Collaros Status

[Throw Long Bannatyne]

Uh, that may be the craziest idea I've seen yet.  Arbuckle is not a #1 anywhere, never has been (even though some tried for a few games), never will be.  And he's like 77 like Zach is... how is sticking with "old" going to help anything?

Arbuckle lucked into just 1 win this season before they beat us, mostly because of their D.  Arbuckle only wins because of QB Whisperer Dinwiddie planning absolutely everything around him.  And the very first second he can, he too will bench Arbuckle so they can start winning again.

And TOR is playing with substandard units and lack of talent, but they are playing like they intend to get better, and fast, and that they think they'll be a top team when Kelly returns.  They are probably right.  Contrast to the way we are playing...

That said, Arbuckle would make a good backup.  However, he won't come at the $100k Strevy Kmart blue light special deal price.

Zach will soon be 37, Arbuckle is only 31, so he has at least 4-5 extra years left in the tank. With Chad Kelly established as the starter I believe Arbuckle will go to FA this off-season or demand a trade to see if he can cash in on potential earnings. Who would settle for less than $200k salary when you have the potential to make $350-400k?  Whether he ends up in Wpg. or not is up to Walters.

[GOLDMEMBER]

All speculation at this point but given Zach missed time the game prior it would seem that he wasn't fully healed or rere-aggrivated his injury to the extent he couldn't perform due to pain or risk of long term impacts.

Neck injkuiries can be tricky/dangerous and then layered with known concussion history seems like he needs some time to heal.  I am fully expecting him to miss some time.  Wish it wasn't the case but that is life in sports...next man up

Always the voice of wisdom Zipp!

[gobombersgo]

What's the latest? I thought someone said he was taking first team time. For offensive team work

Zach isn't playing this week.

Injury report has come out.

[Jesse]

Zach isn't playing this week.

Injury report has come out.

Oh.

That is expected with the radio silence but not good.

[Ridermania]

Zach is out this week.

https://3downnation.com/2025/07/30/winnipeg-blue-bombers-rule-out-zach-collaros-against-toronto-argonauts/

[Blue In BC]

He's out but is he only out for 1 week? Does he go on 1 game IR and become week to week for an extended time? I doubt he goes to 6 game IR but I'm not sure he's back in a week either.

I can't say I have any faith in Streveler but let him prove me wrong.  The problems in other areas on the roster won't give him an easy ride.

[Sir Blue and Gold]

Zach being out won't hurt us really. Offense will look different but I'd expect it to result in similar outputs.

[Blue In BC]

Zach being out won't hurt us really. Offense will look different but I'd expect it to result in similar outputs.

Of course it will hurt us. Collaros is better that Streveler and he's the team leader.

[BomberFan73]

Can we please go heavy run?

[pdirks67]

Can we please go heavy run?

Can we please not get down by 3 scores so that we can afford to go heavy run?

[BBFANDM]

Of course it will hurt us. Collaros is better that Streveler and he's the team leader.

Collaros is only better when isn't throwing the ball to the other Team.

[Sir Blue and Gold]

Of course it will hurt us. Collaros is better that Streveler and he's the team leader.

Not if you look at the stats this year. Not if you don't ignore that one of the apparent best things about Streveler is his leadership.

Collaros is a better QB but only over the whole. Games are won or lost today. Take a quick peak at Zach's numbers the last four outings against Toronto. They're horrible.

[Pigskin]

Bombers played this one all wrong. They should have sat ZC8 last week in TO. ZC8 would have had another week of rest to get healthier for the return game in Winnipeg this week.

[Blue In BC]

Not if you look at the stats this year. Not if you don't ignore that one of the apparent best things about Streveler is his leadership.

Collaros is a better QB but only over the whole. Games are won or lost today. Take a quick peak at Zach's numbers the last four outings against Toronto. They're horrible.

He's still a better QB than Streveler even when he's playing badly. I didn't notice Streveler winning the last game when he played the 2nd half. I also didn't see him beat the Stamps in the 2nd game with his 5.4 yard average yardage ( 16 / 25 ).

Overall he's 27 / 43 and 284 yards in 2 halves of play. Those were the today you mentioned. I be hard pressed to say Streveler played any better noting he also had 2 picks including a pick 6 and a pick on the goal line. That's crap.

[gobombersgo]

So, did anyone attend practice? What did Zac look like. Any new players join our first team rep guys.

Practiced was closed today and the injury report shows that Zach didn't practice