Collaros Wants 2027; Winnipeg May Have Other Plans — Inside the Bombers' QB Crossroads
Zach Collaros has publicly signalled he wants to play in 2027. Yet 3DownNation's game analysis noted Saturday's 33-28 win over Calgary — 32,343 at Princess Auto Stadium — "may have been the final home game for Zach Collaros as a member of the Blue Bombers." That's not a retirement story; it's a succ
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Collaros' 2027 wish collides with Winnipeg's QB succession clock
The 3DownNation article noted this may have been Collaros' final home game as a Bomber, even though he recently said he wants to play in 2027. He turns 38 in August 2026 and carries a cap hit north of $500,000, while backup Terry Wilson has attempted just 47 career passes. GM Kyle Walters must either extend a 38-year-old QB or blow up the position with no internal successor ready.
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BC Sold Vernon Adams for Pennies and the Locker Room Noticed
Nathan Rourke came home in August 2024. Vernon Adams Jr. was leading the CFL in passing yards at the time. By December, VA was holding a clipboard. On January 21, 2025, the Lions shipped him to Calgary for a 2025 second-round pick and a 2026 first-rounder — a laughable return for a guy who was the MOP favourite before his knee gave out. Here's the part that never made the press release: VA was told he'd get a chance to compete. He never got one. The second Rourke signed, the decision was made — Rick Campbell and the Lions' brass just never said it out loud. VA figured out where he stood the same way the rest of us did: by reading the depth chart. That's not how you treat the quarterback who carried your offence for two years. Calgary stole a franchise QB for spare parts. BC got cap relie