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While Harris may not be 100% as he recovers from knee/ankle injuries suffered in Ottawa’s first pre-season game against Montreal 2 1/2 weeks ago, he said he’s “good enough.”

He said putting points on the board against Saskatchewan will be a good test.

“They’re fast, physical, intense, they play with passion,” said Harris. “Lots of respect to Chris Jones defences always, but their personnel is great. It’ll be a fun task. In my opinion, it’s always us — if we go out and execute the way we can, we let everything else take care of itself. Execute each play and we’ll see where the score stacks up in the end.”

WHAT’S UP WITH CONNOR?: Defensive lineman Connor Williams may not return to the field as an Ottawa Redblack, at least the team isn’t counting on it happening in the early part of the 2018 season. A concussion has kept Williams, who’s on the team’s six-game injured list, on the sidelines for the past year. Said GM Marcel Desjardins: “Right now, we don’t see any likelihood that he’ll be available to us anytime soon. I’ve told him to tell me once he knows what he wants to do. He’s nowhere near being able to give me that answer.”

WHY SHELTON OVER DUNCAN?: One player who could work into the mix in the returns game is R.J. Shelton, who was competing for a job with another newcomer, Kieren Duncan, in training camp. Both looked great. So why Shelton over Duncan? “Some of it played out to not only their return skills, but how they played on offence,” said Redblacks special teams co-ordinator Bob Dyce. “We have limited roster space, so when you put all the factors in, we just decided that R.J.’s combined returning and receiving skills might have been a little ahead of Kieren. Our whole philosophy is think first down, then touchdown. We want to make sure we get positive yards as we go. (R.J.’s) great at getting the ball north-south, then looking for the opportunity to break it. He catches the ball well and makes good decisions and that’s what you’re really looking for in a returner.”