{"id":117655,"date":"2026-07-06T01:38:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T01:38:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/117655\/"},"modified":"2026-07-06T01:38:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T01:38:14","slug":"winnipeg-blue-bombers-rule-out-zach-collaros-against-tiger-cats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/117655\/","title":{"rendered":"Winnipeg Blue Bombers rule out Zach Collaros against Tiger-Cats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/DSC_5502.jpg\" class=\"attachment- size- wp-post-image\" alt=\"Zach Collaros\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPhoto: Matt Johnson\/3DownNation. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p>The Winnipeg Blue Bombers have ruled out franchise quarterback Zach Collaros for the second half of Sunday night\u2019s game against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. The team issued a statement during halftime.<\/p>\n<p>The 37-year-old completed five-of-seven passes for 41 yards and one interception in a little over one quarter of work at Hamilton Stadium. He suffered an upper-body injury on the first play of the second quarter when Reggie Stubblefield came unblocked on a blitz and sacked Collaros for a seven-yard loss.<\/p>\n<p>The veteran passer reached 20,210 passing yards as a Blue Bomber on Sunday, surpassing Khari Jones for <a href=\"https:\/\/3downnation.com\/2025\/12\/28\/evergreen-the-winnipeg-blue-bombers-top-10-all-time-leading-passers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">second all-time in franchise history<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>3DownNation Newsletter<\/p>\n<p>\t\tToday\u2019s CFL news in your inbox every day at 3 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tBy signing up you agree to receive daily emails from 3DownNation, as well as our<br \/>\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/3downnation.com\/terms-of-service\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">terms of service<\/a> and<br \/>\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/3downnation.com\/privacy-policy\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">privacy policy<\/a>.<br \/>\n\t\t1900 Rose St, Regina SK S4P 0A9.<\/p>\n<p>Taylor Elgersma took over the controls for Collaros and completed two-of-two pass attempts for 13 yards during the second quarter. Dru Brown, who was recently acquired from the Ottawa Redblacks, did not dress for the game and remains on the reserve roster.<\/p>\n<p>As of the publishing of this article, the Tiger-Cats lead Winnipeg by a score of 13-4 in the third quarter.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"60\" height=\"60\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1783301894_862_0603-3Down-logo-600x600.jpg\" class=\"avatar avatar-60 photo\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/3downnation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/3DownNation-Wordmark-v3-3.svg\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photo: Matt Johnson\/3DownNation. All rights reserved. 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