The Saskatchewan Roughriders are 7-1, but the players aren’t celebrating the accomplishment.

“We’re trending where we need to be, but we still have a ways to go. If we want to sit here and pat ourselves on the back for being 7-1, there’s no seven-win team that’s getting into the playoffs,” said Riders quarterback Trevor Harris. “Nobody is over here exhaling or letting off the accelerator, it’s full blast go because we have boxes we want to check as a team, and starting 7-1 was not one of them.

“It’s to keep the pedal to the metal and finish stronger than we start and so we’ve had a good start so far, but we want to make sure we are trending in the right direction and not going stale and playing our best ball already.”

Defensive back Rolan Milligan Jr. also echoed those sentiments.

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