Fajardo commands offence in win over Lions

[Argo]

@BlueAndGold

…d most of the time. 485 yards against vs a struggling Saskatchewan offense. The defense is going to need to be more shutdown than that if they want to win any games in Rourke’s absence.Jake Maier and that Calgary offense must be licking their lips looking forward to the home and home series against BC. Calgary’s O-line can block for their QB and Maier is going to pick that BC D apart like a surgeon.

Riders are going to blow Bombers out of the stadium this coming Sunday

[lionbill]

@Stampederfan

Of course you do! You are a Rider fan and Sankey plays for the Riders. Now if Sankey played for a different team and hit Fajardo , would you still give him the benefit of doubt?

A dirty hit------Riding the QB down and jamming your shoulder into him is like WWF not football. Sankey will be fined and as to the team–I could care less about the team but the riders do seem to have this down pat!

[rider01.1]

@Argo

Riders are going to blow Bombers out of the stadium this coming Sunday

I do hope that happens but realistically … Nope not freaking chance

[WeGotTheCup]

@Argo

Riders are going to blow Bombers out of the stadium this coming Sunday

Fajardo probably had his best game of his season last weekend and perhaps he’s just getting started who knows. It’s also fair to mention Regina always plays Winnipeg hard on LD weekend year after year and usually a gooder. Also fair to say the Bombers are missing a few top dogs while Regina seams to be on the mend

But a blowout, probably not, moreover, I hope not. I’d be happy with a hard fought game with several lead changes, A clean game where the team who plays better wins. I hope that team is Winnipeg but we will see, that’s the beauty of live football.

[SaskWatch]

@Jon

He’ll be fined the price of a box of cracker jacks and we’ll move on.

I think a fine’s inevitable, but moving on won’t be easy. Thanks to the tone set by Marino – and management’s foolish decision to keep him – the Riders’ D will be increasingly scrutinized.
Karma’s kind of a bitch that way.

[Hit.em.hard]

@Stampederfan

Of course you do! You are a Rider fan and Sankey plays for the Riders. Now if Sankey played for a different team and hit Fajardo , would you still give him the benefit of doubt?

Can’t speak for anyone else, but yes, I would. If he had a history of dirty hits, I would not. (Say Marino, for example)

[rider01.1]

@SaskWatch

I think a fine’s inevitable, but moving on won’t be easy. Thanks to the tone set by Marino – and management’s foolish decision to keep him – the Riders’ D will be increasingly scrutinized.
Karma’s kind of a bitch that way.

Yea and the riders are the only team to ever be in the same situation ever in the CFL or pro sports for that matter… Wally B kept guys on the roster even when during a game one of his players chokes out a player on the field after a play was over… Don’t be so freaking sanctimonious just because your team is in between asshats like this… It comes with the territory and these guys come around from time to time on EVERY TEAM… Post directed at the haters that use it to paint the entire team and all the fan base as loving the guy who did this

[obs]

@rider01.1

Fajardo is good but he has no o line... No QB can function at a high level when a three man rush gets into his face in two seconds or less

Just watching the game, and TSN has the half-time interview with the SSK player. Player says something like, “It starts with the O-line, and they’re playing phenomal.” Dude, BC has three sacks.

And then first series of the half, SSK are on offence. Two plays, they get a first down, and then Fajardo gets sacked twice in a row.

If that’s phenomal play, I wouldn’t want to be the QB when they’re playing lousy .

[Hit.em.hard]

@obs

…ing the game, and TSN has the half-time interview with the SSK player. Player says something like, “It starts with the O-line, and they’re playing phenomal.” Dude, BC has three sacks.And then first series of the half, SSK are on offence. Two plays, they get a first down, and then Fajardo gets sacked twice in a row.If that’s phenomal play, I wouldn’t want to be the QB when they’re playing lousy .

They’ve certainly set expectations low.

[BlueAndGold]

@SaskWatch

I agree, by the rules that was RTP. But despite repeatedly reviewing the hit in both real-time and slo-mo, I honestly can’t decide whether it was dirty or not.
In the absence of a history of dirty play I prefer to give Sankey the benefit of doubt.

I don’t think there was anything malicious about the hit. Sankey has no history of dirty play and it is a new rule. I look at it this way, if you drove a car with the gas and brake pedal switched around chances are you are going to hit the brake when you meant to press the gas and vice versa. Things happen so fast on the football field that a lot of actions are just muscle memory.

[Eskimos4Ever]

@obs

…ing the game, and TSN has the half-time interview with the SSK player. Player says something like, “It starts with the O-line, and they’re playing phenomal.” Dude, BC has three sacks.And then first series of the half, SSK are on offence. Two plays, they get a first down, and then Fajardo gets sacked twice in a row.If that’s phenomal play, I wouldn’t want to be the QB when they’re playing lousy .

You’d prefer he says “yeah, the O line really sucks. They’re not doing anything today”? That’ll make him popular in the locker room.

[SaskWatch]

Good point, but still... phenomenal?

[LeftcoastRider]

@Jon

…, which any player will tell you isn’t accidental. Not in the category of a full Marino, but dangerous nonetheless.It’s good that it doesn’t appear that Sankey’s hit caused O’Connor’s injury. He’ll be fined the price of a box of cracker jacks and we’ll move on. I just don’t like to see defenceless players targeted in that fashion and believe that we have lost enough QB’s to injury this year already.

I prefer old time football. If the offence can’t block for the QB and a D-player has an open shot at him…

[rider01.1]

@LeftcoastRider

I prefer old time football. If the offence can't block for the QB and a D-player has an open shot at him......

It is also not the gladiator arena of Ancient Rome either…there is a line that should not be crossed. The game has hard enough hits without intent to injure even then WHY do think those hits are so freaking hard as it stands. Why do you think head shots to ANY player have been banned? they used be part of the game too. Do you recall that NFL team whose players said the coaching the staff was doling out bonus money for how badly they hurt opposing players and for how long they were out. Doubtful that was an isolated incident but more so the one team that got caught,

[Hit.em.hard]

@rider01.1

Do you recall that NFL team whose players said the coaching the staff was doling out bonus money for how badly they hurt opposing players and for how long they were out. Doubtful that was an isolated incident but more so the one team that got caught,

Oh… yeah, I do remember that. It caused quite an uproar down south. As it should… bounties are NOT cool!

Unfortunately, I think you may be right in that it probably wasn’t limited to one team.

[LeftcoastRider]

@rider01.1

…Y do think those hits are so freaking hard as it stands. Why do you think head shots to ANY player have been banned? they used be part of the game too. Do you recall that NFL team whose players said the coaching the staff was doling out bonus money for how badly they hurt opposing players and for how long they were out. Doubtful that was an isolated incident but more so the one team that got caught,

Agreed, there is NO room for head shots or intent to injure

[obs]

@Eskimos4Ever

You'd prefer he says "yeah, the O line really sucks. They're not doing anything today"? That'll make him popular in the locker room.

FYI, he wasn’t specifically asked about the O line, so he didn’t have to mention them at all.

[SaskWatch]

Sankey post-practice Wednesday… This guy’s no dirty player:

Darnell Sankey | August 31st - Saskatchewan Roughriders