Trevor Harris looks to continue his sterling play when the Saskatchewan Roughriders host the Edmonton Elks on Friday in Regina.
Harris earned his second consecutive CFL Offensive Player of the Week honor following an impressive display in Saskatchewan’s 33-27 victory over the B.C. Lions. The two-time Grey Cup champion completed 23 of 30 passes for 395 yards and three touchdowns for the Roughriders (5-1).
While Harris is appreciative of the strong performance, he knows that it will be a whole new ballgame on Friday against the Elks (1-4).
“It’s fun to look back and go, ‘Wow, I played well,’ but it doesn’t matter,” the 39-year-old Harris said.
“This week is about us playing against Edmonton. That (B.C. game) is long gone. It’s a short week. We’ve turned the page and it’s about Edmonton this week.
“To me, it just tells us that we’re doing some great things in the playbook and (offensive coordinator) Marc Mueller’s doing a tremendous job of putting me in a great position to make plays.”
Dohnte Meyers certainly made some plays, namely reeling in seven catches for 132 yards and two TDs against the Lions.
With two-time 1,000-yard rusher Ka’Deem Carey sidelined by a knee injury, fellow running back Mario Anderson was re-signed after being released from the practice squad on June 23.
Saskatchewan will bid to continue its good fortune against an Edmonton team that is coming off a bye. The Elks hope the time off did their defense some good, as the club has allowed at least 30 points in all five games this season.
Edmonton enters Friday’s game with a bit of mystery at quarterback, as both Tre Ford and former Roughrider Cody Fajardo have split first-team reps through practice this week.
Ford, however, was limited to just four completions on 12 attempts for all of 34 yards passing in his last outing against the Lions.
“It really just boils down to missing some throws. Again, I feel like I saw the field well, just didn’t connect on some of the shots we took,” Ford said. “When you’re taking some of those shots, they’re kind of hit or miss. They put you in bad situations, which led to a lot of two-and-outs. We didn’t stay on the field very long.”
–Field Level Media
