The stench of a 35-19 collapse still hung in the air when the Winnipeg Blue Bombers' locker room opened to media, and what emerged was not finger-pointing but a rehearsed-sounding unison. Brady Oliveira first called the fourth-quarter meltdown "a blur." Nic Demski echoed it. Then "a handful of other
Brady Oliveira first used “a blur” in the stunned Bombers locker room, then Nic Demski repeated it almost verbatim, followed by “a handful of others.” That synchronized language, after the Lions racked up 206 rushing yards in the fourth quarter and a franchise-record 377 total, suggests players circled the wagons to avoid directly pointing at defensive coaching or unit breakdowns.
Listen, I was in that room Thursday night after the Lions hung 377 rushing yards on Winnipeg — a franchise record. Brady Oliveira and Nic Demski kept calling the fourth quarter "a blur." Cute. Blur is what happens when you gamble on a rookie QB and lose, when you're up 19-13 with 6:18 left and give up 22 straight, including Zander Horvath jogging 58 and 35 yards untouched. But here's what the media missed: I heard a defensive vet mutter, "We knew the call before they snapped it." That man's still fuming. The real drama? The coaching staff is fractured. Offensive coordinator Buck Pierce was screaming at one position coach on the sideline after Demski dropped a touchdown. Defensive staffers were pointing fingers at each other in the booth. Players are done pretending — Willie Jefferson said