Just when it seemed like the Saskatchewan Roughriders' 2022 season couldn't get any goofier, the decision was made to demote Cody Fajardo.
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Cue head coach Craig Dickenson, who was asked whether Fajardo had been benched: “No. It’s a vet day for him today. We had probably three or four guys we wanted to just basically sit and let them get their legs back so, no, he’s not benched.”Article content‘s Murray McCormick followed up, with more than a sprinkling of incredulity, by wondering: “Does he need a vet day? He’s just coming off a bye week.”“He wasn’t the only one. We took it easy a little bit on 11 today and Edem.
One would think that, under the dire circumstances, the practice time would have been especially beneficial. And this is the head coach who routinely observes that “we had a good week of practice,” so some value is supposedly attached to those sessions.Welcome to …. uhhhh … vet week? After the second day of on-field preparations for the Calgary game, Dickenson verified what should have been obvious on Tuesday — that Fine has supplanted Fajardo as the starter.
This just goes to show that the Roughriders, who are mired in a 2-9 tailspin, don’t play games very adeptly even when they aren’t confronted with an opponent.This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.
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