ALOUETTES AT RIDERS PREVIEW
MONTREAL (1-5) at SASKATCHEWAN (4-2)
5:00 pm, Saturday, Mosaic Stadium, Regina
TSN, CKRM Rider Radio Network, ESPN3
RIDERS: Home 2-1, Vs East 3-1
ALS: Road 0-2, Vs West 1-4
RIDER OFFENSE: RUSH 1ST, PASS 8TH, OVERALL 6TH
QB Darian Durant is the CFL’s 7th-leading passer (1186 yds, 6 TDs 5 INTs) … RB Will Ford has 226 yards rushing and five touchdowns in three games with SK … The Riders’ leading receiver is WR Rob Bagg (18/269 yds, 0 TDs) … Riders are #5 in points scored and #2 in fewest sacks allowed.
ALS OFFENSE: RUSH 5TH, PASS 9TH, OVERALL (9TH)
Alex Brink (9/23, 60 yds, 1 INT) starts at QB in place of Troy Smith … MTL’s leading rusher is Brandon Whitaker (378 yds, 1 TD) and he’s #2 in the league … MTL’s leading receiver is Kenny Stafford (202 yds, 1 TD) … MTL is 9th in points scored and 5th in sacks allowed.
RIDER DEFENSE: RUSH 3RD, PASS 7TH, OVERALL 6TH
DE John Chick is the CFL sack ledaer (9) … DB Mark Legree leads in INT (3) … LB Sam Hurl is the team tackles leader (28) … Chick leads in Tackles For Loss (6) … Riders are #3 in fewest points allowed and #1 in sacks (26).
ALS DEFENSE: RUSH 9TH, PASS 6TH, OVERALL 7TH
DE John Bowman leads the team in sacks (5) … Three are tied for the team lead in INT with one each … LB Chip Cox leads the team in tackles (29). Montreal is 5th in the sack race and #8 in points allowed.
RIDER SPEC TEAMS: K Chris Milo is 13/18 on FGs … P Josh Bartel has a 44.3 yard punting average which is 5th in the CFL … Tristan Jackson leads in KR and PR yards … DE Dylan Ainsworth leads in ST tackles (6).
ALS SPEC TEAMS: K/P Sean Whyte is 14/17 on FGs and has a 46.4 yard punting average (3rd best) … Larry Taylor leads in PR and KR yards but is inactive.
INTANGIBLES: The Riders lead the CFL in turnover ratio (+9) while Montreal is 5th at -3 … This is the first of a two-game season series. The teams split last year with the home team winning each time … The Riders are now the 3rd-least penalized team while Montreal is 4th … The referee is Al Bradbury … The Riders are favoured by 13 points … The forecast calls for a high of 23 degrees Celsius with a 70% chance of showers and a 20 km/h wind.
RP
Same ol Durant.
2 and out first series.
Yawn.
Ray can throw over 300 yards to roster full of back up receivers.
Durant has serious mental block going on.
Durant's 80% 2 and out clip will catch up to them today.
Prediction:
Durant goes 2 and out on second series
Chick is a freakin' beast!
Durant's favorite throw….out of bounds.
Didn't I call the 2nd straight 2 and out?
Won't be surprised to see a 3rd.
Rider offence sagging like a wrinkled old biatch.
33,000 plus paying to watch worst offence in the league…that would be the Riders O.
Durant giving defence plenty of minutes to get tired with his patented 2 and out offence.
He's looking more like Nealon Greene every game.
Shoulda kept Willy.
Brink is gonna hand it to Durant and his crap hole offence today.
Watch for another 2 and out this series.
Fumble recovery…Rider dodge one..Durant takes over…annnnndddd…. 2 and out…awwwwww
Football is a what have you done lately and Durant has done squat today…and this year.
#nealondurant
DD has 0 confidence to throw.
DD turns huge fumble recovery into 1 point.
#washedup
so far:
1 run
5 incompletions
1 throw to row 5
wow.