Collaros to six-game injured list as Brown's two late picks sink Bombers vs. Argos
Winnipeg's Week 17 roster sheet carried the season's biggest transaction: Zach Collaros moved to the six-game injured list with a head injury, handing Dru Brown his fifth start of 2025. The designation matters more than the depth-chart shuffle. A six-game placement mandates a minimum six-game absenc
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Collaros' six-game IL placement is a cap-clearing move that ends his regular season.
By moving Zach Collaros to the six-game injured list in Week 17 with a head injury, Winnipeg removes his salary from the cap for a minimum of six games—more than the remaining regular season. That creates late-season cap room for signings or practice-roster elevations, while Dru Brown makes his fifth start (2-2 earlier) at a fraction of the cost.
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Chad Kelly's camp has been shopping a highlight reel this fall, and here's what nobody at BMO Field wants said out loud: the best football Toronto has played in three years came with Nick Arbuckle under centre. November 17, 2024, Vancouver — Arbuckle throws for over 250 and two scores, the Argos hang 41 on Winnipeg, and Kelly watches in a walking boot after getting carted off in the East Final nine days earlier. Rewind to how we got there. February 2024, a lawsuit from a former strength coach. May 7, a nine-game suspension under the league's gender-based violence policy. August, assistant GM John Murphy quietly exits the building. The organization sold "the Argos Way" all season. The way, apparently, was waiting for the settlement to clear. Now Kelly's in a contract year and the number b