Bombers Get Wilson, Griffin II Back for Montreal Clash With Seeding on the Line
Winnipeg's Week 18 depth chart finally delivers the receiving corps the Bombers have been building toward all year. Ontaria Wilson returns from a two-game hand injury, bringing a 56-catch, 739-yard, five-touchdown line that ranks third on the club behind Tim White and Nic Demski. Saturday at Montrea
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Week 18 is the first time Winnipeg's four-receiver set has actually existed on the field
Ontaria Wilson returns from a two-game hand injury carrying 56 catches for 739 yards and five touchdowns in 12 games — 61.6 yards per game at 13.2 yards per catch — and for the first time all season he, Tim White, Nic Demski and Dorian Singer are all listed as starters together. Wilson ranks third on his own team in receiving, which tells you the depth of this room. Rookie Kenneth Womack, who played the last two games and registered zero statistics, is the corresponding demotion to the practice roster.
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The Rourke Call That Split the Lions' Locker Room
Everybody in that building knew by Labour Day 2024. Vernon Adams Jr. was at the top of the CFL passing charts, the Lions were 5-1, and then Nathan Rourke walked through the door in August — and Rick Campbell had a decision that was never really his to make. Here's what nobody said out loud: the front office wanted the Canadian kid under centre. Rourke's return was a ticket-sales event, and VA was the collateral. Ask the vets. Multiple guys in that room thought Adams got done dirty — he'd carried the franchise through 2023 while Rourke chased the NFL, and he got benched for a guy who hadn't taken a CFL snap in two years. The room split. You don't come back from that. BC finished 9-9, got bounced in Regina in the West Semi, and by November Campbell was out — replaced by Buck Pierce. Adams