{"id":445273,"date":"2026-01-31T14:08:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T14:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/445273\/"},"modified":"2026-01-31T14:08:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T14:08:10","slug":"canadian-qb-taylor-elgersma-does-not-view-winnipeg-blue-bombers-as-backup-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/445273\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian QB Taylor Elgersma does not view Winnipeg Blue Bombers as backup plan"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Courtesy: Evan Siegle, Green Bay Packers.<\/p>\n

Canadian quarterback Taylor Elgersma respects the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and does not view being drafted by the franchise as his backup plan.<\/p>\n

\u201cWinnipeg\u2019s not a backup for anything. I have great respect for the culture of that\u00a0locker room, for what the CFL is. I don\u2019t view it at all as a plan A or plan B,\u201d Elgersma told 3DownNation.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve said all along throughout the draft process when I was interviewed by teams that my goal is to be a pro quarterback and that\u2019s ultimately what my dream has always been \u2014\u00a0to make a living playing the game I love. I don\u2019t think of Winnipeg as a backup at all.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Blue Bombers selected Elgersma in the second round, 18th overall during the 2025 CFL Draft on April 29, 2025. He\u2019d been invited to rookie mini-camps with the Green Bay Packers and Buffalo Bills<\/a>, but there was no contract in place with either team.<\/p>\n

Elgersma was in Green Bay from Thursday, May 1 through Saturday, May 3 for rookie mini-camp. He ended up not attending Buffalo\u2019s rookie mini-camp, instead returning to Wisconsin for follow-up interviews on Saturday, May 10 through Sunday, May 11. He officially put pen to paper with the Packers on Monday, May 12<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The six-foot-five, 227-pound QB completed 16-of-23 passes for 166 yards with one touchdown<\/a> and no interceptions while playing in three NFL preseason games with Green Bay, recording a 104.6 QB rating.<\/p>\n

It seemed as though he earned the No. 3 job behind Jordan Love and Malik Willis. Despite public praise from head coach Matt LaFleur, the coaching staff and personnel evaluators decided to release him after training camp<\/a> and bring in Clayton Tune, who had been waived by the Arizona Cardinals.<\/p>\n

Two days after leaving the Packers, the New York Giants called and brought Elgersma in for a workout. There was positive feedback from the team, but no contract was offered.<\/p>\n

More than three months passed before his next NFL trip. The San Francisco 49ers brought him in on December 1. Eight days later, the Chicago Bears took a live look in the Windy City, then the Miami Dolphins<\/a> provided a quick round-trip visit to South Beach.<\/p>\n

\u201cHis agent and I talk all the time \u2014\u00a0nothing\u2019s changed. They made it perfectly clear they\u2019re going to go\u00a0through this process. He\u2019s had some workouts. He\u2019s going to see it right through until the until the bitter end,\u201d Blue Bombers\u2019 general manager Kyle Walters said from the CFL\u2019s winter meetings.<\/p>\n

\u201cHopefully, if he doesn\u2019t have a futures contract\u00a0in February, then\u00a0they\u2019ll turn their attention to\u00a0the CFL, but they are still 100 percent\u00a0focused on getting an NFL contract. No change from\u00a0when we talked last.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 23-year-old passer was recently selected by the Birmingham Stallions in the UFL draft<\/a>, which could alter Winnipeg\u2019s preferred timeline for him signing with the Blue and Gold.<\/p>\n

If he chooses to play in the United Football League, he\u2019d report to the Stallions with all other quarterbacks on Monday, February 16. Other players report for training camp Thursday, February 19.<\/p>\n

However, in the meantime, there continues to be interest and dialogue with NFL teams.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith timing of things and\u00a0being Canadian, it\u2019s important to look at the timeline of opportunities and right now is the NFL<\/a>\u00a0window. For me being able to build my resume in the American\u00a0game, it\u2019s only going to continue to allow me to grow and develop as a player.\u00a0I\u2019ve seen a lot of growth in my game going through training camp with the Packers, preseason and\u00a0the draft prep,\u201d Elgersma said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I think\u00a0about my career, I think it\u2019s going to be a long one.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Courtesy: Evan Siegle, Green Bay Packers. Canadian quarterback Taylor Elgersma respects the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and does not…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":98731,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[166835,166836,91996,22070,49,48,7028,521,183761,522,520,168666,1730,168671,514,55638,12105,82,183762,173382,168682,137438,183763,173384,168683,183764,22073,7504],"class_list":["post-445273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cfl","tag-3down","tag-3downnation","tag-birmingham-stallions","tag-blue-bombers","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-canadian","tag-canadian-football-league","tag-canadian-qb","tag-canadianfootballleague","tag-cfl","tag-golden-hawks","tag-green-bay-packers","tag-laurier","tag-nfl","tag-oua","tag-packers","tag-sports","tag-stallions","tag-taylor-elgersma","tag-u-sports","tag-ufl","tag-united-football-league","tag-usports","tag-wilfrid-laurier","tag-wilfrid-laurier-university","tag-winnipeg","tag-winnipeg-blue-bombers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/445273","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=445273"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/445273\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/98731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=445273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=445273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=445273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}