Collaros Reclaims Job as Bombers Bench Elsbury, Demote Griffin
Zach Collaros returns Saturday against Calgary, but the real story is what his return signals inside Winnipeg's quarterback room. The 38-year-old missed two games with a head injury — his second extended absence of 2025 after a four-game neck layoff — yet he took first-team reps and declared he want
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Collaros’s Return Relegates Brown to Clipboard Duty
Zach Collaros is 5-4 as a starter with 70.6% completion, 2,204 yards, 11 TD, and 6 INT, but has missed six games due to injury. His return pushes Dru Brown back to backup, with Bryce Perkins third-string and Taylor Elgersma on reserve. That’s a quarterback room where the 38-year-old’s injury history—four neck games, two head games—creates constant succession tension.
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Collaros Says He Wants 2027. The Bombers' QB Room Is Screaming.
Zach Collaros stood at the podium Thursday and said the quiet part loud: "Yeah, I do want to play next year. I like football." He's 38. He's missed six regular-season games in 2025 — four with a neck, two with a head. He's 5-4 as a starter, 70.6 percent, 11 touchdowns, six picks. And he just told the world he's not going anywhere. Here's what nobody in Winnipeg will say on the record: that quote landed like a grenade in the quarterback room. Dru Brown is listed as the backup Saturday. Bryce Perkins is third-string. Taylor Elgersma — the Canadian kid the Bombers have been grooming, the one who matters for the ratio — just got moved to the reserve roster so Collaros could take first-team reps. That's not a depth chart. That's a hostage situation. Kyle Walters has a succession plan he can't