The Best is Yet to Come
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It was a pretty goodbye week for the Saskatchewan Roughriders until Sunday morning rolled around.
unday was the first day of practice for the team following its bye week break after a 36-20 win over the Hamilton Tiger- Cats. The game featured starting Rider quarterback Trevor Harris leaving with a lower leg injury in the first half, returning in the second half but only to the sideline as Shea Patterson took the reins the rest of the way.
Patterson, who won the back up job from Mason Fine did not lose the game for the Riders, although a couple of ill-advised passes that should have been intercepted argued otherwise. What he did leave behind was the image of someone who seemed nervous behind the line of scrimmage, forcing the ball a couple of times to receivers. I’m not sure too much could be read into the performance considering he had minimal work with the starters, but the news Sunday morning that Patterson would take over from Harris while Harris went on the six-game list for a slight MCL strain send a shiver down the spine of Rider fans. I was taking in practice Sunday morning and Harris was wearing a leg brace, moving with a minimal limp.