Clinch home playoff game

To improve to 13-2 and clinch a home playoff game in the West, Winnipeg, which had given up 48 points in a loss to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats two weeks prior, forced three turnovers on downs, a fumble, and snatched two interceptions.

We did a fairly excellent job of efficiency,” Bighill remarked. We had Cody (Fajardo, the Riders quarterback) rushing all over the place, after all. We had a recent dearth of takeaways, but we made some significant plays on third down. That is much more acceptable.

backs on defence Two separate quarterbacks’ throws were intercepted by Jamal Parker and Evan Holm, and the Bombers stopped Saskatchewan on two third-and-short bets. The third miscue on downs was from a Pass game that wasn’t completed. A Fajardo fumble was also recovered by safety Brandon Alexander.

That’s precisely what we discussed before to the game, and if we follow through with it, you can see how it affects the game, our offence, and field position,” Bighill said. It’s a major event. That really increased our level of contentment.

Zach Collaros, the quarterback for Winnipeg, completed 14 of his 25 passes for 296 yards and 4 touchdowns. Slotback Nic Demski caught touchdown passes from Collaros of 25 and 42 yards, wide receiver Rasheed Bailey of 36 yards, and slotback Dalton Schoen of 64 yards. Kicker Marc Liegghio added a 22-yard field goal to his four successful extra-point efforts.

In the fourth quarter, the touchdown passes of 42 yards to Demski and 64 yards to Schoen sealed the victory.

“Scoring touchdowns is crucial,” Collaros added. It’s essentially the name of the game, especially when your defence is playing well as ours did tonight. The ability to call a football game with two touchdowns significantly alters the process. Both the special teams and the defence performed admirably all night.

Schoen established a CFL rookie receiving record with his 11th touchdown of the year.

I don’t really think about that or have thought about it, he remarked. In retrospect, having that happen is both an honour and a source of great humility.

Despite dropping to 6-9, Saskatchewan is still eligible for the crossover playoffs.

Fajardo stated, “We accomplished some excellent things tonight.” We missed a number of opportunities to score. We made several mistakes and gave the ball away, which are things you cannot do while playing the two-time reigning Grey Cup champions.

We are aware of the contents of the room. We had good ball movement. Every time we play these people, we bring it up. When we enter the end zone, they tighten their defence and make it very hard for us to score touchdowns. We made a few field goals, but beating them like that isn’t how you do it.

Fajardo threw one interception and completed 26 of his 38 throws for 307 yards. In addition, he scored on a seven-yard run.

Fajardo said, “I didn’t make plays when they had to be there.” I dropped a snap, something I never did in my professional career. When we’re in the red zone, they are challenging things to do. Numerous plays may change the momentum. When it was third-and-1, we were twice stuffed.

After Fajardo rushed for a seven-yard touchdown to bring Saskatchewan within 17-10 of Winnipeg, Riders head coach Craig Dickenson was encouraged.