Focus, familiarity credited for Riders defensive turnaround
It’s been an impressive turnaround for the Roughrider secondary and it’s happened just in time.
Perhaps the greatest example of how out of sorts the Roughriders defensive backs were came the last time the team squared off against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers when Weston Dressler burned them twice for touchdowns.
That was two months ago, and over the last several weeks the defense has had an incredible transformation.
Heading into week seven, the Riders’ were losing the turnover battle at minus 3, had just two interceptions and scored just seven points off turnovers.