The Saskatchewan Roughriders have absolutely no idea if this is going to work.

Nobody does, really, when a first-place CFL team clinches an early playoff berth and decides how best to prepare for the postseason. Should they rest their starters for their last two regular-season games?

Only one game? Neither game?

“There’s lots of conversations about that,” said Roughriders offensive co-ordinator Marc Mueller. “We kind of lean on prior experience in that way.

“And sometimes you don’t know whether it’s right or wrong until the very end.”

The goal is to reach and win the Grey Cup on Nov. 16 in Winnipeg. Before that potential championship contest the Roughriders have two regular-season matchups remaining, with a road game Friday against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers followed by an Oct. 25

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