{"id":569754,"date":"2026-03-30T01:24:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T01:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/569754\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T01:24:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T01:24:08","slug":"blue-bombers-quarterback-chris-streveler-announces-retirement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/569754\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Bombers quarterback Chris Streveler announces retirement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chris Streveler has hung up his cleats. <\/p>\n<p>The fan favourite with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers announced his retirement from football on Sunday. <\/p>\n<p>The 31-year-old quarterback played four seasons in the CFL, all with Winnipeg. <\/p>\n<p>Streveler threw for 4,144 yards with 26 touchdowns and 31 interceptions over 66 career games with the Bombers. <\/p>\n<p>The six-foot-one, 216-pound pivot was also a short-yardage specialist and scored 41 rushing touchdowns in his CFL career. <\/p>\n<p>After two seasons with Winnipeg in 2018 and 2019, with a Grey Cup win in the final year, Streveler headed to the NFL for three seasons. He appeared in nine games with the Arizona Cardinals and New York Jets, including one start with Arizona.<\/p>\n<p>Streveler then returned to Winnipeg for the 2024 and 2025 seasons, where he was the backup for Zach Collaros. <\/p>\n<p>Streveler endeared himself to Bombers fans at the Grey Cup parade in 2019 when he went shirtless with a fur coat and cowboy hat.<\/p>\n<p>In his speech to the fans, he said: &#8220;I\u2019m lit right now, you\u2019re all lit right now \u2014 this is amazing \u2014 I love you guys, man.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo think it\u2019s been eight years is honestly insane,\u201d he said to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bluebombers.com\/2026\/03\/29\/streveler-i-hope-thats-my-legacy-that-people-say-that-guy-was-a-great-teammate\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">bluebombers.com<\/a> over the weekend. \u201cI remember me and Woli (Drew Wolitarsky) in the locker room looking at guys like Matt Nichols, Weston Dressler and all those veterans and you\u2019re thinking, \u2018Man, if I could make it to 10 years\u2026\u2019 In my mind I always said if I could play football until I was 30 that would be a great run. So, to be able to get there\u2026 I have no other feelings except for being thankful and grateful for what the game gave me. I\u2019m also proud of what I was able to accomplish and where I was able to go.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe No. 1 thing I love about this game is the bonds it creates, the relationships you make. Those are the most cherished memories and most cherished things I\u2019ll take away.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI always prided myself on being a good teammate,\u201d Streveler added. \u201cI never cared about stats or anything else other than how do my teammates and how do my coaches feel about me. That mattered more than anything. I hope that\u2019s my legacy, that people say, \u2018That guy was a great teammate. That was a great guy in the locker room and he gave great effort.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chris Streveler has hung up his cleats. The fan favourite with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers announced his retirement&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":569755,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":["post-569754","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\/569754","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=569754"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/569754\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/569755"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=569754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=569754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=569754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}