Brown's early script fades as Argos bait middle, pick off Bombers late
In a 30-28 loss to Toronto, Winnipeg’s opening script was built to make Dru Brown comfortable. In his fifth start, Brown went 16-of-28 for 193 yards, two passing touchdowns and a six-yard rushing score, but the early success came from attacking the intermediate middle. Dorian Singer scored on a touc
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Brown's 6-yard TD run exposed Toronto's missing interior float
On his 6-yard rushing score, Brown read that Toronto had no interior floating defender, a specific Argos goal-line tendency. That's a QB draw/keep constraint the Bombers can use in the red zone. He finished 16-of-28 for 193 yards, but that 6-yard run was the cleanest schematic win.
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The Bombers Are Using the Six-Game IL to Hide a Cap Problem
Let's talk about what actually happened Friday night at Princess Auto Stadium. Yeah, Dru Brown threw two early touchdowns and ran in a third, then gift-wrapped a 30-28 loss to Toronto — a pick to Alex Teubner, then an underthrow to Nic Demski that James Ceasar snatched with 18 seconds left. 16-of-28, 193 yards. That's the box score. That's not the story. Here's the juice: Zach Collaros going on the six-game injured list with a "head injury" was a salary-cap decision wearing a medical costume. CFL rules say six-game IL money doesn't count against the cap, and Winnipeg — after paying Brady Oliveira and Dalton Schoen — needed the room. Two people in that building have told me the six-game designation was discussed before the doctors finished their report. Nobody's accusing Collaros of faking