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But after resting up his wonky hip and skipping a few practices early this week, Roberson and — more importantly — head coach Dave Dickenson — pronounced the second-year defensive back ready to go, for the most part, against their division rivals.

“The hip is good — 100%,” said Roberson, after taking the field for practice Thursday. “I feel really, really good. There’s no worries.”

Well … there might be a few still concerns.

Veteran defensive back Brandon Smith missed practice again Thursday with an undisclosed injury.

“He’s an option, but it’s hard for these guys (practising in) the (wet) weather (Thursday),” Dickenson said. “We feel like we’re going to have to make a tough call on that, but it wasn’t in Smith’s best interests to be out there (Thursday).

“But Tre practised — he was good, so that’s a positive sign.

“We need all those guys out there to get a win.”

And along the defensive line, where injuries have decimated what was a green group to begin with, just who gets the call to arms against the Riders is pretty much a guess.

All that said, they need Roberson to be up to snuff — if not at his best.

Mentally, he certainly comes off as being well prepped for the West Division clash.

“I’m pretty good at studying,” Roberson said. “I study my butt off all week, and I’m just glad to see all that hard work paying off. I’m excited to be out there.”

As for the revolving door at positions around him on defence?

“We’re a team that reloads and comes to play every single week,” Roberson added. “We had a good week of practice, and the guys that are filling in are going to be doing the same job that the starters do.”