Dalton Schoen\u2019s attempt to play with a torn anterior cruciate ligament has been shut down.<\/p>\n
Winnipeg\u00a0Blue Bombers head coach Mike O\u2019Shea told reporters on Friday that the talented receiver is out for the season.<\/p>\n
He revealed Schoen tore the ACL in the July 3 road game against the Calgary Stampeders. Rather than have surgery like he did when he tore the same ACL in his left knee last year, Schoen tried to rehab it while on the six-game injured list.<\/p>\n
The slotback returned to action in last Sunday\u2019s 34-30 Labour Day Classic loss to Saskatchewan, but the knee just didn\u2019t feel good enough to continue playing.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe decision (Schoen) made is one that other guys make,\u201d O\u2019Shea said after the team practised for Saturday\u2019s Banjo Bowl rematch against the Roughriders.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey just want to play for their teammates and they want to lay it on the line for them. And he worked his (butt) off to get back in a position to try and do that. It just didn\u2019t work out.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Schoen, 28, will undergo surgery again. The Blue Bombers (6-5) do have another slotback ready to go.<\/p>\n
The team signed Ontaria Wilson on Monday, bringing back their rookie of the year from last season. He was released in the off-season to try NFL opportunities, but was waived by the New York Jets on Aug. 23 and will suit up against the CFL-leading Roughriders (9-2).<\/p>\n
\u201cHe looks really good,\u201d O\u2019Shea said of Wilson. \u201cHe\u2019s obviously an explosive guy, he punches above his weight class. He doesn\u2019t mind making the tough catches.\u201d<\/p>\n
Wilson recorded 71 catches for 1,026 yards and three touchdowns in 18 games last season.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s been pretty smooth, like everybody is helping me out,\u201d Wilson said of his return. \u201cI\u2019m getting pretty polished on the playbook.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bombers quarterback Zach Collaros said it\u2019s \u201cawesome\u201d to have Wilson back, but he really feels for Schoen.<\/p>\n
\u201cJust selfless,\u201d he said of Schoen. \u201cWhat happened to his knee in Week 4 and then trying to rehab it as much as he possibly could to be back out there for the team \u2026 I don\u2019t think should be discounted.\u201d<\/p>\n
Saskatchewan head coach Corey Mace said Wilson is an excellent receiver.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m expecting for him to bring juice,\u201d Mace told reporters after a practice this week.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Mace predicts the game will be \u201ctrench warfare\u201d and they\u2019ll try to stop\u00a0Winnipeg\u00a0running back Brady Oliveira again.<\/p>\n
Oliveira, the league\u2019s reigning most outstanding player and top Canadian, had five carries for 24 yards and five catches for 30 yards in the loss last week. He also fumbled the ball, which Saskatchewan recovered and used to score a TD.<\/p>\n
Oliveira said he\u2019s feeling hungry going into the Banjo Bowl before another sellout crowd at Princess Auto Stadium.<\/p>\n
\u201cI always have that hunger in me to go out there to be the best that I can be. I know I\u2019m the best in the league,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI think my performance is good. Obviously, there\u2019s things that I can improve on. The biggest thing I look at is the fumble.\u201d<\/p>\n
Oliveira ranks fourth in the league in rushing yards with 574 in nine games. He also has 41 receptions for 380 yards.<\/p>\n
Saskatchewan\u2019s A.J. Ouellette is third in rushing with 802 yards in 11 outings. The leading rusher is B.C.\u2019s James Butler with 868 yards in 11 games.<\/p>\n
So why does Oliveira say he\u2019s the best in the league? It\u2019s a combination of running, blocking and catching the ball, he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cAll those three things, I think I do them exceptionally well,\u201d Oliveira said. \u201cBut I do it exceptionally well because I work extremely hard to make sure that I\u2019m mastering my craft.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo that\u2019s why I\u2019m confident to say that I know I\u2019m the top in the league. And whether the numbers show it or not, that\u2019s fine, but I\u2019m confident and I know my abilities and I know every single week I can change a game.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ouellette is also confident in himself and fellow running back Mario Anderson.<\/p>\n
Ouellette had 18 carries for 89 yards and one touchdown last Sunday while Anderson rushed three times for 34 yards and two TDs.<\/p>\n
\u201cRugged is a great description to explain the run game compared to last year,\u201d Ouellette said. \u201cYou can see me basically skipping back there behind the O-line because they\u2019re pushing the D-line five yards back.\u201d<\/p>\n
Roughriders quarterback Trevor Harris is expecting a hostile crowd.<\/p>\n
\u201c(A) hornets\u2019 nest, man. That\u2019s what we\u2019re kind of walking into,\u201d he said. \u201cWe know that, but we feel like we can bring what we need to do to extinguish it. It\u2019s going to be no easy task, though.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dalton Schoen\u2019s attempt to play with a torn anterior cruciate ligament has been shut down. Winnipeg\u00a0Blue Bombers head…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":124764,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-124763","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cfl","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-canadian-football-league","11":"tag-canadianfootballleague","12":"tag-cfl","13":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124763"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124763\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/124764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}