Roughriders face short week after thumping Argos
If the Saskatchewan Roughriders 52-0 win over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers on Labour Day was perfection, then the Riders 36-10 win over the Toronto Argonauts is getting pretty close.
The Riders totally dominated the Argonauts in all three aspects of the game, offense, defense and special teams, and the only thing Toronto could say was the score flattered them because the Riders should have put up more points if Eddie Russ could hang onto an sure pick six interception and the Riders red zone offense was more up to snuff.
The best way to describe it was a man-handling, with the defense giving the Argonauts nowhere to move and the offense working successfully to get Kory Sheets his 1,000 yard season and Darian Durant showing a poise in the pocket that was not imagined when the Riders went 0-5 after starting the season 3-0.
The amazing thing was the work by the defensive line in stuffing the Argos running game, even though they were missing their leading rusher. The Riders have three starters out with injury, but played solid and Joe Lobehdahn is proving to be a wise mid-season investment at middle linebacker.