So, again, there you go about some stories writing themselves: that\u2019s 150+ words here to start without yours truly even really drawing a breath.<\/p>\n
Still, here\u2019s where the storyline potentially loses some momentum because, naturally, the Blue Bombers won\u2019t yet confirm who will take the first snap on Sunday and Brown, for what it\u2019s worth, won\u2019t lean in and embrace any of this narrative.<\/p>\n
Question: we know you\u2019re even keeled and you don\u2019t get too high or too low, but have you allowed yourself to anticipate what it would be like to play Ottawa this week?<\/p>\n
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\u201cNot really. I know it sounds like I\u2019m lying but I really do live that way \u2014 you can ask my wife,\u201d said Brown with a grin after practice. \u201cI don\u2019t necessarily think about any of the emotions that go into it. I just focus on what I need to do to help us \u2014 if that were to happen.\u201d<\/p>\n
If that were to happen\u2026<\/p>\n
That\u2019s the critical part of Brown\u2019s answer right now because as much as professional football is part of the entertainment industry, catering specifically to those storylines isn\u2019t how this works.<\/p>\n
Blue Bombers head coach Mike O\u2019Shea offered this when asked about the status of Collaros: \u201cHe\u2019s working. We\u2019ll see. We\u2019ve got time left\u201d adding that any decision will be made based on several conversations with the quarterback and Al Couture, the team\u2019s Director of Health and Performance and Head Athletic Therapist.<\/p>\n
Asked if the juicy storyline \u2014 Brown returns to face his old team \u2014 might play into his mind, O\u2019Shea didn\u2019t offer any revelations but did offer a juicy answer of his own.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt does not enter my mind,\u201d he said with a grin. \u201cI don\u2019t know what you\u2019re asking\u2026 we\u2019re not changing anything we do. We\u2019re not getting luchador masks (Mexican wrestling mask) and capes and running around saying, \u2018This is like a match\u2019. We\u2019re not doing that.<\/p>\n
\u201cHowever we\u2019ve handled our business for the last whatever number of years is how we\u2019re going to handle our business. That\u2019s obviously your jobs to create the narratives and the story and whatever. We\u2019re just going to handle our business the way we\u2019ve always done it.\u201d<\/p>\n
And that\u2019s cool with Brown, who is as calm as they come at his position. So, despite the potential distractions and the extra attention his return might garner IF he starts on Sunday, he\u2019ll put his head down and just do his thing.<\/p>\n
The revenge and retribution angle? He just won\u2019t go there or even attempt to use it as fuel.<\/p>\n
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\u201cNot that that\u2019s wrong,\u201d said Brown. \u201cI think my mind is maybe just a bit more practical. As I\u2019ve been an adult, I\u2019ve never really needed to be motivated to do my job. I\u2019m more motivated by my habits that I do daily and those don\u2019t change. It doesn\u2019t matter how I feel \u2014 those get done and then when you get on the field you have a process that you stick to that works pretty well and you do your best to stick to it and not waver one direction.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s a lot of who Dru is, but that also comes from being excellent in your preparation,\u201d O\u2019Shea added. \u201cYou can\u2019t necessarily be that way if you haven\u2019t prepared \u2014 you\u2019d just be faking it if you looked all calm and hadn\u2019t done any preparation, inside I imagine there would be inner turmoil.<\/p>\n
\u201che\u2019s always going to be extremely prepared and so I think that allows you to be calm in a lot of situations.\u201d<\/p>\n
CHECK IT OUT: Trey Vaval met with us after practice on Tuesday to relive some of his magical 129-yard missed field goal that was a massive moment in Friday\u2019s win over Toronto.<\/p>\n
As always, the gifted returner offered some insight on the big return, his emotions, and how he blanks out everything while taking one back.<\/p>\n
That interview is here:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
ICYMI: We had a spectacular chat with cornerback Major Williams on our live show, The Huddle, today. Check it out here and other goodies on the Blue Bombers YouTube page:<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There\u2019s an old axiom in the sports media biz that some stories just write themselves. Case in point,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":802722,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194295],"tags":[49,48,20739],"class_list":["post-802721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ottawa","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-ottawa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/802721","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=802721"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/802721\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/802722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=802721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=802721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=802721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}