May is here, which means the 2026 season has officially arrived.

The CFL Canadian Draft is in the books for another year. Rookie camps start across the league later this week. And main camp starts this Sunday.

For the Saskatchewan Roughriders, the 2026 campaign will be all about one thing: running it back. As we start highlighting one storyline for all nine teams ahead of a new season, that’s the clear focus for the defending Grey Cup champions.

“I think there’s a tone set from the top down,” quarterback Trevor Harris told CFL.ca earlier this off-season. “After you win a Grey Cup, it’s not, ‘good job guys, let’s kick our feet up.’ (General manager) Jeremy O’Day set the tone.

“There was no resting on our laurels.”

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Harris is right. The Riders made it immediately clear the only priority was maximizing this Grey Cup window, which feels wide open. And they did that by going right to work retaining core........

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