Bombers Activate Collaros, Promote Jenkins, Swap Eli for Elsbury at Centre
Winnipeg’s Week 19 depth chart functions as a transaction wire: Zach Collaros returns as starting quarterback after missing two games with a head injury. The 38-year-old is 5-4 as a starter, completing 70.6 percent for 2,204 yards, 11 touchdowns, and six interceptions while missing six regular-seaso
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Collaros' return masks a 2027 roster bet with no young QB elevated
Collaros, 38, has missed six regular-season games this year — four with a neck injury and two with a head injury — yet the Bombers list Dru Brown as backup, Bryce Perkins third-string, and moved Taylor Elgersma to the reserve roster. With Collaros saying he wants to play in 2027, Winnipeg is carrying three QBs on the active depth chart while its developmental QB sits on reserve. That's a succession-plan red flag, not just an injury return.
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Collaros Is 38, Hurt Again, and Starting. Winnipeg Has a Problem.
Zach Collaros took first-team reps this week and gets the ball Saturday against Calgary. He's 38. He's missed six games this season — four with a neck injury, two more with a head injury. He's completing 70.6 percent for 2,204 yards, 11 touchdowns, six picks, and a 5-4 record as a starter. And Thursday he told reporters he wants to play in 2027. Read that again. A quarterback who's now stacked head and neck injuries on top of each other, at an age where most guys are calling it, is already talking about two more seasons. Meanwhile Dru Brown sits at QB2 holding a clipboard, watching a 38-year-old get helped off and come back. That's the story nobody in Winnipeg wants to write. Mike O'Shea is loyal to a fault — it's his best trait and his worst. Kyle Walters built a roster that wins *now*,