Official Game Day Thread - Sask. at Winnipeg, (Banjo Bowl) September 7, 2024

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Taylor Shire   @Taylor_Shire
#Riders depth chart vs #Bombers:

Interior OL has changed with Zerr set for first CFL start with Noll on as backup.

Godber & Fry head to 6-game IL.

Ford and Wiebe make their season debuts after 12 games on the injured list.

Meyers heads to 6-game IL so Ajou starts at SB.

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Derek Taylor   @DTonOB
Bombers roster for the Banjo Bowl.

G Paddy Neufeld returns after four games out with a knee injury. And LB Adam Bighill goes onto 6-game injured list.

Bombers will go with 6 DL, 6 LBs and 11 DBs.

[Blue In BC]

I wonder if Neufeld not playing well earlier was due to some sort of lingering injury? Good to have him back but as usual the changes to the depth chart and roster movements are puzzling.

I thought Chris-Ike might replace the 2nd global as a better option. Adams not coming in for depth on the DL also surprising to some degree.

Nobody liked the 3 man and at times what seemed to be a no man DL front. Especially with 2 OL missing for the Riders.


We already had 2 Halletts, Kelly and Griffith as extra DB's / SAM. Adding Bridges? Nothing says we can't rush a DB front different places using a 3 man front. Speed over muscle.

Ok. As long as this strategy works nobody will care at the end of the day.

Concern goes up now with the situation with and for Bryant.

[Blue In BC]

Again. This is a 4 point game as we know but it's worth repeating. Team needs to start faster and keep their foot on the gas.

[Sir Blue and Gold]

I thought Chris-Ike might replace the 2nd global as a better option. Adams not coming in for depth on the DL also surprising to some degree.

Maybe if Bighill was still there it would have been an option. Hard to do now.

[Horseman]

Sask doesn't list who the KR & PR will be.

[Sir Blue and Gold]

Sask doesn't list who the KR & PR will be.

They usually don't. 5D chess by Corey Mace 

[Pigskin]

Surprised that NP53 is starting tomorrow. He didn't look a 100% at practice on Wednesday.

SB66 will have 2 more full weeks to get right.

Adams not in the lineup. Most productive DT, and not in the lineup on a regular basis??

Brown's accounts of the hit on ZC8, is a load.

[Blue In BC]

Maybe if Bighill was still there it would have been an option. Hard to do now.

We have a bunch of LB's on the roster already. Weitz is listed as a LB but he's only 200 LB's and more like another DB. Karamoko is 2" taller and 213 lbs. Obviously classification isn't all that definitive but that might have been a better alternative for more depth at DB than at LB. Even with keeping 2 globals on the AR?

I don't know if I've actually seen him on the field even for ST's.  IIRC Karamoko has played on ST's and made a couple of ST's.

It will be interesting to see if Weitz is used at all. Chris-Ike hasn't exactly lit it up when he was on the AR so it's almost moot.

Hard to say if it was a factor or not. Maybe.

[Blue In BC]

Surprised that NP53 is starting tomorrow. He didn't look a 100% at practice on Wednesday.

SB66 will have 2 more full weeks to get right.

Adams not in the lineup. Most productive DT, and not in the lineup on a regular basis??

Brown's accounts of the hit on ZC8, is a load.

No kidding on both comments you made. Adams must be in some sort of dog house or Younger is changing the landscape of using a bunch more DB's than we're used to.

As I mentioned earlier a team can bring pressure that isn't coming from the DL. Different players, different angles and less predictable I suppose.

Make it work and all is well. Harris getting enough time to pause and finish his coffee while throwing for 400 yards and there will be questions. Last time he threw for 386 yards and 3 TD's, Yes we won but that was not my impression of a successful strategy.

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Riders place OLs Peter Godber, Zack Fry on six-game injured list ahead of Banjo Bowl
By 3Down Staff -September 6, 2024

The Saskatchewan Roughriders' offensive line has been decimated by injuries, and the situation isn't getting better in the Banjo Bowl.

The team announced on Friday that starting centre Peter Godber (ankle) would be placed on the six-game injured list. Left guard Zack Fry (elbow), who was only starting due to previous injuries to Philip Blake and Ryan Sceviour, will join him on the shelf. That brings the total number of Rider offensive linemen out long-term up to six, with tackles Jermarcus Hardrick and Jacob Brammer also on the six-game.

Defensive tackle Micah Johnson had to step in along the offensive line mid-game for the second time this season in the Labour Day Classic, but the team has now found more permanent solutions. Versatile veteran Logan Ferland will move over to centre, while Canadian Noah Zerr and American Nick Jones get their first career starts in the guard spots. Brayden Noll will dress as the sixth man.

Also heading to the six-game this week is promising young receiver Dohnte Meyers (shoulder), who racked up 24 receptions for 349 yards and a touchdown in just five games. Rookie Canadian Ajou Ajou will slide into the starting lineup, with fellow draft pick Dhel Duncan-Busby coming on as insurance.

On defence, this week will mark the return of Canadian defensive back Jaxon Ford and the CFL debut for rookie linebacker Nick Wiebe, both of whom were injured for the first two-thirds of the year. Another rookie linebacker, Melique Straker (hip), has been placed on the six-game, while veteran Canadian DB Kosi Onyeka heads to the practice roster.

The Saskatchewan Roughriders (5-6-1) will visit the Winnipeg Blue Bombers (6-6) for the Banjo Bowl rematch on Saturday, September 7 at 3:00 p.m. EDT.

https://3downnation.com/2024/09/06/riders-place-ols-peter-godber-zack-fry-on-six-game-injured-list-ahead-of-banjo-bowl/

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So with 2 rookie olinemen starting for the Riders, how many procedure calls are they going to get?

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Surprised that NP53 is starting tomorrow. He didn't look a 100% at practice on Wednesday.

SB66 will have 2 more full weeks to get right.

Adams not in the lineup. Most productive DT, and not in the lineup on a regular basis??

Brown's accounts of the hit on ZC8, is a load.

The only argument they could make is that Woods is playing really well and they just don't have the room on the AR for both of them. If it was up to me, we would leave Bridges out of the lineup and play Adams.