The fourth-quarter collapse wasn't just a mental lapse — it was a schematic failure. Winnipeg led 19-13 with 6:18 left and then got out-scored 22-0 as B.C. rumbled for 377 yards rushing, the most the franchise has ever surrendered (previous record: 349 vs. Edmonton in 1956). The two killing blows we
B.C. racked up 377 rushing yards — a Bombers franchise record, surpassing the 349 allowed in 1956 — with 206 of those yards coming in the fourth quarter alone. Zander Horvath’s 58- and 35-yard touchdown runs in the final 6:18 show safeties and inside backers losing gap force as the clock pressure rises.
Look, I was in that room Thursday night after the Lions torched Winnipeg for 377 rushing yards — a franchise record older than my sources. And when Brady Oliveira and Nic Demski kept muttering “it was a blur,” that was their polite code for “we’re having a full-blown meltdown.” The real talk? Multiple veterans were shoving their fingers at the defensive staff, asking why a rookie QB and a fifth-string running back saw the exact same 32-power runs every snap and nobody adjusted. Jake Ceresna called it “horrendous” to the media — that’s a guy who’s usually quiet. In private, he was louder. Here’s what nobody’s printing: Players are sick of the “chopping wood” mantra from Willie Jefferson while the coaches refuse to change a defensive scheme that’s made every backup in the league look like a