Bombers at the Crossroads: Oliveira’s Efficiency Meets BC’s QB Carousel
Winnipeg enters Thursday’s clash at Princess Auto Stadium with a 4-3 record that masks sharp internal volatility. The club has already started three different quarterbacks—Zach Collaros, Taylor Elgersma, and Dru Brown—in decisive moments during its four wins, yet the floor collapsed in last week’s 5
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The Short-Week Surge: Brady Oliveira’s Season-Best Efficiency on Quick Turnarounds
Oliveira exploded for 128 rush yards and two touchdowns on just 14 carries (9.1 YPC) in last week’s loss to Calgary — a season-high output. With a tight turnaround to Thursday’s matchup, he openly welcomes the compressed schedule, and his history of elevated production on short rest provides a hidden offensive engine that most previews ignore.
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Montreal Alouettes
8-1 record, league-best +86 point differential, and a defence allowing a stingy 20.3 points per game
BC Lions
7-2 with Vernon Adams Jr. pacing the CFL in passing yards (2,743) and a top-2 scoring offence (30.1
Saskatchewan Roughriders
5-4 and second in the West, buoyed by a +9 turnover ratio and a run defence holding opponents to 80.
Ottawa Redblacks
5-4 with a resurgent Dru Brown (8 TD, 3 INT) and three straight wins, including back-to-back victori
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Vanterpool’s Third-Grade Patience Masks Locker-Room Fury Over Broxton’s Payday
You heard Micah Vanterpool’s cute story about teaching third grade to learn patience? Save it. The 6-5, 336-pound tackle has been fuming for two years while Jarell Broxton cashed cheques the Bombers could’ve spread around. Broxton inked a two-year extension in 2023—insiders peg it north of $180K—and instantly started racking up DNPs. Nine games missed since then, including Thursday’s scratch that finally shoves Vanterpool into the right tackle spotlight. Meanwhile, the big fella started six games in 2024 at two different spots without giving up a sack, all on a rookie option deal barely above league min. “He’d joke about his classroom, but you could feel the heat,” one vet whispered to me. “He knows he’s the better athlete, and the cap squeeze everyone yaps about? That’s Broxton’s money si