Bombers' bye-week reset: Collaros back at 4-4 with West standings tightening
At 4-4, the Winnipeg Blue Bombers are no longer in crisis, but they are in a measurable hole. Back-to-back home losses to Calgary and B.C. included 87 points surrendered and a franchise-record 377 rushing yards allowed against the Lions. The Bombers still led with six minutes left, which makes the f
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The B.C. loss was a late-game collapse, not a body-blow blowout.
Winnipeg allowed a franchise-record 377 rushing yards yet still led with six minutes left and trailed by just one with over three minutes remaining, per the club. That means defensive coordinator Jordan Younger’s unit was competitive enough to win despite B.C.’s ground dominance — the real miss was situational execution, something the bye week couldn’t erase.
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Collaros' Return Isn't About the Neck — It's About the Money
Look, everyone in Bomberland is doing the whole "thank God Zach's back" dance this week. But walking the hallway after that 35-19 beatdown from B.C., the vibe wasn't relief — it was awkward. I know for a fact that Dru Brown sat in the QB room until 1 a.m. after the loss, not because he had to, but because he already heard the whispers. Then Zach strolls in Monday, flashes that smile, and suddenly Tommy Condell is calling the offence "consistently inconsistent." That's code for: "I don't know who's throwing either." Here's the juicy part nobody's saying: this isn't a coaching decision. It's a money decision. Collaros is carrying a monster cap hit, and the front office can't bench a $600K QB two weeks after Bob Irving and the media started murmuring about contract regrets. So they hand him