'Just throw it up': Roughriders' Dohnte Meyers already enjoying career year

National Post

5 days ago

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Whether it's Meyers or one of his teammates, what you see on game day is a product of what happens during the week of practice.
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'It starts with the game plan that (offensive coordinator Marc) Mueller sets for the top of the week,' said Meyers. 'And on the execution on details from Trevor Harris that he preaches.
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'Him being a veteran quarterback and me still learning the ropes in the league, you just try to soak up all the game and listen to them when it's game time, because they're proven to have success.'
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Case in point on Saturday where Meyers caught a 50-yard touchdown pass from Harris on Saskatchewan's first offensive series of the game before the second-year receiver caught a 30-yard bomb from Harris to open the second half.
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'The double move they hit, it was a thing of beauty,' said Roughriders head coach Corey Mace. 'You see it in real time, and you've seen it in practice, it was just incredible.
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'We're happy as ever that Trevor Harris is our quarterback and Dohnte and the rest of receiving corps are with us.'
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And the depth of that receiving corps has been on display this season with Harris having a different 100-yard receiver in his first four starts this season.
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In Week 1, Samuel Emilus went for 133 yards and a touchdown before KeeSean Johnson put up 124 yards and a score in Week 2. In Week 3, Meyers had his 124-yard, two touchdown performance against the Argonauts before Joe Robustelli led the way with 191 yards and a touchdown in Week 6.
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Last week, it was Meyers' turn once again with 132 yards and two touchdowns.
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'What you love about Trevor Harris is he's not going to get too locked in onto one receiver,' said Mace. 'He's going to find who's open and we feel so confident in the entire group.'
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