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“We’re all back together, so that’s pretty cool to come into a familiar quarterback room,’’ said Adams, who had a 3-0 record as a starter with Montreal last season. “I had heard of Marquise through college football so I kind of knew about him too.’’

The trade for Adams altered the quarterback depth chart during Monday’s practice. Glenn is entrenched as the starter with Bridge his backup. Adams is third while Williams was bumped to fourth.

Adams may be more active than Williams was during games because the newly acquired pivot is expected to serve as the quarterback during short-yardage situations. It sounded like Glenn has grudgingly filled that role with the Riders.

“Anytime you can get a hit taken off of you, I will go in with the coaches and be an agent for him and tell them that the guy needs to be running short yardage,” Glenn said with a smile. “I don’t think any quarterback likes short yardage. The only quarterback who likes short yardage is (the Edmonton Eskimos’) Mike Reilly.’’

Adams is ready to handle that role.

“Sure, I like it,’’ Adams said. “You get the first down or the touchdown and you keep the chains moving.’’

Adams was acquired by the Riders to bolster their quarterback depth and with an eye toward the future. Glenn, who has 14 touchdown passes in seven games, is among the league’s most productive quarterbacks. But, at 38, he’s not in the Riders’ long-term plans.

Behind Glenn are three young quarterbacks. Bridge is 25 while Adams and Williams are both 24.