Ya, but …
It was an emotional win for a team that needed it Sunday afternoon and the Saskatchewan Roughriders bought themselves some breathing room with a 40-27 win over the previously undefeated Calgary Stampeders.
On the one hand, it was a complete team win with a pick six touchdown, a blocked punt for another touchdown and a three yard run to round out the major scoring. Add to that a defense that genuinely seemed to confuse the Calgary Stampeders and you couldn’t blame Rider fans for thinking that maybe, just maybe, the Riders have turned a corner in their 2018 season.
The key to the win was the motion Chris Jones employed on defense.
It was not so much the Riders blitzed, but they moved their players around, dropping them off into coverage when you thought they would have come in on a blitz or even lining up three defensive ends on the line of scrimmage on one play, making the job of the Stampeders offensive line nearly impossible to figure out who they were going to block.