The Saskatchewan Roughriders held Day 1 of their practice week at the U of R Rams field due to clean-up from Sunday's Guns N' Roses concert at Mosaic Stadium.
Here are some notes:
- Roughriders Head Coach & GM Chris Jones said they added Canadian kicker Brett Lauther to add depth at that position. Back-up kicker Quinn Van Gylswyk is currently on the 6-game Injured List.
- The team also announced this week they've released defensive end Mike McAdoo, who was acquired from Hamilton in the Ricky Collins trade. Jones said McAdoo wasn't in football shape.
- Rookie punt returner Christion Jones was injured in Friday's 54-31 win at Edmonton. Veterans Nic Demski and Chad Owens split reps at that position on Tuesday and Demski said they haven't been told who will return punts in Sunday's Labour Day Classic versus Winnipeg.
- Asked about the team's current 2-game winning streak, Jones said he's been saying all year that they have a good team. It was just a matter of putting all facets together in a game and they've done that in their past two victories.
- Asked if the Riders have turned the corner, Jones said they hope so.
- Jones was asked about the Hamilton Tiger-Cats' controversial hiring of reviled coach Art Briles this week but he said "It's not my place to say". Quarterback Kevin Glenn was asked about it as well, and his response was "No comment".
I'll have more later ...
RP
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