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The Presidents do not have close ties to rushin’.

Naaman Roosevelt, Bakari Grant and Duron Carter are integral components of a Saskatchewan Roughriders receiving corps that has met lofty expectations early in the 2017 CFL season.

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It is appropriate that Roosevelt, Carter and Grant play their home games in the (Green and) White House. So, for that matter, does Jefferson (first name: Willie), an erstwhile receiver who is now one of the league’s elite defensive ends.

(EDITOR’S NOTE: This tacky presidential-surname angle is really a stretch. Get on with it!)

Uh, where were we?

Oh yeah, the receivers …

Entering the season, tongues were wagging and superlatives were being thrown around like confetti as learned media types raved about the potential of the Roughriders’ receiving corps.

From a newspaper perspective, it can safely be written that the trees did not die in vain.

Roosevelt’s 285 receiving yards, on 23 catches, place him third in the league. He is coming off a 10-catch, 167-yard command performance in Saturday’s 37-20 victory over the visiting Hamilton Tiger-Cats.