Crapigna’s missed FG makes Durant a winner in Als debut as Montreal tops Riders
MONTREAL — Darian Durant played down the revenge factor in the week leading up to facing his old team but, when the game was over, the veteran quarterback admitted it felt good to win.
It took an intervention from what Durant called the “football gods,” but the 34-year-old who no longer felt wanted when Saskatchewan traded him to Montreal in January came out the winner as the Alouettes topped the Roughriders 17-16 in the CFL season opener on Thursday night.
The Roughriders had a chance to win it on the final play of the game but Tyler Crapigna, who had put three boots through the uprights with confidence, missed from the 45 wide to the right with the game on the line.
“We know the history I had there,” said Durant, who spent his first 11 seasons with Saskatchewan. “We know how it ended.