Collaros Wants 2027; Winnipeg's Silence Says Otherwise
Zach Collaros has made his intentions public: he wants to play in 2027. Winnipeg's brass hasn't answered. Saturday's 33-28 win over Calgary — in front of 32,343 at Princess Auto Stadium — may have been Collaros's final home start as a Blue Bomber, and the absence of extension chatter is the loudest
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Collaros' 2027 play wish is a leverage play against Winnipeg's succession clock
Collaros publicly said he wants to play in 2027, yet this may have been his final home game as a Bomber—a contract standoff hiding behind a 33-28 win. He still flashed a 52-yard completion to Dorian Singer (48 air yards) and a 41-yarder to Tim White, but the second-snap near pick-six to Jaydon Grant shows the risk of extending a QB who will be 39 in 2027. With 32,343 at Princess Auto Stadium, the Bombers must decide whether to pay for nostalgia or transition.
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The Chad Kelly Cover-Up Was Worse Than the Nine Games
Everyone remembers the headline: nine games, $100K fine, two draft picks gone. What nobody talks about is the timeline. People inside the Argos' building will tell you — off the record, always off the record — that the front office knew about Chad Kelly's behavior long before that February 2024 lawsuit hit. The strength coach who filed it had been raising concerns internally. MLSE's legal team got involved early, and the play was to settle quietly. It didn't work. Here's the part that still burns people: John Murphy, the assistant GM who was supposed to be the adult in the room, got three games and a fine. Three games. Meanwhile, Ryan Dinwiddie had to stand at a podium and answer for a mess he didn't create. And then Kelly comes back in August, wins the Grey Cup, and suddenly everyone's s