Assiniboia welcomes Weyburn Red Wings with open arms during ammonia shutdown
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Billets were found for all Red Wings players in just four hours.
Steve Daniel, the CFL’s head statistician, was good enough to send me this fact after the Saskatchewan Roughriders-Ottawa Redblacks game on Thursday.
On average, the Redblacks started each offensive drive at their 46-yard line. The Riders started each offensive drive at their 34-yard line, on average. Take the 12-yard difference and multiply that by 14 drives and you have the Riders at a 168-yard disadvantage. That stat makes Cody Fajardo’s performance that much more remarkable.
Fajardo’s 360-yard, two-touchdown, no-interception game, against an Ottawa team that has some Grey Cup experience, was a pleasant surprise. Suddenly Roughriders head coach Craig Dickenson aborted his plan of having both Fajardo and Isaac Harker take reps. Fajardo was on a roll.
Special-teams coverage issues, a second-quarter fumble and some penalties worked against the Green and White in Ottawa. Quarterbacking did not.
It was a 44-41 loss that felt like a win. Fans here feel the future is bright at quarterback for a football team that is 0-2.