Riders Stumble to Rumble in Hamilton
After the recent farce of fines and losses, the Saskatchewan Roughriders tried this week to shake things up including a trade with their arch enemy, Calgary Stampeders, to improve their defense prior to Saturday’s game against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.
The Riders traded two Negotiation List players for Fred Bennett and Jeff Hecht of the Stampeders.
Bennett was a starting defensive back with the Stampeders who got played off the roster by younger and cheaper talent.
Since CFL teams have a chance to dump veteran talent before Labour Day before those contracts are guaranteed and NFL cuts are coming up, Calgary was making room for what they think is reinforcements for their title run.