{"id":336434,"date":"2025-12-10T08:45:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T08:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/336434\/"},"modified":"2025-12-10T08:45:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T08:45:07","slug":"5-potential-landing-spots-for-brady-oliveira","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/336434\/","title":{"rendered":"5 potential landing spots for Brady Oliveira"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brady Oliveira<\/a> is already a legend in CFL history.<\/p>\n

Far too often we wait to crown people who have positively affected the history of our game until they\u2019re done, or close to done, playing.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s not the case with Oliveira, who is already the CFL\u2019s eighth-leading Canadian rusher and sits just over 1,000 yards behind slotting into third on the big list behind just Andrew Harris<\/a> and Normie Kwong, both of whom are Canadian football royalty.<\/p>\n

In 2026 Oliveira will likely secure his fifth 1,000-yard season, tying him with Harris for the all-time Canadian career record. The question becomes where will he do it? Let\u2019s begin in the most logical of places.<\/p>\n

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WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS<\/p>\n

The hometown discount is gone after the two-year deal he took in 2024 has expired and Oliveira feels, rightfully, at age 28 that it\u2019s time to cash in on his hard work, dependability and rugged playing style. The question now becomes if the hometown heartstrings and game after game after game of adoring sellout crowds in Manitoba will draw Brady back.<\/p>\n

Oliveira, 2024\u2019s Most Outstanding Player and back-to-back top Canadian, rushed for more than 1,000 yards for the fourth consecutive season. He had 201 carries for 1,163 yards and three touchdowns, plus career-highs of 61 catches for 546 yards. Despite all this, there was obvious frustration down the stretch and in the Bombers\u2019 Eastern Semi-Final loss at Montreal as the Blue and Gold struggled to establish their usual offensive rhythms and identity for more than a quarter or two at a time.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s arguably the best tailback in the league,\u201d said head coach Mike O\u2019Shea after the season concluded. \u201cWe love his style, we love the way he plays, hometown kid \u2014 not that that even matters. He\u2019s just really, really good, so (extending Oliveira) would obviously be a priority.\u201d<\/p>\n

What it comes down to for Brady, in his own words, is where he has the best chance to win a Grey Cup, preferably several, before his days of pounding the rock are over and he moves onto what will unquestionably be just as brilliant a post-playing career as his on-field days based on the way he carries himself and the causes he champions.<\/p>\n

Is Winnipeg the right place to achieve his dreams? To me, there\u2019s a direct line to be drawn between roster construction, offensive philosophy and Brady\u2019s fit in the middle of it all. Time will tell as the days roll on and we see press releases from Winnipeg answering all this and more, but this is really the first time the threat of Oliveira leaving feels possible.<\/p>\n

BC LIONS<\/p>\n

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Let the speculation begin.<\/p>\n

Could you really pair two Most Outstanding Canadians together in the backfield after paying receiver Keon Hatcher Sr.? It\u2019s fun to dream, but I don\u2019t see the books, so all I have to work off of is the big offer BC made to Oliveira a couple years ago.<\/p>\n

After the season Brady stated, \u201cI\u2019ve got a lot of tread left, the arrow is still pointing up. I\u2019m 28 years old and I\u2019ve got a lot left in me and I know I can make a massive impact and I just want to win a championship.\u201d<\/p>\n

Can you imagine the backfield breathing fire as Rourke and Oliveira stood side-by-side in their quest for Canada\u2019s top team prize? It would be quite the visual and story.<\/p>\n

OTTAWA REDBLACKS<\/p>\n

The Ottawa REDBLACKS extended Canadian Daniel Adeboboye<\/a> and the duo would be an excellent 1-2 punch for the franchise looking to re-energize their fanbase after a lacklustre 2025 season.<\/p>\n

Add in Dru Brown<\/a> having some experience with Brady during his tenure in Winnipeg, and the short list of speculation should include Ottawa in one way or another.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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TORONTO ARGONAUTS<\/p>\n

Would he want to move to Toronto, leaving Zach Collaros<\/a> and the Bombers much-respected culture? I have serious doubts about this and more, but what can\u2019t be called into question is that Oliveira rushed for 1,163 yards and three touchdowns to lead the league at 5.8 yards per carry, while adding 61 catches for 546 yards, marking new career-highs as a receiver.<\/p>\n

For a team in transition with new head coach Mike Miller, the Argonauts could add one of the CFL\u2019s most marketable players and create stability in a running back room that was anything but sturdy last season.<\/p>\n

HAMILTON TIGER-CATS<\/p>\n

They offered big money in 2024, and that was before the late Ted Goveia moved a significant portion of the Winnipeg mindset through free agency to Hamilton.<\/p>\n

Greg Bell had a great year, there really is no need to create change here, but one has to wonder if the Tiger-Cats will come calling again this time around.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brady Oliveira is already a legend in CFL history. Far too often we wait to crown people who…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":336435,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":["post-336434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cfl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-canadian-football-league","tag-canadianfootballleague","tag-cfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336434","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=336434"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336434\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/336435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=336434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=336434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=336434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}