Marshall stepped in front of the poorly thrown pass by Ray and, after Lauther’s convert, the Riders led 24-12. Marshall was part of the game’s turning point when he intercepted Ray and ran 66 yards for a touchdown. It will be interesting to see how Lauther adjusts when the wind blows and has more of an impact on those towering kicks than it did on Friday night.ĭuron Carter played exclusively on offence Friday, when the wide receiver/defensive back had three receptions for 36 yards.Ī reason for that could be the performance of Nick Marshall, who made his first CFL start at boundary cornerback. Crapigna, who connected on 36 of 42 field-goal attempts in 2017, will be sidelined for the entire season due to hip surgery on his kicking leg.Ĭhris Jones, the Riders’ head coach and general manager, likes the height that Lauther achieves on his placements and kickoffs. It’s only one game, but Lauther has responded to concerns about how he would fare as Tyler Crapigna’s replacement.
Lauther’s first field-goal attempt in a regular-season game since 2013 was wide right.īut he rebounded from the 32-yard miss to connect on field goals from 45, 43, 46 and 32 yards and also booted two converts. That pounding may account for Messam’s 11-yard run late in the fourth quarter that helped set up Brett Lauther’s final field goal. What those statistics don’t include is the impact he has on defenders, who have to tackle the 6-foot-3, 230-pound tailback on a regular basis. Messam had 21 carries for 72 yards for an average of 3.4 yards per carry. He showed on Friday that there is still some life in those legs. If that’s what Messam needs to be motivated at 33, then all the power to him. He feels that he has done as much or more than the 28 players that were rated ahead of him. Jerome Messam vented after Friday’s game after being ranked 29th on TSN list of the top 50 CFL players. Hughes has already embraced his role with the Riders, going as far as to adopt the Twitter handle of Considering the manner in which he performed on Friday, Hughes would be smart if he trademarked MAIN MESSAM He wrapped up an impressive Riders debut by recovering a fumble when Toronto’s last-ditch lateral hit the turf.
This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. He added two more sacks, four defensive tackles and four pressures. Hughes later recorded his 100th career sack and first as a Rider. The 34-year-old defensive end set the tone with a pressure on quarterback Ricky Ray on the Argos’ first offensive play. It was quite the Riders debut for Hughes, an 11th-year CFLer who recorded three sacks in a game for the seventh time in his career. With Brandon Bridge’s proven ability to come off the bench, the Riders appear to have an effective 1-2 punch at quarterback. The performance earned Collaros another start, which will come Thursday against the host Ottawa Redblacks. However, he rebounded nicely, completing 18 of 25 passes for 203 yards with one touchdown and no interceptions.Ĭollaros was poised in the pocket and moved the offence effectively while relying primarily on intermediate passes.
He struggled early, completing one of his first four pass attempts and being sacked twice. One good start deserves another when it comes to the Riders’ quarterbacks.Ĭollaros started on Friday, ending months of speculation as to the identity of the Riders’ starting quarterback. The Regina Leader-Post’s Murray McCormick provides a look at five takeaways from the Riders’ victory:
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