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Bonding is on the menu when it comes to the Saskatchewan Roughriders’ receivers.

Veteran slotback Naaman Roosevelt said the receivers were headed out for dinner on Tuesday as a means of becoming familiar with each other away from the CFL field.

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“We’re a bunch of new guys getting to know and understand each other and we’ve been trying to do that,” Roosevelt said after Tuesday’s closed practice at Mosaic Stadium. “The more we get around each other, the more we understand each other and the more it will work out on the field.”

The Riders adopted a similar approach in 2017 when they attended dinners, movies and even bowled together. The camaraderie paid off with Roosevelt, Duron Carter and Bakari Grant all recording more than 1,000 receiving yards.

“We’re just trying to get that going now,” Roosevelt said. “It has been a crazy couple of weeks. It’s a chance for us to settle down and understand what we need to do as a team. It’s just focusing on the little things like getting to know each other and working out and understanding what we need to do.”