Bombers' Janusas Flyer Exposes Receiver-Room Desperation Amid West Collapse
The Winnipeg Blue Bombers' decision to sign Vyshonne Janusas to the practice roster Wednesday isn't a football move — it's a distress signal. The 25-year-old Canadian receiver was released by Saskatchewan late last month after failing to record a catch in one game, and before that was cut by Calgary
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Bombers' Week 18 Canadian receiver signing is ratio insurance, not development
Winnipeg added Vyshonne Janusas to the practice roster Wednesday — a 5-foot-11, 229-pound national who was a 2025 fifth-round pick out of Guelph, released by Saskatchewan late last month after one game and zero catches. That's his third CFL stop in roughly 14 months (Calgary → Saskatchewan → Winnipeg) for a player with two career regular-season receptions for 14 yards. Practice-roster Canadians in Week 18 aren't projects; they're emergency ratio bodies for a 7-8 club that cannot absorb an injury to a starting national.
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Saskatchewan Just Traded for a Kicker They Already Cut. That's a Confession.
The Riders brought Brett Lauther back to Riderville this week, and nobody in that building is pretending it's a win. Here's what I'm hearing: Saskatchewan's kicking carousel has been a running joke in the West for two seasons. They let Lauther walk, cycled through replacements, watched kicks sail wide in games they needed, and now they've paid a trade price to undo it. That's not a roster move. That's a front office eating crow in public. The locker room notices. Kickers live on an island, but when management admits it screwed up, the veterans file it away. Lauther's been through this before — he knows he's Plan C. And the timing, mid-October with Calgary and Winnipeg breathing down their necks in the West race, reeks of panic. You don't trade for a kicker in October unless your season is