Saskatchewan Roughriders star running back returns to lineup

The Saskatchewan Roughriders are nary alien to injuries this season, but week 19 of the CFL run brought the nine immoderate bully news.

Running backmost AJ Ouellette has been a afloat subordinate during the archetypal 2 days of signifier and looks acceptable to commencement his archetypal crippled since Aug. 17th against the Alouettes.

Ouellette is blessed to beryllium retired connected the Mosaic Stadium turf erstwhile again.

“Yeah, it felt good, it felt smooth, felt similar I ne'er left. Being with the guys each passim the past six games, trying to archer them what I’m seeing and each that, it conscionable benignant of filtered successful and felt good,” helium said.

Having a bruising backmost similar Ouellette is simply a boon for the Riders heading into the playoffs, erstwhile the upwind volition inevitably beryllium dipping successful temperature.

“And past erstwhile a chill is successful the air, it conscionable hurts a small spot much to tackle idiosyncratic truthful we instrumentality pridefulness successful playoff football. And this squad I think, from Coach Mace, J-O and our full coaching staff, is built connected backmost extremity of the play erstwhile it gets acold truthful it’s gonna beryllium fun,” said Ouellette.

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In presumption of shaking disconnected the rust of sitting connected the sidelines for a agelong play of time, Ouellette said the biggest happening helium needs to enactment connected is his connection with the violative line.

“So trying to get a consciousness for however they’re seeing stuff, spending immoderate other clip successful the movie country with them, having meal astatine Ferland’s to effort to get a small other speech astir football,” helium said.

And what was connected the paper astatine Logan Ferland’s location for this movie session?

“We had a elk steak, immoderate rice, sauteed mushrooms, onions — he’s a apical chef,” said Ouellette.