REDBLACKS AT ROUGHRIDERS PREVIEW

OTTAWA (1-9) at SASKATCHEWAN (8-3)
Sunday, 2 pm, Mosaic Stadium Regina
TSN, CKRM Rider Radio Network, ESPN3

RIDERS: Home 4-1, Versus East 4-2
REDBLACKS: Road 0-5, Versus West 0-7

RIDER OFFENSE: RUSH 1ST, PASS 9TH, OVERALL 6TH
QB Tino Sunseri (47.8%, 240 yds, 1 TD, 1 INT) makes his second pro start in place of the injured Darian Durant … RB Anthony Allen leads in rushing yards (541, 2 TDs) and is 4th in the league … WR Rob Bagg leads in receiving (497 yards, 1 TD) … Riders are 5th in points scored and 3rd in fewest sacks allowed

REDBLACK OFFENSE: RUSH 9TH, PASS 7TH, OVERALL 8TH
QB Henry Burris is 5th in CFL passing (59.4%, 2180 yds, 6 TDs, 7 INTs) … RB Chevon Walker is their leading rusher (458 yds, 3 TDs) but he’s out for the season … SB Marcus Henry leads the team in receiving (510 yds, 1 TD) … Ottawa is 9th in points scored and 6th in sacks allowed

RIDER DEFENSE: RUSH 3RD, PASS 6TH, OVERALL 4TH
DE John Chick leads the CFL in sacks (13) … LB Brian Peters leads in tackles (46) … DB Mark Legree leads in INT (4) … Riders are #4 in fewest points allowed and #1 in sacks

REDBLACK DEFENSE: RUSH 9TH, PASS 9TH, OVERALL 9TH
DL Brandon Lang and DL Juston Capicciotti lead in sacks (4) … Simmons and Thompson lead in INTs (2) … LB Jasper Simmons leads in tackles (49) … Ottawa is 6th in points allowed and 9th in sacks

RIDER SPEC TEAMS: K/P Chris Milo will again perform all three kicking chores.  He’s 23/31 on field goals with a punting average of 43.2 … Tristan Jackson continues to lead in KR and PR yards … Brian Peters leads in ST tackles (14)

REDBLACK SPEC TEAMS:  K/P Brett Maher is 17/24 on field goals with a 46.4-yard punting average .. Jamill Smith leads in KR and PR yards.

INTANGIBLES: Saskatchewan won 38-14 in Ottawa in Week 6 … Riders are a league-best +15 in the turnover ratio while Ottawa is -5 (6th) … The Riders are the second-least penalized time in the league while Ottawa is 3rd … Saskatchewan is favoured by 11.5-points … The forecast calls for sunshine and a high of 24 degrees Celsius (75 above Fahrenheit).

RP