DOUBLE Z AG SALES PREVIEW: ESKIMOS AT ROUGHRIDERS

EDMONTON 11-6 AT SASKATCHEWAN 10-7

WHEN: 5:00 pm Sask Time, Saturday, Nov. 4/2017
WHERE: Mosaic Stadium Regina
FORECAST: Cloudy, -5 degrees Celsius
BROADCAST: TSN, ESPN3, 620 CKRM Network, Sirius/XM Ch 171
THE LINE: Riders favoured by 3.5-points
REFEREE: Al Bradbury

RIDERS: Home 5-3, Vs West 4-5
ESKS: Road 5-3, Vs West 4-5

RIDERS OFFENSE: RUSH 9TH, PASS 5TH, OVERALL 7TH
QB Kevin Glenn is 6th in CFL passing (3975, 25 TDs, 14 INT) … WR Duron Carter is 6th in CFL receiving (1043, 8 TDs) … RB Cameron Marshall is 8th in rushing (543, 2 TDs) … Riders are #3 in points scored and 7th in sacks allowed.

ESKS OFFENSE: RUSH 6TH, PASS 1ST, OVERALL 1ST
QB Mike Reilly is #1 in CFL passing (5536, 30 TDs, 13 INT) … WR Brandon Zylstra is #1 in CFL receiving (1615, 5 TDs) … RB C.J. Gable is #6 in rushing (763, 7 TDs) … Esks are #4 in points and #2 in sacks allowed.

RIDERS DEFENSE: RUSH 6TH, PASS 3RD, OVERALL 4TH
DE Willie Jefferson leads in sacks (8) and quarterback pressures (34) … LB Henoc Muamba leads in defensive tackles (76) … DB Ed Gainey leads the CFL in INT (10) … Riders are #2 in points against and #8 in sacks made.

ESKS DEFENSE: RUSH 7TH, PASS 2ND, OVERALL 3RD
DL Odell Willis and Euclid Cummings leads in sacks (8) … LB Kenny Ladler leads in tackles (81) and INT (3) … Esks are #6 in points against and #4 in sacks.

RIDERS SPECIAL TEAMS: K Tyler Crapigna is #3 in field goal percentage (85.7%) … P Josh Bartel is 5th in punting (44.2) … Christion Jones leads in PR yards and Greg Morris leads in KR yards … Denzel Radford leads in special teams tackles (23).

ESKS SPECIAL TEAMS: K/P Hugh O’Neill is 69.2% on field goals and #3 in punting (45.1) … Brandon Zylstra leads in PR yards and Chris Edwards leads in KR yards … Christophe Mulamba-Tshimanga leads in special teams tackles (13).

NOTES: Saskatchewan is +14 in turnover ratio (2nd) while Edmonton is -2 (5th) … Riders are #4 in penalties while the Eskimos are #8 … Saskatchewan won 54-31 on August 25 at Edmonton in the teams’ only prior meeting.

RP
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