June 1, 2015

Pedersen: It all starts and ends with the QB and coach

Riderville.com

Two quotes. That’s all you need. Just two simple quotes.

As we embark on a brand new football season with the Saskatchewan Roughriders and finally put 2014 in the past, there are only two people we need to hear from.

The first comes from quarterback Darian Durant who was leading the Riders to a nearly franchise-best 8-2 start last year when he suffered a season-ending elbow injury in early September which sent the club into a tailspin. They went 2-7 the rest of the way including a distasteful first round playoff exit in Edmonton.

With nine months to recover, which included a strong showing in the team’s minicamp in Florida in April, Durant is now feeling 100%. He took to social media on the morning of Day 1 of 2015 Roughrider training camp in Saskatoon to reassure the antsy Rider Nation.