Collaros Returns, Bombers Shuffle O-Line for Stampeders Playoff Pivot
Winnipeg’s Week 19 depth chart is a playoff-race bet, not a depth-chart formality. Zach Collaros returns as starter after missing two games with a head injury — his second multi-game absence this year after a four-game neck issue. He’s 5-4 as a starter with a 70.6 completion rate, 2,204 yards, 11 TD
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Collaros’s 5-4 Starting Record Is a Playoff Seeding Trap
Zach Collaros returns after missing six regular-season games, but his 5-4 record as a starter means Winnipeg has little margin in the West race. His 70.6 completion percentage and 2,204 yards with 11 touchdowns and six interceptions are efficient, yet the Bombers’ critical game against Calgary is less about health than about avoiding a road playoff path. Media focus on his return misses that his nine starts have produced only a .556 win rate.
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Collaros Says He Wants 2027 — And Dru Brown Should Be Furious
Here's what nobody inside the Bombers' building wants printed: Zach Collaros told reporters Thursday he wants to play in 2027. He's 38. He's missed six games this season — four with a neck injury, two with a head injury. He's completing 70.6 percent for 2,204 yards, 11 touchdowns, six picks. And Dru Brown, the guy Winnipeg acquired to be the heir, is listed as the backup. Again. Bryce Perkins is third-string. Taylor Elgersma got bumped to the reserve roster. Here's the part that gets whispered. When Collaros went down and the Bombers got boat-raced by Montreal last week — the same afternoon Tyler Elsbury took a holding penalty, air-mailed a snap, and surrendered a sack — the locker room didn't panic. They'd seen it before. What they hadn't seen is Brown get a real runway. Start, sit, star