The braintrust of the Saskatchewan Roughriders have been preaching accountability since day one of training camp. Yesterday we saw the results at Mosaic Stadium. With a couple of underperforming players moved out of starting roles, the team responded with a 54-14 thrashing of the Edmonton Eskimos. Young Jacob is rightfully ticked he missed this game. I suspect he won't be doing that again!
The Riders excelled in every aspect of the game - offense, defense and special teams. Well, Luca Congi missed another short field goal, but now we're nitpicking. Newly activated Kyle Mitchell was a holy terror at defensive end, notching a blocked punt (and subsequent touchdown), an interception and numerous outstanding plays in shutting down Edmonton's running and passing attacks. Can you say CFL defensive player-of-the-week? Mind you, Mitchell was starting because John Chick's performance had started to slide in recent games, and Chick was moved off the active roster. Accountability.
Oh, and here's a little message for the lady who kept squirting my friend Kevin and I with her water spray bottle every few minutes, while the blazing sun beat down on us. I love you. Seriously.
Now, it's a trip to Vancouver to tangle with the unbeaten Lions on Thursday night. Two top teams going at it head-to-head? Doesn't get much better than that!
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