Saturday, July 11, 2009

Saskatchewan at Toronto, Half Assed Preview

Saskatchewan and Toronto is a battle of undefeated teams. Toronto's victory over Hamilton is looking better after Hamilton's victory over BC. The Riders win over Calgary is not looking so hot after Winnipeg manhandled Calgary.

A lot will depend on how the Rider front seven handles Kerry Joseph, especially if Joseph decides to run. Interestingly last week Joseph barely ran at all, although he didn't really need to as the running game was going with Jamal Robertson gaining 134 yards on the ground. The Argo offensive line anchored by former Lion Rob Murphy is looking way better than last year. They still have Jonta Woodard, a Ticat reject as their other tackle, so I'm not totally sold on the line yet. If Joseph does gets time, he is a far better QB. The Rider defence did have a festival of sacks against BC last week, so I'm curious to see how things match up.

For Saskatchewan on offense, QB Darian Durant will have to have to hook up repeatedly with receiver Weston Dressler to have a hope of winning. Toronto's defence looks decent this year, with a good front four anchored by Reginald Flemons and non-import Adriano Belli, former Cat and last week's top Canadian, with two sacks against Hamilton last week.

Argo receiver Arland Bruce is supposedly back from his bout of hemorrhoids which greatly benefits the Argos.

Should be an interesting game.

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