\u201cWe will have another nice dinner before the year ends,” Oliveira said. ‘It is always a little bit of an expensive dinner, but it doesn\u2019t matter because it is worth it. I get credited with a lot of success, which is great, but (the offensive line should get the spotlight).\u201d<\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\n You can save this article by registering for free here<\/a>. Or sign-in<\/a> if you have an account.<\/p>\n At this time of the season, Blue Bombers running back Brady Oliveira always knows the right things to say.<\/p>\n Advertisement 2<\/p>\n This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.<\/p>\n THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY<\/p>\n Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada.<\/p>\n Exclusive columns by Ryan Stelter, Paul Friesen, Ted Wyman, Scott Billeck, Lorrie Goldstein, Warren Kinsella and others. 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He has been the league\u2019s top Canadian in each of the last two years.<\/p>\n \u201cWe love his style,\u201d head coach Mike O\u2019Shea said. \u201cHe is hardnosed, and he is tough. You can give him all the touches, but he catches the ball so well too. If you think about how much contact he takes in a game and he thrives of delivering punishment, not just taking it.\u201d<\/p>\n The Winnipeg Sun’s Daily Headline News<\/p>\n Thanks for signing up!<\/p>\n Article content<\/p>\n Advertisement 3<\/p>\n This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.<\/p>\n Article content<\/p>\n At the completion of every season, Oliveira searches for ways to improve his production and to be one per cent better every day. This past off-season, he wanted to become a reliable option out of the backfield for Zach Collaros.<\/p>\n \u201cThere are always ways and areas of your game where you continue to build on, and I thought, going into this season, was: \u2018I think there is more I can do in the receiving game,\u2019 \u201d he said. \u201cI have always had a great rapport and trust with Zach. When those are hitting in a game, the trust is there as he is looking for me more than he ever has.\u201d<\/p>\n Consequently, Oliveira has set career-highs in catches with 61 and reception yards at 546 with one game remaining in the regular season. Montreal is in town on Saturday to close out the regular season.<\/p>\n Advertisement 4<\/p>\n This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.<\/p>\n Article content<\/p>\n Oliveira\u2019s status for the finale against the Alouettes is a question mark.<\/p>\n \u201cEvery single week, my mindset is that I am playing,\u201d he said. \u201cYou don\u2019t get a lot of opportunities to play this game, and I always think about how much work I put in during the off-season, and I work too damn hard to miss games. I want to play as many games as I can. Count me in. I want to play.\u201d<\/p>\n Even though he has turned himself into a passing threat, Oliveira is sure as it gets out of the backfield with 1,163 yards. This season was his fourth season reaching the 1,000-yard mark in rushing yards.<\/p>\n The North Dakota Fighting Hawks alumnus will treat the men up front to a meal after helping him earn another year of productivity.<\/p>\n \u201cWe will have another nice dinner before the year ends,\u201d Oliveira said. \u2018It is always a little bit of an expensive dinner, but it doesn\u2019t matter because it is worth it. I get credited with a lot of success, which is great, but (the offensive line should get the spotlight).\u201d<\/p>\n Advertisement 5<\/p>\n This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.<\/p>\n Article content<\/p>\n Oliveira admitted it was satisfying to hit the 1,000-yard rushing mark, and it is nice to win awards, but that isn\u2019t what informs his off-season training. He has two championships. Rest assured he wants three.<\/p>\n \u201cMy main focus is to win the Grey Cup,\u201d Oliveira said. \u201cThat is my motivation.\u201d<\/p>\n The voting was conducted by four members of the local chapter of the Football Reporters of Canada and the league\u2019s head coaches. The league announced all the league\u2019s nominees on Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n The next round of voting for the CFL awards will see the West and East Division winners announced next week, followed by the CFL\u2019s Player Awards on Nov. 13 at the Club Regent Event Centre during the Grey Cup festivities here in Winnipeg.<\/p>\n Article content<\/p>\n Share this article in your social network<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Breadcrumb Trail Links SportsFootballCFLWinnipeg Blue Bombers \u201cWe will have another nice dinner before the year ends,” Oliveira said.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":233578,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-233577","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\/233577","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=233577"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233577\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/233578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=233577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=233577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=233577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Bombers](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1761195493_148_oliveira.jpg\")
Winnipeg Blue Bombers quarterback Zach Collaros (8) hands off to Brady Oliveira (20) during first half CFL action against the Saskatchewan Roughriders in Winnipeg, Friday, Oct. 17, 2025. Oliveira was nominated as the team\u2019s nominee\u00a0in the CFL\u2019s most outstanding player category and the most outstanding Canada player category.\u00a0 Photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS\/John Woods \/Winnipeg SunArticle content<\/p>\n![\"Winnipeg](\"https:\/\/dcs-static.gprod.postmedia.digital\/19.8.1\/websites\/images\/identity\/logo-identity-wsun-new.svg\"){kind=logo}
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