Dru Brown's Intermediate Game vs. Toronto's Press-Man: Week 17 X's and O's
Zach Collaros' move to the six-game injured list doesn't gut Winnipeg's playbook — it changes its risk profile. Collaros has completed 70.6 percent for 2,204 yards, 11 touchdowns and six interceptions, but his 2025 tape shows a quarterback pressing into tight windows. Dru Brown, 2-2 as a starter, be
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Collaros's six-game IL is a regular-season death sentence, not a Week 17 scratch.
Zach Collaros was moved to the six-game injured list with a head injury in Week 17, meaning he must miss at least six games. With only four weeks left in the CFL regular season after Week 17, Collaros cannot return until the playoffs at the earliest. Media focusing on Dru Brown's Week 17 start misses that Winnipeg's QB1 is effectively out for the rest of the regular season.
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Collaros on the Six-Game Isn't a Medical Call. It's a Cap Call.
Zach Collaros is on the six-game injured list with a head injury, and I need you to sit with the timing for a second. Winnipeg is 2-2 in Dru Brown's starts. Brown already beat Toronto once this season — 339 yards back in July. And the six-game list is the league's favourite accounting trick: it's the one that actually buys you real salary-cap relief. I'm not saying Collaros isn't hurt. I'm saying the Bombers have spent three years refusing to have this conversation out loud, and the six-game is how you have it quietly. Brown doesn't light up a box score, but he's cheap, he moves, and he doesn't hand the ball to the other team in the fourth quarter. This offence doesn't need a hero. It needs a point guard. Collaros: 70.6 percent, 2,204 yards, 11 touchdowns, six picks. Respectable. Not fra