GOLD'S GYM EAST ROUGHRIDERS AT ARGONAUTS PREVIEW

SASKATCHEWAN (0-6) at TORONTO (3-2)
5:00 pm Sask Time, Rogers Centre
TSN, ESPN3, 620 CKRM Rider Radio Network

RIDERS:  Road 0-2, vs East 0-2
ARGOS: Home 1-0, vs West 3-1

RIDER OFFENSE: RUSH 1ST, PASS 2ND, OVERALL 1ST
QB Brett Smith (17/27, 144 yds, 2 INTs, 0 Tds) makes his 2nd pro start … RB Jerome Messam is 3rd in CFL rushing (356 yds, 1 TD) … REC Weston Dressler is 4th in CFL receiving (416 yds, 2 TDs) … Riders are #2 in points scored and 6th in fewest sacks allowed.

ARGO OFFENSE: RUSH 8TH, PASS 1ST, OVERALL 2ND
QB Trevor Harris is #2 in CFL passing (1503 yds, 12 TDs, 4 INTs) … RB Brandon Whitaker is 6th in CFL rushing (272 yds, 0 TDs) … WR Vidal Hazelton is their top receiver (332 yds, 2 TDs) … Argos are 5th in points scored and 5th in sacks allowed.

RIDER DEFENSE: RUSH 7TH, PASS 8TH, OVERALL 7TH
DE Alex Hall leads the team in sacks (4) … LB Jake Doughty has the team’s lone interception (1) … LB Jeff Knox leads the club in tackles (38) … Riders are last in points allowed and 4th in sacks (11).

ARGO DEFENSE: RUSH 4TH, PASS 3RD, OVERALL 4TH
DL Cleion Lang and DL Euclid Cummings lead the club in sacks (2), DE Ricky Foley has (1) … DB Devin Smith leads the team in INT (2) … LB Greg Jones leads in tackles (30) … Argos are 6th in points scored and 8th in sacks.

RIDER SPEC TEAMS:  K Paul McCallum is 11/12 on field goals and hit his 700th career field goal last week … P Ray Early is 3rd in punting average (47.4) … Tristan Jackson leads in PR and KR yards … DE Dylan Ainsworth leads the league in ST tackles (7).

ARGO SPEC TEAMS:  K Ronnie Pfeffer is 8/10 on field goals and is 7th in punting average (43.3) … Chad Owens leads in PR yards and Henry Josey leads in KR yards … FB Brendan Gillanders is their leader in ST tackles (5).

INTANGIBLES:  The referee is Tom Vallesi … Saskatchewan is a CFL-worst -9 in the turnover ratio while Toronto is 5th (+0) … The Riders are the CFL’s most-penalized team while Toronto is 6th … The forecast calls for clouds and 23 degrees with east winds at 20 km/h … The Argos are favoured by 9-points … Toronto won 42-40 in double overtime at Saskatchewan in Week 2 … After this week the Riders have a bye.

RP