REGINA After eight days of Saskatchewan Roughriders training camp, quarterback Cody Fajardo is feeling the most confident he’s ever felt in a pre-season. The CFL’s 2019 West Division Most Outstanding Player believes he’s in for an even better season in 2021. “I think I’m having my best camp I’ve ever had in the CFL,” Fajardo said on Saturday. Fajardo threw 18 touchdowns and 4302 passing yards in 2019 for a 71 per cent completion rate. However, he wasn’t sure how he’d feel after an 18 month hiatus. “I was a little nervous at first. Just the new offense and being out for a year and a half. The one thing I was really nervous about was getting guys around me in the pocket and trying to see windows,” Fajardo said. “I think I’m completing the ball at a really high numbers and made a lot of good throws.”
REGINA With five solid quarterbacks at Saskatchewan Roughriders’ training camp, cracking the roster is an uphill battle. Cody Fajardo, the CFL West Division Most Outstanding Player in 2019, is the only pivot with a spot locked up. Isaac Harker, Tom Flacco, Paxton Lynch and Mason Fine are all battling for the final two spots, as the Riders are likely to only keep three. For the past 18 months, Harker, the Riders’ backup quarterback in 2019, has been studying the playbook so closely, he could major in a Jason Maas offence. “I know it like the back of my hand,” Harker said. “I could be brain dead and somebody could call a play from this offence and I feel like (my brain) would show some activity.”
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