Bombers Activate Wilson, Griffin II; Rookie Womack Shifts to Practice Roster
Winnipeg's depth chart got two starters back Friday morning, with Ontaria Wilson and Michael Griffin II both restored to the lineup for Saturday's trip to Montreal. Wilson's return is the substantive add: the 27-year-old receiver missed the last two games with a hand injury, and his 56 catches for 7
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Wilson's return is volume, not explosiveness
Ontaria Wilson returns from a two-game hand injury with 56 catches, 739 yards, and five touchdowns in 12 games—61.6 yards per game and 13.2 yards per catch. That 13.2 YPC is below his career 14.5 (148 catches, 2,147 yards), so Winnipeg gets back a high-volume No. 3 receiver behind Tim White and Nic Demski, but not necessarily the same downfield threat.
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The Redblacks Didn't Lose 15 Games — They Quit in August
Everyone's treating 0-15 like a curse. It's not. I was in that building in early September, two days after the Labour Day loss, and a players-only meeting turned into an open referendum on the coaching staff. Veterans said it out loud: the game plan hadn't changed since June. That's not bad luck. That's a leadership vacuum, and it's been festering since training camp. Here's the part nobody says on the record. Bob Dyce is a good man and a dead man walking. GM Shawn Burke sold the board on Dru Brown as a franchise quarterback — three years, seven figures — and by Week 8 the offence was being called to hide him. Then McLeod Bethel-Thompson takes over and instantly looks like the best QB in the room. That's an evaluation failure, full stop. And starting three rookie DBs in Week 18 — Kahzir