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On what the bombers do for amateur football, this story just came out today 3DownNationWinnipeg Blue Bombers report $1.2 million investment into...The Winnipeg Blue Bombers have released their community impact report for 2025, featuring an investment of just over $1.2 million into amateur football. The

Looks like Streveler is calling it a career. Posted a video on TT. Getting injured is not the way the players should go out, but that's the reality of a contact sport. Much respect for everything he's done for the community and the team.

Collaros looked cooked 10 years ago because of his injuries - the fact he's healthy & still playing at all is remarkable.

This coming season my man ZC is going to stay healthy, light it up, lead us to Grey Cup victory and retire on top. At the very least it feels good writing this. Off season hope.

Considering they sold out the entire season and hosted the Grey Cup, I'm guessing quite a bit. Interesting to see the total.

Collaros may be old and bad, but he makes up for it by being expensive.

It's true, but there are other factors that make it less likely for us. Like, none of them were turning 38 years old when they had the comeback. Doing that in your early 30s is very different than doing it at 40. None of them had the massive list of serious injury concerns Zach has faced his whole career. Zach already had one miraculous career resurgence, and it wasn't one big injury that held Zach out or back last year. He's been held back by a big old stack of medical issues for the last 2 years. We will be giving Zach basically the best case scenario this year. More OL talent than you could shake a stick at. Seriously, our send best OL unit this year is better than the best of the last 2.5 years or so. Rbs and depth, WRs with top-end talent, and an OC that is basically hand-picked for him. I hate that we are tied to Zach; I hate even more that we have no contingency plan. I hate most that we had no real way of doing any better at QB this offseason. But it is what it is. Have to hope for betting QBing room next year at this point.

If the reclamation project in Trevor H. could do it, so can Collaros. Even BLM looked cooked 3 years ago.

ZC with a new OC....good oline again and some legit targets is gonna do one of 2 things...Either have a late in career renaissance like Calvillo had and actually be a legit #1 and possibly another 2..3 really good yrs in him if the situation allows for it....Or he is gonna confirm the last 2 yrs of this spiral into crapsville is real and he is done. And we should do whatever we have to in the season if this is the case to address it and not wait for the off-season and really be hooped...if it means trading assets...Picks...or a legitimate performer so be it, but get it accomplished If he shows a rebirth and his physical skills look like they are not degraded from previous season, then he could be a resigning on a 1 yr deal for 2027 at a reasonable price as we are hopefully grooming the 2028 guy....Not at the 600k price tag he has been getting...not even 500k...but more in the scope of what BLM has taken and if he doesnt like that deal....See ya later

We're deservedly ranked last, that's all I care about.

Agreed and this is why I think it might be more of an issue with the company than the employee, in which case there's not much Elgersma or his agent can do. The are other alternatives (like an O-1A visa) they can pursue but those have different requirements and can be harder to get.

yup...I hope he has a season of all seasons and then walks away, and some run away games where we can get QB2 whoever that is some legit reps And yeah...the concussion thing is still there...and is cumulative in their affect...I truly believe that Edm game where Brown did the big comeback that he got scrambled and has been a fraction of himself ever since....and got his noodle rocked a couple other times too since...some were very insignificant in how it happed too....cause his on-field awareness and ability to process ever since has been horrible...he's had a few moments of what looked to be the old ZC but that was more a result of everything just going right and clicking moreso than him grabbin the team by the collar and dragging them to the win... He plays panicked way too much now, and more times than not is easily goaded into errors, and just looks confused

If he tries to play he might end up being the top QB in Equatorial Guinea.

I am pretty sure this money is from the team's share of the 50/50's. I think I paid for a couple of the helmets.

Idk how they run their camps down the UFL, but a 4th arm for camp would make a lot of sense. It is a shorter, earlier season so I can see not needing 5, but just 3 would be pretty surprising to me. Still, to your point, Elgersma has to be expected to be the 4th man on the chart. 99% of the time, especially in this day and age of the cfl. Yep. Even pro polish. If im looking at a guy who had a so so camp and some good pre season action, vs a guy who sat on a PR for 2 full years im gonna lean towards the guy with 2 years too. Right decision, love that guy, hope he has a brilliant post playing life and maybe coaching career. Or just volume. Especially if you need to push Wrs/Dbs. You need arms to do that.

At any rate if they are signing QBs it's because they are not happy with their depth so even if Elgersma survives the cut, he is likely pushed down the depth chart. This is something I find interesting because both Hiers and Smith (Elgersma's QB competition) are true ham and eggers that are below CFL quality. Hiers got a quick looksie at the end of 2024 by the RIders but never made it to 2025 camp and Smith has not played ball of any significance since a pretty underwhelming college career. If Elgersma has trouble beating these guys out, it should really temper our expectations for him as a CFL future starter.

Throwing into triple coverage while having protection is not the fault of the o-line or the OC. The QB play was extremely subpar for a top paid player.

Not moving on from collaros while we had brown was an error by this team.

Always worth your click... Some fun stuff from Our Man Tait, including a look at what our new DL coach is doing to be ready

Lucky Jackson was at Bombers training camp in 2022.

You don't know what the revenues are for the UFL & what revenues they're getting thru ticket sales, tv, local & national advertising, marketing agreements, radio deals & the like. Maybe it's $10M. Maybe it's less or more. Thing is, if it's because he's a Canadian that he can't play then it's over for him in the UFL. He should get his ass up here & start proving he's good enough to be our future starter.

Likely it's because of how much Collaros is making.

You can read the requirements yourself. It spells out very clearly what's needed from both the player and the league. I had to look into a P-1A visa last summer, for my own work an official in another sport, so while not a lawyer, I do have some recent experience in this area. Standard processing time is 2-4 months but you can pay extra to have a premium processing, in which case it's about 3 weeks. He would have had a work visa when he was with the Packers (since he got paid for his brief time there) but that would have been tied to his contract with them. There is a window where he would have been able to get on with another team and the visa would be valid but it's only for 60-90 days so he'd need a new one for the UFL. The issue is getting a new one and whether or not the UFL qualifies. P-1A Athlete | USCIS For Internationally Recognized Individuals or Teams You must submit a copy of a tendered contract with a major U.S. sports league or team, or in an individual sport commensurate with international recognition in the sport, if such contracts are normally utilized in the sport, and documentation of at least two of the following: Evidence of having participated to a significant extent in a prior season with a major United States sports league; Evidence of having participated in international competition with a national team; Evidence of having participated to a significant extent in a prior season for a U.S. college or university in intercollegiate competition; A written statement from an official of the governing body of the sport which details how you or your team is internationally recognized; A written statement from a member of the sports media or a recognized expert in the sport which details how you or your team is internationally recognized; Evidence that you or your team is ranked, if the sport has international rankings; or Evidence that you or your team has received a significant honor or award in the sport. You must be coming to the United States to be employed as an athlete by: A team that is a member of an association of six or more professional sports teams whose total combined revenues exceed $10 million per year. The association must govern the conduct of its members and regulate the contests and exhibitions in which its member teams regularly engage

Imagine being the coach and going yup. Pp2 will be 2 guys we wished we didn’t sign and Rosen who literally can’t skate as slow as Toews and Nyquist even when he tries. Barron. Nah. Koepke? Nah. ******* Toews and Nyquist lol. This is a good game. Scheifele should have made team Canada. He’s gonna hit 100 points. Also team Canada would have won if it went to a shootout cuz Helle doesn’t win shootouts.

IF Elgersma is trying to get a work permit to stick around down south, he could be hooped....One of our other draft pics of recent years ...I believe it was Dobson who was going through that process, and it didn't pan out...Shortly after he was denied the permit he was in camp...Could the same thing play out for Elgersma.....we shall see...I'd like to see the kid in tc frankly....just to get to see for myself what he's got...So far all I'm getting about his talent is inuendo and promise...

I tend to agree with that....Same with if Walters didnt walk away from Biggie...and now Thomas and Kolo....All 3 would be penciled in as key returnees....That's been his way for 13 yrs...I highly doubt yr 14 he was gonna change yup...Or he can use his legs and ability to move chains that way...But he is incapable of that for most part too...Is it in his head he is worried about injury and self preserving?....or he doesn't have the plums to do it a lot now?....either way it's a hinderance at QB for us. Even the times he does do it...99% of the times it's the most awkward and clumsy looking thing and just a recipe to be shelved for the yr from a big ol smack...That's also not a good thing hanging over your premium paid QB as well...Limited ways to use him due to fear of a season (likely career ender) injury

Their expectations shouldn't be non existent but realistic. Elgersma's chasing a dream that is becoming a shadow. He has a soft landing spot with the Bombers to continue his career. Elgersma has no idea how lucky he is. My son was at the CFL Western Combine in 2015 & standing beside him not 15 feet away was Chris Jones. He never even acknowledged his presence as at that time CFL teams didn't draft Canadian qbs. Never said a word to Tyler. Tyler at the CFL West Combine in Edmonton, March 2015.

JJ wasn't in our plans obviously. I don't think his stay here went as envisioned by either side.

You really like to argue. Sure, some situations are better for the backup QB, but most situations require QB1 getting hurt for QB2 to get any significant reps. If you don’t agree, that’s fine.

Nobody is excusing ZCs brain cramps, but at the same time as a QB you get paid to throw the ball. When you have no help whatsoever the QB can either take the sack or start winging it downfield on a hope and a prayer. ZC chose the latter and it is never the right choice. However, it is a decision born out of lack of talent around him. If he sees an appropriate amount of protection, and much improved receiver play we likely don't see these poor decisions. If we still do then there is a problem. Trying to play a pop warner level offensive scheme can make a lot of QB decisions look real bad. Defences around the league were saying they knew the play just from the formation, when the defence knows the play before the ball is snapped your QB is going to throw a ton of interceptions. On running downs it doesn't matter as much because that is all about execution but in the passing game it's going to be a disaster no matter the execution. When we criticize ZC throwing into triple coverage one has to ask how the defence is able to get 3 guys on the receiver. We see the point and time the ball arrives at the receiver and it looks like triple coverage when in fact the defence is holding their coverage but are ready to what they have pre-snap recognized as the first and 2nd reads for the QB. When a defence knows where the ball is going everything looks like the QB is throwing into coverage but that is not necessarily what he's seeing at the time he delivers.

🕖 1900 📺 TSN3 Last Ten: 4-6-0 @ 5-3-2 Season Series: VGK leads 1-0 Stats: 32-25-14 @ 29-29-12 Streaks: W1 @ W1 Golden Knights projected lineup Ivan Barbashev -- Jack Eichel -- Mark Stone Reilly Smith -- Mitch Marner -- Pavel Dorofeyev Brett Howden -- Tomas Hertl -- Keegan Kolesar Cole Smith -- Nic Dowd -- Colton Sissons Brayden McNabb -- Shea Theodore Noah Hanifin -- Kaedan Korczak Jeremy Lauzon -- Rasmus Andersson Adin Hill Akira Schmid Scratched: Ben Hutton, Brandon Saad, Braeden Bowman Injured: Carter Hart (lower body), William Karlsson (lower body), Jonas Rondbjerg (lower body) Jets projected lineup Kyle Connor -- Mark Scheifele -- Alex Iafallo Cole Perfetti -- Adam Lowry -- Gabriel Vilardi Isak Rosen -- Morgan Barron -- Brad Lambert Cole Koepke -- Jonathan Toews -- Gustav Nyquist Josh Morrissey -- Neal Pionk Dylan Samberg -- Elias Salomonsson Haydn Fleury -- Dylan DeMelo Connor Hellebuyck Eric Comrie Scratched: Ville Heinola, Jacob Bryson Injured: Nino Niederreiter (knee), Colin Miller (knee), Vladislav Namestnikov (lower body) Status report The Golden Knights are expected dress the same lineup they used in a 3-2 win at the Dallas Stars on Sunday. … Hellebuyck will start after Comrie made 27 saves in a 3-2 shootout win at the New York Rangers on Sunday; the Jets will have no other lineup changes.

It's not just us though. If MOS thought Hogan was doing even a halfway decent job, he'd still be our OC. The fact that he was demoted, speaks volumes.

So you're defending Hogan who was not qualified, failed miserably and was arrogant to boot?

not to mention he was working with an OC with less than zero clue's as to what to do....and a self admitted HC who couldnt step in and offer some kind of help/system tweek as he also has no clue...ZC gets a somewhat a pass for last year...but if by game 6...he is being the ZC of the past 2 yrs....we need to do whatever we can to do an in-season transition

Yep. The random chuckitius he comes down with is pretty bad. Doesn't seem to matter how many DBs are in the area; if he has it in his mind to chuck on that snap, it's going deep. OFC we want to win the cup every year. But the realistic hope for me is that we have a pre-Zach 2019 type team building again. Where the D/teams went out expecting to have to win the game every week. And won many, many games. Rebuild the team into one where every unit feels like the QB of the team with the need to propel us to a win. That way if we find a qb worth growing with, or get another older guy we have the supporting pieces to dominate again.

I am hoping Zach rebounds and we win the cup in 2026 because

Bombers have created a spring Bantam 12 on 12 league this year. Would be nice if we moved community football to the spring like every other province so we can actually run high school and up with proper resourcing in the fall. In Winnipeg region we legitimately only have 6 officiating crews for minor football right through CJFL. They also are the stick/sideline crews for U Sports.

Then, instead of Collaros getting pulped because of a crappy OC and O-line, we would have had Brown getting pulped, but at a cheaper price. Not sure that would have accomplished much.

Tre Ford is young enough to take a flyer on... is he a free agent or did he retire?

I can feel things heating up Elgersma is almost in Winnipeg. It's just a matter of time now. May as well purchase some cheap blend for the celebration.

https://3downnation.com/2026/03/22/all-nine-2026-cfl-quarterback-rooms-ranked/ 1) Hamilton Tiger-Cats Starter: Bo Levi Mitchell Depth: Tre Ford, Jake Dolegala 2) Toronto Argonauts Starter: Chad Kelly Depth: Nick Arbuckle, Jarret Doege, Max Duggan, Tucker Horn 3) Montreal Alouettes Starter: Davis Alexander Depth: Dustin Crum, E.J. Perry, Dresser Winn, Anthony Brown Jr. 4) B.C. Lions Starter: Nathan Rourke Depth: Chase Brice, Gevani McCoy, Tommy Rittenhouse 5) Edmonton Elks Starter: Cody Fajardo Depth: Taylor Powell, Cole Snyder, Zach Zebrowski 6) Saskatchewan Roughriders Starter: Trevor Harris Depth: Jack Coan, Tommy Stevens, Brayden Schager, Jordan McCloud 7) Ottawa Redblacks Starter: Dru Brown Depth: Jake Maier, Matt Morrissey, Hajj-Malik Williams 8) Calgary Stampeders Starter: Vernon Adams Jr. Depth: P.J. Walker, Josh Love, Quincy Vaughn 9) Winnipeg Blue Bombers Starter: Zach Collaros Depth: Terry Wilson, Bryce Perkins, Payton Thorne

The issue is whether Dru can stay healthy for enough games to be a legitimate option l.

How did we win with Nyquist not in the shootout? What the heck!

🕛 1200 📺 TSN3 Last Ten: 5-3-2 @ 4-3-3 Season Series: WPG leads 1-0 Stats: 28-29-11 @ 34-18-16 Streaks: L1 @ OT1 Jets projected lineup Kyle Connor -- Mark Scheifele -- Alex Iafallo Cole Perfetti -- Adam Lowry -- Gabriel Vilardi Gustav Nyquist -- Jonathan Toews -- Isak Rosen Cole Koepke -- Morgan Barron -- Brad Lambert Josh Morrissey -- Dylan DeMelo Dylan Samberg -- Elias Salomonsson Haydn Fleury -- Jacob Bryson Connor Hellebuyck Eric Comrie Scratched: Ville Heinola Injured: Nino Niederreiter (knee), Neal Pionk (undisclosed), Colin Miller (knee), Vladislav Namestnikov (lower body) Penguins projected lineup Rickard Rakell -- Sidney Crosby -- Bryan Rust Egor Chinakhov -- Tommy Novak -- Evgeni Malkin Anthony Mantha -- Ben Kindel -- Justin Brazeau Elmer Soderblom -- Connor Dewar -- Noel Acciari Parker Wotherspoon -- Erik Karlsson Samuel Girard -- Kris Letang Ryan Shea -- Connor Clifton Arturs Silovs Stuart Skinner Scratched: Ryan Graves, Ville Koivunen, Jack St. Ivany, Ilya Solovyov Injured: Caleb Jones (lower body), Kevin Hayes (upper body), Filip Hallander (blood clot), Blake Lizotte (upper body) Status report Six skaters participated in an optional practice for the Jets on Friday. ... Girard could return from missing five games with an upper-body injury; he worked on a defense pair with Letang during practice Friday.

Arniel should be fired

Laviska Shenault would be a good CFL reciever...wonder what his interest would be...seemed to have flamed out in NFL for whatever reason

I can't think of a worse idea than bringing in Tortorella...

Chat last night was all about gettings Torts. Which kinda makes sense. The Jets window is down to 2 years and Torts is only good for 2 years

He made the team! :D

He struggled a bit early last season (that terrible game against the vikings was in 2024) but played fairly well after that.