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The Saskatchewan Roughriders are left to hope that their quarterbacking situation does not amount to Doubles or nothing.

Friday’s trade of quarterback Darian Durant — a.k.a. Doubles — to the Montreal Alouettes has created a cavernous void at football’s marquee position.

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There is a pressing need for Roughriders head coach, general manager and vice-president of football operations Chris Jones to find a worthy successor to the iconic Durant.

Ideally, the scenario will unfold much as it did in 2008, when then-Roughriders GM Eric Tillman controversially dispatched Kerry Joseph — who was named the league’s most outstanding player three days before quarterbacking Saskatchewan to the 2007 Grey Cup title — to the Toronto Argonauts.

Tillman preached patience, emphasizing that the priority was to develop a future quarterback. But then, as now, there was outrage over the departure of the Roughriders’ No. 4.