Bombers' 5-4 Halfway Mark Meets Edmonton Test; Oliveira's Pace Fuels West Push
At 5-4, the Blue Bombers sit third in the West Division — a record that reads both contender and pretender. First-year cornerback Major Williams frames the team as “ascending” and insists “everything is still in front of us,” but the schedule is about to test that optimism. Winnipeg now faces four g
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Oliveira is the Bombers' offensive engine in the pass game too, not just the run game.
In Week 11, Brady Oliveira totaled 154 scrimmage yards — 74 rushing on 11 carries and 80 receiving on 8 catches — plus a touchdown. He's on pace for 1,464 rushing yards, but that receiving volume shows Winnipeg is quietly deploying him as a matchup weapon out of the backfield, not just a between-the-tackles workhorse.
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Bombers' Feel-Good Homecoming Hides a Locker-Room Split
Everyone’s gonna get misty when Nuer Gatkuoth waves to his mom in Edmonton Friday night. Cute story. But the cameras won’t catch the real drama: this Bombers’ room has been fracturing since camp opened in May. I’ve got a source telling me Zach Collaros has been quietly sulking ever since his last extension — the one that made him the highest-paid QB in the league while he plays like a cautious game-manager. Meanwhile, Brady Oliveira is on pace for 1,464 yards on a team-friendly deal and hasn’t heard a peep about a renegotiation. That inequity eats at players. And Gatkuoth? He’s the fourth overall pick getting the front-office PR push, but a couple of veteran D-linemen are catching healthy scratches — and they’re not silent about it. When O’Shea says this team is a “work in progress,” that