Collaros

[Tecno]

OTT@EDM 3Q5:14 Cody takes basically the same blindside sack Zach did.  Same type of disguised blitz.  Ouch, though this one was from big Laing.  That's not a Good Time(tm).

Just going to show this disguised blitz often hits home.  (Cody didn't have any backfield help though.)

[blue_gold_84]

Can someone tell me what kind of neck injury causes you to squint at bright lights? Thats what Collaros was doing on the sideline after the hit.

I'm guessing it's both a neck injury and a concussion based on the proximity of the neck and head.

[Blue In BC]

Nah Thomas was never a Rudy, shows no respect for a long decent career

Steps.
Go to bar, find Thomas, tell him he was full Rudy, report back if head is still attached to body

We play chess pretty darn well, proven by our win loss record and cups under mafia's epic run

Dave Ritchie also hung on to vets too long but it brought him much success as well, sure do miss him

You don't give enough credit to cdn depth, its the pillar of success of any cfl club and always will be
A big question mark but if Zach can do it so can Dru, all about the OL, well said agree allDru Brown imo will never reach that level, tough to call that now but he isn't close to Zach's prime imo.  And I love and trust Dru.  But Zach's ability to put touch on a deep ball is something we might not see for a decade.  Not to mention his ability to extend with younger legs.30 plus min to winI see them as equals until Brown can prove 2 things:
1. Be healthy
2. Avoid ints

I believe in both He isn't hurt bad enough to be on the 6 game.  The end was always in question since he got here.  I think he has a few more rounds.

If 110% healthy this is still Zach team.  We got time to let him heal with our depth at QB.  I give Zach another game off regardless.  Once ready our leader shall rise again imo. 

Did you miss the conversation about if a player can't practice then the 6 game IR makes the most sense. When he can return to practice then he's moved back to 1 game IR. Compare what we did last year with some players.

There is no downside to the 6 game IR if a player can't practice. He can be removed at any time and SMS would be charged back to 1 game IR.

[Sway]

Gonna be interesting too see what we do with the QBs

Zach isn't dumb and can obviously see Dru did way better than he Zach is capable of.

Has there ever been a player who will concede his spot for the betterment of the team?   Zach will still get his 500k.

We all know Oshea will never give up on Zach unless he's being carried off on a stretcher.

Let Zach enjoy a little rehab and be a mentor.

[Sir Blue and Gold]

Best option for us is that Zach's never healing neck injury needs some more time. Would like to see what it looks like over more than one home game with Dru but he looked better than Collaros by a far margin with the limited sample size and not a lot of time in the offense.

A Dru/Elgersma/Perkins depth chart with Collaros as the IR stash might make a lot of sense for 2026.

[Blue In BC]

Gonna be interesting too see what we do with the QBs

Zach isn't dumb and can obviously see Dru did way better than he Zach is capable of.

Has there ever been a player who will concede his spot for the betterment of the team?  Zach will still get his 500k.

We all know Oshea will never give up on Zach unless he's being carried off on a stretcher.

Let Zach enjoy a little rehab and be a mentor.

Let's not get ahead of ourselves here. Brown is obviously a very good QB. Collaros still has some mileage left in his game. He also has better chemistry with the receivers at the moment.

We don't know the extent of the injury to Collaros but I can imagine we might leave him on the IR for 1 more game. If it was any other team than the Redblacks maybe not. Argos defence is not that good and I mentioned that before the game.

No player " concedes his spot ". A coach may make that decision but he's not going to step aside.

[TBURGESS]

After last night, I'm ready to move on from Collaros. 

[Sir Blue and Gold]

Let's not get ahead of ourselves here. Brown is obviously a very good QB. Collaros still has some mileage left in his game. He also has better chemistry with the receivers at the moment.

We don't know the extent of the injury to Collaros but I can imagine we might leave him on the IR for 1 more game. If it was any other team than the Redblacks maybe not. Argos defence is not that good and I mentioned that before the game.

No player " concedes his spot ". A coach may make that decision but he's not going to step aside.

We won't but I wonder what a Collaros return to Hamilton trade would be worth? Maybe two first rounders?

I'd explore it. Would be an interesting storyline.

[Sway]

We won't but I wonder what a Collaros return to Hamilton trade would be worth? Maybe two first rounders?

I'd explore it. Would be an interesting storyline.

Be very interesting. He would be worth a first rounder.   

He'd be better than who ever Hamilton is gonna put out. But Zach can't do the fast trigger throws

I dont see Miller or Walter's having the balls to do it

Writing is on the wall for Zach though

[Blueforlife]

I wouldn't trade Zach.  Depth at QB is a wonderful thing.

[bunker]

With Dru Brown's injury history, cannot even think about trading Collaros. An injury to Brown at that point, and our season is over.

[Throw Long Bannatyne]

Let's not get ahead of ourselves here. Brown is obviously a very good QB. Collaros still has some mileage left in his game. He also has better chemistry with the receivers at the moment.

We don't know the extent of the injury to Collaros but I can imagine we might leave him on the IR for 1 more game. If it was any other team than the Redblacks maybe not. Argos defence is not that good and I mentioned that before the game.

No player " concedes his spot ". A coach may make that decision but he's not going to step aside.

Dru took off right where he left off in 2023, I don't think Zach counted on quick success when he lobbied for the return of his buddy, but he's now under the gun to outperform him.  I don't expect Zach to allow Dru to start in Ottawa next weekend as 2 strong wins in a row would jeopardise his leadership role, also expect O'Shea to back Zach's decision to play 100%.

[dd]

It was great to see DB4 redeem himself and show everyone clearly Ottawa and Dinwiddie made a brutal error in not going with him as their #1 and trade him, especially with the sad stable of Qb's they have. Going to enjoy watching Dinwiddie go 0-18 this season and set a modern day record for futility. Meanwhile, we're set for the next generation of Qb with Brown here. Be interesting to see when Collaros comes back (next game vs Ottawa) and he'll be anxious to show everyone he still has what it takes and we'll pound Ottawa!!

[Blue In BC]

We won't but I wonder what a Collaros return to Hamilton trade would be worth? Maybe two first rounders?

I'd explore it. Would be an interesting storyline.

We traded for Brown in order to have depth and a possible succession plan. Elgersma might fit into that by the end of the season, but Brown has missed injury time as well. Too early to think of trading Collaros IMO.

[dd]

We traded for Brown in order to have depth and a possible succession plan. Elgersma might fit into that by the end of the season, but Brown has missed injury time as well. Too early to think of trading Collaros IMO.

Agreed, but there is a sigh of relief throughout the city knowing that Brown can step in and we don't miss a beat, if anything our offense is more potent with him in it due to his scrambling ability and I didn't see any recievers outrunning the passes and holding up for the ball, Brown can hit them anywhere on the field and that forces the D to play honest