Credit to the Saskatchewan Roughriders — playing mostly backups — for hanging in there. Article content

With the Roughriders electing to rest several starters on Friday night after clinching first place the week prior, the Green and White narrowly lost to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 17-16 in Week 20 of the CFL season. Article content Article content

Here are the top 10 takeaways from Saskatchewan’s performance:

10 Thoughts

1. It wasn’t necessarily an inspiring effort or an exciting game, but Saskatchewan almost played spoiler against the Bombers, who were still jostling for a playoff position. A few plays and different decisions in the fourth quarter would have led to a Roughrider upset. Overall it was a good effort, especially defensively, when expectations were low.

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