Bombers shift Collaros to six-game IL, promote Canadian QB Elgersma
Winnipeg's quarterback depth chart got its second significant reordering of the season Thursday, with Zach Collaros moved to the six-game injured list (head injury) and Canadian Taylor Elgersma elevated from the reserve roster to third string. Collaros was a non-participant in practice all week afte
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Collaros' six-game IL is a cap/roster lever, not a six-week sentence
Winnipeg placed Collaros on the six-game injured list immediately, unlike earlier this season when he was first one-game then moved to six-game and missed four games. The six-game designation allows early activation, so the Bombers can free a roster spot and cap relief while retaining a late-season return option. Collaros was 5-4 with 70.6% completion, 2,204 yards, 11 TD, and 6 INT before the head injury.
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Collaros's Head, Winnipeg's Cap, and the Lie Nobody's Asking About
Zach Collaros is on the six-game injured list again. Same choreography as July — one-game list first, then six — and nobody in that building will say out loud what it actually is: a cap maneuver wearing a medical mask. The 38-year-old is completing 70.6 percent for 2,204 yards, 11 touchdowns and six picks, 5-4 as a starter. That's not a guy you stash for six weeks. That's a guy you're deciding about. Here's the part that gets whispered over beers: Dru Brown, acquired from Ottawa in June, is on a fraction of Collaros's number, went 2-2 in his four starts, and already beat Toronto 30-21 back in July. Now he gets the Argos again Friday at Princess Auto Stadium, with Taylor Elgersma bumped off the reserve roster to third string. That's not a depth chart. That's an audition with a receipt stap