Collaros Returns vs. Calgary as Bombers' West Playoff Math Hits Week 19
Zach Collaros will start Saturday against Calgary, ending a two-game absence and stabilizing a Winnipeg offence that has cycled through quarterbacks all year. The 38-year-old is 5-4 as a starter with 2,204 passing yards, 11 touchdowns, six interceptions, and a 70.6 completion rate — but he's missed
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Collaros's 5-4 Starter Record Is the Real Playoff Red Flag
Zach Collaros returns from a two-game head injury and has completed 70.6 percent for 2,204 yards, 11 touchdowns, and six interceptions, but Winnipeg is only 5-4 in his nine starts. He has now missed six regular-season games — four with a neck injury and two with a head injury — so the Bombers' West playoff margin depends less on his 38-year-old arm than on whether he can stay on the field for a critical Calgary matchup.
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Collaros Is Blocking Dru Brown and the Bombers Know It
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 more with a head injury — and he's 5-4 as a starter with 11 touchdowns and six picks. And Winnipeg just handed him the job back over Dru Brown, the guy they traded for specifically to be the future. Here's what nobody in that building will say on the record: Brown's camp is livid. He's 27, under contract, and he's watched Collaros get helped off the field twice this year only to lose the job the second the old man could grip a football. Bryce Perkins is third-string. Taylor Elgersma just got dumped to the reserve roster. That's three quarterbacks the Bombers are paying to not develop behind a guy who's one hit from a hospital bed. The dirty secret? Mik