GOLD’S GYM EAST ESKIMOS AT ROUGHRIDERS PREVIEW
EDMONTON (12-4) at SASKATCHEWAN (2-13)
5:00 pm, Saturday, October 24
TSN, ESPN3, 620 CKRM Rider Radio Network
RIDERS: Home 2-6, vs West 1-7
ESKS: Road 5-3, vs West 7-2
RIDERS OFFENSE: RUSH 1ST, PASS 6TH, OVERALL 3RD
QB Brett Smith starts (1-5) . He is 12th in CFL passing (1353 yds, 11 TDs, 9 INTs) … Weston Dressler leads in receiving (777 yds, 4 TDs) … Anthony Allen is the rushing leader (403 yds, 2 TDs) … Riders are 9th in sacks allowed and 7th in points scored.
ESKS OFFENSE: RUSH 2ND, PASS 5TH, OVERALL 4TH
QB Mike Reilly starts (23-19) . He is 9th in passing yards (1764, 9 TDs, 9 INTs) … SB Adarius Bowman is 2nd in CFL receiving (1084 yds, 6 TDs) … RB Shakir Bell is their rushing leader (582 yds, 0 TDs) … Esks are 6th in sacks allowed and 5th in points scored.
RIDERS DEFENSE: RUSH 7TH, PASS 9TH, OVERALL 9TH
LB Jeff Knox Jr. is #2 in CFL tackles (95) … DE John Chick is 3rd in sacks (10) … LB Macho Harris leads the team in INT (3) … Riders are 9th in points allowed and 9th in sacks.
ESKS DEFENSE: RUSH 1ST, PASS 1ST, OVERALL 1ST
DE Odell Willis leads in sacks (8) … CB Johnny Ojo leads in INTs (5) … LB Dexter McCoil leads in tackles (67) … Esks are 1st in points allowed and 5th in sacks.
RIDERS SPEC TEAMS: K Tyler Crapigna makes his CFL debut (acq from Calgary Oct. 14) … P Ray Early is 3rd in punting average (45.2) … Tristan Jackson leads in KO yds and Nic Demski leads in PR yds (1 TD) … Dylan Ainsworth leads in ST tackles (11).
ESKS SPEC TEAMS: K Sean Whyte is 2nd in FG percentage (90%, 18/20) … P Grant Shaw is 5th in punting average (44.4) … Kendial Lawrence leads in KO and PR yds … Deon Lacey leads in ST tackles (22).
INTANGIBLES: The referee is Kim Murphy … Riders are 9th in turnover ratio (-12) while the Esks are 4th (+0) … Riders are 9th in penalties taken while the Esks are 2nd … Looks like a great forecast — it’ll be 9 degrees Celsius at game time, mostly clear with little wind … Edmonton is favoured by 8.5-points … In the only other meeting this season the Eskimos won 30-5 at Commonwealth Stadium on July 31.
RP
Not attending to see training camp fodder. The Esks will shut it down as soon as they realize the riders are not serious about winning. Expecting many thir and fourth no name training camp cuts for regular season prices. You play to win the game said no rider coach ever. Payoffs? Playoffs? Playoffs?
Cue up the circus music. This should be good for a laugh.
Sad to see that the Blue Jays are out, but happy that I won't be the only one at the Rider game today.
Old Hank
Was going to the Rider game today but I thought I would see more action by sitting at home and watching the wife Knit.
First there was Glenn who got us little more than spare change in a trade; and subsequently showed what he can do when he occasionally rolls out. We saw what happened when he was forced to remain in the pocket like a sitting duck. Creativity, how novel. Then there was Messam who was said to be long in the teeth who must have wanted some of the money set aside for the Medicare program (six game IL), if he were to sign for 2016. We did recieve 2 unknowns in return for our MVP. Must have been something in his… Read more »
My wife has this to say::::: All we want is winners and don't want to go through rough times,and that your just a bunch of Fairweathers .
I totally agree with trying players who were on the practice roster! Why would some of you idiots not realize its a perfect time to see what they can do and replace them for next year if they don't preform. Winning the last 3 games just for the sake of winning is very stupid! Look what happened to the Toronto Leafs. They won a few games and wound up getting crappy draft picks. They would have been better off to try players from their farm club to try improve