Collaros Absent, Brown Takes Reps as Bombers Manage Three Starters' Injuries
Winnipeg's Monday practice offered the clearest roster signal of the week: Dru Brown took first-team reps while Zach Collaros watched from the sideline, listed on the club's official injury report with a head injury. Brady Oliveira (ankle) and Nic Demski (ankle) joined him as non-participants — thre
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Collaros Head Injury Puts Brown on First-Team Reps
Monday’s injury report listed Zach Collaros as a non-participant with a head injury while Dru Brown led practice. Mike O’Shea said he’s hopeful Collaros can play, but Brown taking QB1 reps is the real contingency signal. If Collaros can’t clear protocol, Winnipeg’s offense shifts to Brown.
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The Riders Ghosted Cody Fajardo. Nine Months Later He Won Grey Cup MVP.
Let's correct the record on the winter of 2023. Saskatchewan had already decided Cody Fajardo was finished — the 2022 tape was ugly, the knee was worse, and the room had quietly split on him. But the exit is what people in that building still talk about. Fajardo got word the Riders were chasing Trevor Harris before anyone sat him down and told him to his face. Jeremy O'Day moved on. Craig Dickenson never fought for him. Four years as the starter, and the goodbye was a phone call he never got. Now jump to Nov. 19, 2023. Fajardo throws for 290 yards and three touchdowns, takes Grey Cup MVP, and Montreal beats Winnipeg 28-24. He didn't say one word about Saskatchewan afterward. Didn't have to. Was the football call defensible? Sure — Harris was the cleaner passer and Fajardo's 2022 was a me