Collaros to six-game IL flips Week 17 line as Argos visit Winnipeg
Winnipeg opened as a 1.5-point home favourite for Friday's 8:00 p.m. EDT kickoff against Toronto. That number did not survive the week. Zach Collaros (70.6 completion percentage, 2,204 yards, 11 touchdowns, six interceptions) landed on the six-game injured list with a head injury, and sportsbooks mo
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Collaros' Six-Game IL Is a Season-Ending Move, Not a One-Week Fix
Zach Collaros was placed on the six-game injured list with a head injury, meaning he'll miss at least six games — effectively the rest of Winnipeg's regular season. His 2024 line (70.6%, 2,204 yards, 11 TD, 6 INT) is efficient but not elite, and Dru Brown already went 2-2 as a starter, including a 339-yard win over Toronto in July.
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Collaros's Six-Game IL Stint Is Winnipeg's Quiet White Flag
Here's what nobody in that building will say on the record: Zach Collaros landing on the six-game injured list Friday isn't purely a medical call. It's a cap call wearing a neck brace. Winnipeg needed relief, and a 36-year-old quarterback with a head injury is the cleanest lever they've got. Collaros was completing 70.6 percent for 2,204 yards, 11 touchdowns and six picks — respectable, not franchise-saving. And the second he goes down, Dru Brown steps in and the line barely twitches. That tells you exactly how the room views the depth chart. Meanwhile Toronto — already playoff-bound — gets Makai Polk back off a six-game foot injury and Sam Hicks in the backfield, and they're catching a Winnipeg team that just quietly told you what it thinks of its own season. Brown beat these Argos in Ju