This evening’s matchup for the Saskatchewan Roughriders is about their fans. Rider nation returns to Mosaic Stadium for another regular season as the green and white compete in the 2023 home opener against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. Today is also a chance for the players to enjoy playing the game they love, especially […]
For a third time in his career, Defensive Tackle Micah Johnson will sign a contract with the Saskatchewan Roughriders. As apart of Tuesday’s free agent signings, the Roughriders agreed to terms with Johnson. The defensive tackle had stints with the Riders in 2019 & 2021. Throughout his career the 34-year-old has won the Grey […]
The CFL announced its All-Star team on Wednesday. And no Riders were voted in. Voters left defensive tackle Micah Johnson off in favour of the Stampeders Mike Rose and the Argos Shawn Oakman. And cornerback Nick Marshall missed out as voters chose the Bombers DeAundre Alford and Ticats Jumal Rolle. The last time that no […]
For the first time since the 2019 Western Final, fans were in Mosaic Stadium to see the Riders. Sure it was only Day 8 of training camp, and no score was kept, it still felt like a special day for the players. “You could tell a lot of guys had some juice,” says QB Cody […]
Tuesday’s opening of free agency was decision day for Riders GM Jeremy O’Day. Should he wait and hope that linebacker Cam Judge would eventually return to the fold? Or, in O’Day’s words, “attack free agency”? He felt that attacking was prudent. “At a certainly point we have to, maybe, eliminate some of our risk,” O’Day […]
The Riders have added some local flavour to the team. Just after CFL free agency got started, the team announced they have signed offensive lineman Evan Johnson to a contract for the 2021 season. The Regina native, who played for the University of Saskatchewan Huskies, was taken in the first round of the 2017 draft […]
2:35 pm – Riders announce the singings of Canadian DB Godfrey Onyeka and DB Lorenzo Jerome. Onyeka played two seasons with Edmonton. He started five games at field cornerback in the 2019 season, including both playoff games. Jerome played for the Stampeders in 2019. He made 11 tackles and 6 special teams tackles —- 2:05 […]
The talking is about to end and the action will begin. CFL free agency officially opens Tuesday at 11:00am. At that point every free agent will be available to move wherever he wants. That provides a ton of opportunity for the Riders. What do we know about the Riders plans? The team is talking very […]
Last off-season Micah Johnson was the hottest defensive free agent available. This off-season, he should be hot again. Johnson’s monstrous 2018 sack total fell this past season. But his impact on opposing offenses was still very apparent. He was the anchor of the #1 defense in the CFL. Johnson says he’d like to get a […]
