🔬 Running Back Usage

Oliveira's 100-yard games used to mean wins — now they're tracking with losses, exposing a

August 07, 2026 · 08:00 PM · AI-synthesized analysis

From 2021-24, the Bombers were 16-1 in Oliveira's 17 games with 100-plus rushing yards; over the last two seasons, they're 3-4 in his seven such games. Oliveira still leads the CFL in rushing yards and carries, but his workload spike — 33 carries for 235 yards the last two games vs. 24-176 the two before — is happening as the team dropped to 4-4, not as a cure-all.

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