{"id":160585,"date":"2025-09-22T03:23:58","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T03:23:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/160585\/"},"modified":"2025-09-22T03:23:58","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T03:23:58","slug":"dru-brown-to-start-on-saturday-vs-bombers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/160585\/","title":{"rendered":"Dru Brown to start on Saturday vs. Bombers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>OTTAWA \u2014 The Ottawa REDBLACKS have <a href=\"https:\/\/static.cfl.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025.09.20.GM13.OTTvsWPG.DEPTH_.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">announced on Friday via depth chart<\/a> that quarterback <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/players\/dru-brown\/164252\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-ga-category=\"Clicks - Article\" data-ga-action=\"article-player-link\" data-ga-opt-label=\"Dru Brown\">Dru Brown<\/a> will start against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in Week 16.<\/p>\n<p>Brown hasn\u2019t played since Week 11, when he completed 11 of 21 passes for 166 yards against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers before leaving the game with a knee injury.<\/p>\n<p>RELATED<br \/>\u00bb\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/2025\/09\/18\/4-storylines-to-watch-in-week-16\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-uw-rm-brl=\"PR\" data-uw-original-href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/2025\/09\/18\/4-storylines-to-watch-in-week-16\/\" aria-label=\"4 storylines to watch in Week 16 - open in a new tab\" data-uw-rm-ext-link=\"\" data-uw-original->4 storylines to watch in Week 16<\/a><br \/>\u00bb <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/2025\/09\/19\/4-qbs-with-something-to-prove-in-week-16\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">4 QBs with something to prove in Week 16<\/a><br \/>\u00bb\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gamezone.cfl.ca\/pickem?&amp;utm_source=editorial&amp;utm_medium=website&amp;utm_campaign=pickem_2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-uw-rm-brl=\"PR\" data-uw-original-href=\"https:\/\/gamezone.cfl.ca\/pickem?&amp;utm_source=editorial&amp;utm_medium=website&amp;utm_campaign=pickem_2025\" aria-label=\"Play Pick \u2018Em presented by Old Dutch now - open in a new tab\" data-uw-rm-ext-link=\"\" data-uw-original->Play CFL Pick \u2018Em presented by Old Dutch now!<\/a><br \/>\u00bb\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@cfl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" aria-label=\"Subscribe to the CFL\u2019s official YouTube channel - open in a new tab\" data-uw-rm-ext-link=\"\">Subscribe to the CFL\u2019s official YouTube channel<\/a><br role=\"presentation\"\/>\u00bb\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/newsletter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" aria-label=\"Subscribe to the CFL\u2019s newsletter for exclusive offers and league updates - open in a new tab\" data-uw-rm-ext-link=\"\" data-uw-rm-brl=\"PR\" data-uw-original-href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/newsletter\/\" data-uw-original->Subscribe to the CFL\u2019s newsletter for exclusive offers and league updates<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The pivot was replaced by backup <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/players\/dustin-crum\/165471\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-ga-category=\"Clicks - Article\" data-ga-action=\"article-player-link\" data-ga-opt-label=\"Dustin Crum\">Dustin Crum<\/a>, who finished the game against the Bombers and started all three games from Weeks 12-15, throwing for 1,010 yards and four touchdowns over that span.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, Brown has completed 152 of 209 passing attempts for 1,842 yards, 12 touchdowns and five interceptions in seven starts for the REDBLACKS.<\/p>\n<p>Ottawa now faces Brown\u2019s former team on Saturday, 3:00 p.m. ET, at TD Place Stadium at the nation\u2019s capital.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"OTTAWA \u2014 The Ottawa REDBLACKS have announced on Friday via depth chart that quarterback Dru Brown will start&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1695,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-160585","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\/160585","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=160585"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160585\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=160585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=160585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=160585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}