QB Trevor Harris cleared as Roughriders return from bye week
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While backup Jake Maier picked up a 37-18 victory against the B.C. Lions to improve Saskatchewan's record to 4-0 in Week 4, Harris will be back under centre this week as the Roughriders get set to host the Calgary Stampeders (3-1) on Friday night (7 p.m., TSN) at Mosaic Stadium in Week 6 of the CFL season.
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'I felt like my bye week was last week,' said Harris. 'I'm excited to be back out here.'
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After Harris suffered a head injury in Saskatchewan's Week 3 victory over the Toronto Argonauts on June 20, the quarterback entered concussion protocol after the game and wasn't cleared in time to play the Roughriders' Week 4 contest against the Lions on June 28.
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However, that's not to say Harris didn't plead his case to play in the game against B.C.
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'That's just Trev — he's going to try to make his case no matter what the situation is for him,' Roughriders head coach Corey Mace said on Monday. 'He's the ultimate competitor. He feels like he can go but we just kind of followed the guidelines for ourselves and just wanted to play it smart.
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'And I'm happy we did. We've got a lot of faith in that quarterback room, and we felt confident that we'd be able to go out and still execute at a high level. And now that he's been completely cleared … I think it was just the right decision.
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'You don't want to play with that one. Every team has a protocol to follow and we just made sure we did it the right way.'
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As the Roughriders returned to practice on Monday on the heels of their first bye week of the season, Harris was asked how close he was to being able to play against the Lions.
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'I was fine,' Harris told reporters. 'Let's not probably go down that road.
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'A little bit of a shouting match but always trust what the doctors are saying.
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'They're looking out for our best interest and at the end of the day, we've only got one brain, and we're all going to be 55 and 60 someday. And I've got four kids and although I told them I was ready to go and ready to play, they took matters in their own hands just based off of what they thought and what they gathered.
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'But we're back. We're good.'
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After Argonauts defensive back Kenneth George Jr. was forced to leave the game following a cut block by Roughriders' receiver Dhel Duncan-Busby, Toronto defensive lineman Jordan Williams threw a high hit on Harris on the very next play.
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