Rider Mini-Camp & Eight Quarterbacks Just Two Days Away!
Maybe it’s because the snow is gone that most people I know are just chomping at the bit for a football fix.
I go on my treadmill and watch recordings of last year’s Riders, a painful effort to be sure, but I find my anger and disbelief helps raise my heartbeat and kick the proverbial rear end.
This weekend in Florida, Dodgertown to be exact, the 2016 Saskatchewan Roughriders take their next step towards contender status with a mini-camp featuring eight quarterbacks, which is nice, but not the most important type of player the Riders need judging from last year’s team. They need defense; defensive backs who know how to tackle and play pass defense and linebackers who can stop a running back besides by collapsing at his feet.
The Saskatchewan Roughriders, like the rest of the football industry, found out that an upstart American professional football league will not be playing this season after workouts, tryouts, and a draft were held, and with prospects expecting to attend training camps in early April.