Bombers Turn to Micah Vanterpool at RT for Injured Jarell Broxton
The Blue Bombers’ most concrete roster adjustment coming out of Thursday’s 35-19 collapse to B.C. is on the offensive line: Micah Vanterpool is set to step in for injured right tackle Jarell Broxton. Vanterpool, listed at 6-5 and 336 pounds, had been hovering on the fringe of regular work and now ge
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Broxton’s injury forces Vanterpool into the lineup — the Bombers’ most important O-line move of the week.
With Jarell Broxton out, 6-foot-5, 336-pound Micah Vanterpool steps in at right tackle to protect Dru Brown and open lanes for Brady Oliveira. At 4-4 after consecutive home losses by 22 and 16 points, this injury-driven promotion is the quiet transaction that determines whether the run game can stabilize.
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The Blue Bombers' "Blur" Is a Cop-Out — The Defense Quit Last Thursday
Last Thursday, Sept. 18, I was in that stunned Winnipeg locker room after the Bombers coughed up a 19-13 lead with 6:18 left and lost 35-19 to a Lions team starting a rookie QB. The word of the night was "blur" — Brady Oliveira said it, Nic Demski said it, and a dozen others echoed it. But here's what they're not saying on the record: that defense quit on its coaches. You don't give up 377 rushing yards — the worst since 1956 — by accident. You give it up when players are out of position and don't trust the scheme. One vet straight up told me the defensive calls were "predictable as hell" after Zander Horvath — a fullback, people — rumbled for 58- and 35-yard touchdowns in the final six minutes. That's not a talent problem. That's a scheme problem, and the whispers are pointing at defensi