
Quarterback issues loom over Riders-Lions game with Harris out, Rourke questionable
REGINA — The CFL is only in its fourth week of the regular season but starting quarterbacks are having issues staying in the lineup.
Of the 1,310 offensive plays in the first three weeks of the regular season, No. 1 quarterbacks have been available for only 69 per cent of the snaps. Those numbers won’t improve Friday when the Saskatchewan hosts B.C., with Riders starter Trevor Harris ruled out and Lions starter Nathan Rourke a game-time decision.
Harris is in concussion protocol after taking a hit to the head from Jordan Williams in the first quarter of the 39-32 victory over the Toronto Argonauts on June 20. Despite the hit, Harris stayed in the game and completed 13 of 17 passes for 234 yards with two touchdown passes and one interception.
Rourke suffered an oblique injury in the fourth quarter of a 34-20 loss to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers on June 12. He shared first team reps on Tuesday and Wednesday with Jeremiah Masoli but didn’t take any snaps on Thursday.