Eskimos rookie receiver earns rare opening-day start

VANCOUVER – Exactly how are the Edmonton Eskimos handling the loss of American receiver Derel Walker to the NFL this season?
The answer is they’re fighting fire with two times the fire, replacing the two-time CFL all-star with not one, but two American receivers.
That will give the Eskimos a total of four sets of southern hands in their receiving corps, instead of the usual three. It’s a ratio move made possible by the addition of a third Canadian starter on defence in Saturday