2010 Riders - Starting Lineup

What do you think the starting lineup of the 2010 Roughriders will look like?

Here is my list.

(In brackets are possible starters)

OFFENSE

QB- Durant #4
RB- Cates #20 (Charles #21, Foord #22)
FB- Szarka #33 (Hughes #32)
SB- Fantuz #83
SB- Clermont #82 (Getzlaf #89)
WR- Dressler #7
WR- Bagg #6 (Rodriguez #2)
C- O'Day #54
LG- Makowsky #60
RG- Parenteau #57
LT- Best #66 (Bates #62, Smith #52)
RT- Goodspeed #68 (Bell #65)

DEFENSE

DT- Adams #51
DT- Shologan #74
DE- Evans #91
DE- Hawkins #90 (Jones #26, Williams #99)
LB- Lucas #31
LB- Simpson #9
LB- Kornegay #24 (McCullough #45, Maxwell #47)
HB- Frazier #15
HB- McKenzie #39 (Foster #43)
CB- Morgan #1
CB- Alexander #5
S- Patrick #14

SPECIAL TEAMS

K- Congi #10
P- Sakoda #3
KR/PR- Dorsey #27
LS- Frenette #59

For me it is:

OFFENSE

QB- Durant #4 (?)
RB- Cates #20 (Charles #21, Foord #22)
FB- Szarka #33 (Hughes #32)
SB- Fantuz #83 (Clermont #82)
SB- Dressler #7 (Getzlaf #89)
WR- Rodriguez #2 (Quinn #81)
WR- Bagg #6 (McKoy #18)
C- O'Day #54 (St. Pierre #61)
LG- Makowsky #60 (Bates #62)
RG- Parenteau #57 (Best #66)
LT- Bell #65 (Smith #52)
RT- Goodspeed #68 (Johnson #58)

DEFENSE

DT- Adams #51 (Mullinder #95)
DT- Shologan #74 (Stadnyk #92)
DE- Evans #91 (Hawkins #90)
DE- Sykes #98 (Jones #26, Williams #99)
LB- Lucas #31 (Stewart #46)
LB- Simpson #9 (McCullough #45)
LB- Kornegay #24 (Freeman #50)
HB- Frazier #15 (Thomas #41)
HB- McKenzie #39 (Foster #43)
CB- Morgan #1 (Mitchell #25)
CB- Alexander #5 (Key #28)
S- Patrick #14 (Francis #35)

SPECIAL TEAMS

K- Congi #10
P- Sakoda #3
KR/PR- Dorsey #27
LS- Frenette #59

Obviously because of cuts, all these players won't be on the 42 man roster..but I didn't feel like making my cuts yet :slight_smile:

I like your list.

  • Bell is a beast. He can be a full-time starter.

  • Rodriguez will see a lot of action. Clermont is the weakest link.

  • Sykes should have been on my list. DE will be a wide open battle in training camp.

DE is going to be up in the air. Hopefully that makes for an exciting and extremely competitive camp. Even more so than usual. Roger, if you get a chance to go to a Rider practice sometime, do it just to watch Joel Bell. He is a machine. At the end they run the width of the field four times and he is done his four just as the next fastest o lineman has done 3. It is insane.

A change I would consider from my list would be moving Wayne Smith to guard ahead of Parenteau. Correct me if I am wrong but I think he spent time playing guard in Hamilton? Also, that would not change the ratio. I just hope he is healthy.

Jim Maxwell was just cut. So much for being on my list.

DT Ikenna Ike joins the team.

Hopefully we ink a QB this week.

I'd be more inclined to make a list after the first or second week of TC. Who knows what the skill sets of the new guys in town will be.

Plus, the Bombers are apparently chock full of stars. We can simply sign their TC cuts and be great!

The Bomber lineup already looks like something out of the CFL Hall of Fame.......

Yep, they're in a league of their own.

They'll have what they'll have. I hope they're respectable again.

As for us, the areas of interest for me are as follows:

  1. O-line - lots of good bodies for only 5 starting spots. Who are the 7 that dress opening day?

  2. D-line - in 07 they found Chick, in 09 they found Baggs. Is there a next one on the roster?

  3. Dark horses - is there someone that comes up with limited hype, minimal pedigree, that just blows everyone away in camp, and flat out takes a job? Rob Bagg was that guy, so was Dressler, who spent his first camp in Bowman's shadow.

If a non rook can be a dark horse, I pick Cates.
IMO, he's in for the toughest TC of his career ,but will remain our featured back for most likely his last season in Green.

I agree,the fight for DE will be probably the most interesting to follow, i'm kinda buying into the Hawkins hype though.

It is more fun to speculate.