Always honest and self-effacing, Saskatchewan Roughriders veteran Brett Lauther told reporters following an easy 29-9 victory over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats that his CFL team was “playing basically without a kicker.

“That’s how good this team is.”

Lauther is the Roughriders’ kicker. Their struggling kicker.

He’s the biggest question mark facing a championship-caliber team that owns a four-game winning streak and a CFL-best 8-1 record.

The Roughriders don’t seem too concerned about the popular, seven-year veteran and evidently aren’t looking to upset a tight-knit locker room by replacing him. After Lauther nailed a wind-aided, 59-yard field goal to give the Riders a 19-6 halftime lead, basically the entire roster rushed onto the field to congratulate him.

“He’s not had the year he wa

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