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Slotback Weston Dressler expects that Rider Nation will be noisy Saturday when Mosaic Stadium plays host to its first CFL regular-season game.

The Saskatchewan Roughriders are playing host to Dressler and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers at new Mosaic Stadium. Dressler anticipates that the atmosphere will be similar to when the Riders defeated the Hamilton Tiger-Cats 45-23 in the 2013 Grey Cup game at old Mosaic Stadium.

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“I don’t expect them to be any different,’’ Dressler said Wednesday from Winnipeg. “At old Mosaic Stadium they were always rowdy, especially when Winnipeg is in town. I’m sure it will be loud and offensively we will have to deal with that noise if we want to be successful.’’

Dressler spent eight CFL seasons with the Riders before he and defensive end John Chick were released for financial reasons on Jan. 14, 2016.

Dressler eventually signed with the Blue Bombers and faced the Riders in last year’s final Labour Day Classic at old Mosaic Stadium and in the following week’s rematch in Winnipeg.