Riders put defensive lineman on kickoff coverage, carnage ensues

Makana Henry leaves a dent.

The defensive lineman took a rep on kickoff coverage during the Saskatchewan Roughriders sister-kisser of a pre-season game against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers on Saturday, hauling his 6-foot-1, 275-pound frame down the field at (relatively) high speed then wrecking a significantly smaller Bomber blocker.

Rider teammate Chad Owens, sitting out because of injury, captured the the collision from the sideline and posted it to Instagram.

⚠️ ATTENTION ⚠️ all KOR units…There's a MAC TRUCK 🚛 running wild on all Kickoff highways! 🚨 BE ALERT 🚨 for multiple crashes and PTMS (Post Traumatic Mac Syndrome) sightings! 😴LMAO!!! Good luck!! @highlighthub @whistlesports @cfl Give @beastnation74 some love!! #GladHesOnMyTeam #RiderNation

A post shared by Chad Owens (@chadowens2) on Jun 11, 2017 at 12:46pm PDT

The best part of this video – other than the sight and sound of the contact, I mean, Jesus Christ – is that his teammates know it’s coming, then celebrate as if Henry had just scored a fat guy touchdown. Sounds like his story might be pretty good, too: the Burlington native had last played football as a junior in 2009 – he’s 30!!! –  before signing with the Riders as a free agent last August. He played in six regular season games, with five starts in 2016.

The number of the Blue Bomber who gets squished isn’t visible – and that’s probably for the best.