Bombers Add Five Americans to Practice Roster as Collaros Lands on Six-Game IL
The Winnipeg Blue Bombers restocked their practice roster Sunday with five American signings: receiver Jerand Bradley, offensive linemen Tunde Fatukasi and Jeremiah Crawford, and defensive backs D.J. Harvey Jr. and Tamon Lynum. The offensive line additions are the tell — Fatukasi (six-foot-five, 310
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Winnipeg is building a 6'5" NFL-camp offensive line pipeline on the practice roster
The Bombers signed Tunde Fatukasi (6'5", 310, 33 starts at Bowling Green) and Jeremiah Crawford (6'5", 315, Panthers 2024 camp, 13 starts at Tennessee) to the practice roster. Both have left tackle/guard versatility, giving Winnipeg two prototypical tackle bodies to develop behind its starters. That's a deliberate size-and-versatility play, not random churn.
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Winnipeg Put Collaros on the 6-Game IL. That's Not a Medical Call.
Zach Collaros didn't tear anything. He didn't break anything. And that's exactly why the Bombers parking their 38-year-old franchise QB on the six-game injured list in Week 16 raised eyebrows inside the building. Winnipeg needed cap relief — Collaros restructured in February to keep Dru Brown in the room — and the six-game is the cleanest lever Kyle Walters has. Brown's now made five starts, and Friday's 30-28 loss to Toronto wasn't on him: two early touchdown drives, a rushing score, 32,343 at Princess Auto Stadium watching a kid who looks like the future. Here's what nobody in Winnipeg says on the record: Mike O'Shea's loyalty to Collaros has been the quiet third rail of this organization for two years. Collaros knows it. Brown knows it. The room knows it. And when Collaros is eligible