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“It was just playing football,” Fajardo said. “The receivers made a lot of good plays for me. My whole goal out there was don’t turn the ball over and try to move the football. I felt good doing that, but I made a handful of mistakes, which you expect.

“Obviously no decisions are made off a mock game. You have to perform, particularly in practice and more importantly in the pre-season games.”

Collaros’ showing was unexpected considering how well the 30-year-old quarterback has performed in his second training camp with the Riders

Compared to the 2018 season, when he had nine touchdown passes against 13 interceptions, Collaros looked relaxed and comfortable within the offensive system.

On Saturday, he looked comfortable exiting the huddle and approaching the line of scrimmage. He even looked fine while dropping back to pass, but then his passes were overthrown, underthrown or even behind some receivers.

“We would have liked to have had (Collaros) complete more,” said Riders head coach Craig Dickenson. “We felt his decision-making was pretty good. His timing with receivers isn’t great right now and he was a little high on some throws. We’re hoping with another week that we’ll correct that and get better as we go along.”

The lone completion for Collaros was a 15-yard dart to Cory Watson. Collaros’s 13-play day ended after cornerback Nick Marshall intercepted him.

Fajardo’s best series was a nine-play, 100-yard drive that culminated in a 20-yard touchdown pass to Max Zimmermann. The 27-year-old quarterback used short and intermediate passes and the run to move the Riders down the field.