{"id":821249,"date":"2026-07-23T17:17:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T17:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/821249\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T17:17:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T17:17:09","slug":"blue-bombers-to-start-dru-brown-at-qb-vs-stampeders-collaros-remains-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/821249\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Bombers to start Dru Brown at QB vs. Stampeders, Collaros remains out"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dru Brown is going to get another chance to showcase his skills on Friday night.<\/p>\n<p>The quarterback will make his third consecutive start for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers (4-2) when they host the Calgary Stampeders (2-4). Brown was atop the <a href=\"https:\/\/static.cfl.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/CALGARY-at-WINNIPEG_JULY-24.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">depth chart<\/a> released Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Brown is replacing star QB Zach Collaros, who will remain on the six-game injured list with a neck injury.<\/p>\n<p>Brown, who started his CFL career with the Blue Bombers in 2021, was reacquired by Winnipeg in a trade with the winless Ottawa Redblacks last month after he lost his starting job to Jake Maier.<\/p>\n<p>Brown has won both his starts with Winnipeg this season, throwing for 656 yards, three touchdowns and one interception.<\/p>\n<p>Canadian rookie Taylor Elgersma will be the backup quarterback for the Blue Bombers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dru Brown is going to get another chance to showcase his skills on Friday night. The quarterback will&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":821250,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":["post-821249","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\/821249","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=821249"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/821249\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/821250"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=821249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=821249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=821249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}