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Saskatchewan @ Edmonton

Sask at Edmonton 

- Matchup: The Eskimos have dominated this rivalry since 2011 winning 13 of the 20 games and have not lost a season series to the Riders since 2013. Mike Reilly has started the Esks' last 6 games vs the Riders and is 4-2. In his last 9 starts vs SSK he is 7-2. They went to OT twice in 2016, but neither game last year was close.,

- 3-1 last 4 games: Edmonton has risen to #2 in the West with wins in 3 of their last 4 games. They overcame deficits of 3, 7 & 12 points to rebound with a win.

- Trailing after Q1: Edmonton has started slowly all season long and have trailed after the 1st Quarter in each of their last 5 games. They rebounded to win 3 of those 5 - in 1st Quarters their scoring differential is -24 while from the 2nd Quarter on they are +48.

- Charleston Hughes: Has a Sack in each of his last 4 games matching 4-game runs in 2017 & 2016. His consecutive games record with at least one is 6 games in a row - from Jun 28/14 to Aug 9/14. He has had at least one Sack in 72 of his 153 career games.

- Christion Jones streak: Last week's game broke a remarkable streak of punt return excellence. It was the first one of his 17 career regular season games in which he did not produce at least one return of 13+ yards. His longest last week was just 8 yards.

- The Riders have also started slowly so it will be interesting to see who is leading. They are even slower out of the gate at -34 in their 1st Quarters this year (Edmonton is -24), have just 11 First Quarter points but are +17 over the final 45:00 of games.

- 3 Riders INT return TDs: The Riders have 3 TDs already with Tobi Antigha the latest in last week's game. The Riders' record for most interception return TDs in a season is 6 in 1976 (B.Manchuk, C.Vann, P.Williams, L.Richardson, K.McEachern & J.Marshall). They have 4 total defensive return TDs in 6 games - that SSK record is 6 in four different seasons.

- Mike Reilly 6k/400: Reilly leads the CFL in passing with 2,063 yards on pace for 6,189 - that would rank #3 A/T behind Doug Flutie's 6,619 (1991) and Kent Austin (6,225 in 1992). Last week, he had 415 yards, his 6th career 400+ game and 2nd this year.

- 4 Sacks Allowed: Edmonton has allowed only 4 Sacks all season on pace for only 12 in 2018 - the club record for fewest allowed in one season is 25 allowed in 2003, more than double their current pace.

- Brandon Bridge: Has yet to throw for more than 165 yards in his 4 starts and has one TD pass in 104 attempts thus far. Last week, Bridge's his longest completion was with the receiver 10 yards downfield. He did not attempt a throw of deeper than 18 yards.

- Brett Lauther: Made a career-high 5-of-5 FGs last week and has now made 18 of his last 19 attempts. He is #3 at 90% in 2018.

- Naaman Roosevelt: Has a current 41-game game reception streak but has now gone 10 games without reaching 100 yards. - Brandon Bridge: Has yet to throw for more than 165 yards in his 4 starts and has one TD pass in 104 attempts thus far.

- Kwaku Boateng: Had 3 QB Sacks last week to jump to #2 in the CFL with 5 in total. He now has 9 Sacks in 22 career games.

- J.C. Sherritt: Has 34 defensive tackles and is on pace for his second career 100+ season. He set a then CFL record 130 in 2012.

- 1200 Pace: C.J. Gable got back to 1200-yard rushing pace last week with 69 on 15 carries.

- Duron Carter: Was targeted on Offence twice last week - he had been a receiving target just twice in the previous 4 games.

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halfway through first quarter and Rider faithful already whining that they are etting a screw over from the refs...paythetic fan base...poor teams make dumbe errors and take penalties...they need to learn to accept that

Thought this was a live mic game, can't hear anything.

Real bad peel back block on Sewell that let Thigpen get the edge on the Rider TD.  Put any notion of conspiracy to rest.

15 minutes ago, Booch said:

halfway through first quarter and Rider faithful already whining that they are etting a screw over from the refs...paythetic fan base...poor teams make dumbe errors and take penalties...they need to learn to accept that

And then they get a very weak PI call in the endzone. Dont hear any complain g about that lol.

yeah was a good call they chimed in

Reilly looks off today

Just wanted everyone to know the 'Rider announcers mentioned the reason Elam isn't playing today is due to a clerical error - they didn't list him on the depth chart. I don't care if it's true or false, I just think it's hilarious.

hhahaahha

Ofcourse against the Riders Williams cant catch a cold

21 minutes ago, Eternal optimist said:

Just wanted everyone to know the 'Rider announcers mentioned the reason Elam isn't playing today is due to a clerical error - they didn't list him on the depth chart. I don't care if it's true or false, I just think it's hilarious.

If that is true, just wow.

23 minutes ago, rebusrankin said:

If that is true, just wow.

It's TRUE lol so funny

Lol Riders screwing up their gameday roster again

 

Man Edmonton has terrible tacklers and a terrible set of DB's...  

And they respond with a chuck and pray TD....

Is Riley ever going to play behind a decent O-line?

1 minute ago, Eternal optimist said:

Is Riley ever going to play behind a decent O-line?

He's had time in the pocket...  the man 2 man coverage has been tight.    

I'm surprised they haven't called much dump offs to Gable?

17 minutes ago, Eternal optimist said:

Is Riley ever going to play behind a decent O-line?

Bomber fans don't care. 

Ha, ha Riders can't score from 1 yard out.

If you can't get one yard in this league, you don't deserve to win.

5 minutes ago, Eternal optimist said:

If you can't get one yard in this league, you don't deserve to win.

On 3 attempts

Esks imploding. Hate the Riders.

 

20-19 edm win calling it now

Bond just got lit up. 

20 minutes ago, Bomber_fanaddict said:

20-19 edm win calling it now

Well I'm wrong....

Esks tried finding ways to lose...  Collaros really throws some wobblers at times.... I can't imagine him doing well in a cold winter game.  

 

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