July 30, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n\u201cOn paper it looks rough,\u201d said running back Brady Oliveira on Wednesday following a closed walk-through session. \u201cObviously, having your quarterback go down, having Dalton out, those are both key guys in this league, guys that make a massive impact for our team and help us win games.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo, when you have those guys go out it\u2019s hard to fill those roles but unfortunately in this business \u2014 it\u2019s clich\u00e9 and you hear it all the time \u2014 it\u2019s next man up. There\u2019s not been any concern yet in this locker room and there\u2019s still so much belief.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Blue Bombers have lost their last three games by a combined margin of 56 points, the most extreme three-game skid since 2014. Still, while a number of key faces did exit over the winter in free agency, a core remains from last year\u2019s crew that started the year 0-4 was 2-6 before winning 10 of its final 11 games to make a fifth straight Grey Cup appearance.<\/p>\n
\u201cRight now is not the time to panic and not the time to start freaking out or worrying about the three losses in a row,\u201d Oliveira said. \u201cThere\u2019s still so much time left. We\u2019re going to start clicking and it\u2019s just a matter of time and once we start clicking who says we can\u2019t go on a nice little run, a nice little heater \u2014 we did it last year. Again, it\u2019s different this year to last year but we\u2019ve done it before so why can\u2019t it be done again this year?<\/p>\n
\u201cI still have total confidence in this group. Where we\u2019re at\u2026 we\u2019re still continuing to improve every single day and continuing to focus on the details and fine-tooth some things. There\u2019s lots of mistakes in the film when watching it that maybe you might not notice them as a viewer but when we\u2019re breaking down the tape there\u2019s these little details that we\u2019ve got to clean up. If we do that and really focus on those, I think we\u2019ll be fine.\u201d<\/p>\n
Streveler has completed 63.5 percent of his passes this year (47 of 74) for 558 yards with five touchdowns against three interceptions for a QB rating of 92.1. He started the first game of the season with Collaros serving a suspension and went 15-of-24 for 246 yards with three passing TDs against one pick in a win over the B.C. Lions.<\/p>\n
He replaced Collaros at halftime of Saturday\u2019s loss in Toronto and connected with Jerreth Sterns for the Blue Bombers only offensive touchdown while completing 11-of-18 passes for 148 yards.<\/p>\n
Asked Monday about the recent play of Collaros \u2014 he has two touchdowns against six interceptions in his last three starts \u2014 O\u2019Shea opted to pull back for a bigger-picture take.<\/p>\n
\u201cI see an entire team that is taking turns making mistakes,\u201d he said. \u201cSo, I think the quarterback is, as they would say, given too much credit for losses and wins.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s lots that goes into any football play and the best part about our game is 12 guys have to be doing the right thing all the time.\u201d<\/p>\n
Still to be determined for the Blue Bombers are what changes might be made on defence \u2014 we\u2019ll know more Thursday morning when the depth chart comes out \u2014 and who will step in to replace Kody Case at receiver after he was injured in Toronto.<\/p>\n
FYI: Tuesday\u2019s practice session was officially cancelled because of wild-fire smoke and dangerous numbers in the air quality index. Wednesday\u2019s session, closed to the media, was also mostly a walk-through.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a little different,\u201d said receiver Nic Demski. \u201cI don\u2019t think that\u2019s a common thing in football especially when it\u2019s such a rep-oriented league. But we\u2019ve just got to be professionals about it and one of the biggest things is just getting the visual reps and the mental reps.\u201d<\/p>\n
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\u201cThis is the first time in my career (not practising outside),\u201d added cornerback Terrell Bonds. \u201cIt\u2019s a little different. But we\u2019re pros and Coach Osh told us we have to adjust. We\u2019re going to be fresh because we didn\u2019t have any wear and tear on our bodies.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s been more film work, which is good for us to get our communication down because in the last couple of weeks we\u2019ve had some communication errors, for sure, in the secondary. But this week it could be a good thing for us because we were in the film room a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n
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