elimimian leads the league in tackles (61) … BC is #4 in points allowed and #8 in sacks.

RIDER SPEC TEAMS: K Chris Milo is 15/21 on FGs (71.4%) … P Josh Bartel is 5th in punting average (44.8) … Tristan Jackson leads in PR and KR yards … DE Dylan Ainsworth leads in ST tackles (7).

LIONS SPEC TEAMS: K Paul McCallum is 21/22 on FGs (95.5%) and P Ricky Schmitt is 6th in punting average (44.6) … Stefan Logan leads in PR and KR yards … Keynan Parker leads in ST tackles (10).

INTANGIBLES: Saskatchewan is a CFL-best +13 in turnover ratio while B.C. is 4th at “even” … The Riders are the 2nd-least penalized team while the Lions are 6th … B.C. won 26-13 in Regina in Week 3 … The forecast for the game is sunny and 23 degrees Celsius … B.C. is favoured by 2.5 points.

RP
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(Photo courtesy CFL.ca/Canadian Press)