{"id":953658,"date":"2026-10-31T22:40:40","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T22:40:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/953658\/"},"modified":"2026-10-31T22:40:40","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T22:40:40","slug":"dru-brown-on-nic-demski-i-feel-like-hes-been-winning-on-those-routes-for-10-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/953658\/","title":{"rendered":"Dru Brown on Nic Demski: &#8220;I feel like he&#8217;s been winning on those routes for 10 years&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TORONTO &#8212; Winnipeg Blue Bombers quarterback Dru Brown had high praise for wide receiver Nic Demski following the team&#8217;s 25-22 comeback win over the Toronto Argonauts in Saturday&#8217;s Eastern Semi-Final presented by Wegovy\u00ae.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I feel like he&#8217;s been winning on those routes for, like, 10 years. So, it was awesome. He had a ton of separation,&#8221; Brown said during a media conference after the game, when asked about Demski&#8217;s game-winning touchdown with just 44 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter.<\/p>\n<p>Demski led all players in the Eastern Semi-Final with 72 receiving yards on four receptions. Brown, 29, meanwhile, completed 18 of 30 passes for 206 yards, to go with two touchdowns and two interceptions. <\/p>\n<p>Related Content<\/p>\n<p>The veteran wideout and backup quarterback came through when Winnipeg needed them most, capitalizing on a Janarion Grant fumble during a punt return with 1:42 remaining in regulation.<\/p>\n<p>It was a wild turn of events that ultimately keeps the <a href=\"https:\/\/cfl.ca\/article\/opportunity-to-win-grey-cup-as-crossover-team-really-excites-brady-oliveira\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" class=\"text-palette-text-highlight font-bold underline\" target=\"_blank\">Blue Bombers&#8217; hopes of becoming the first crossover team to reach the Grey Cup alive<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Eastern Final presented by Wegovy\u00ae  between the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and the Montreal Alouettes is set for next Saturday afternoon at Percival Molson Memorial Stadium. Kickoff is set for 3:00 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TORONTO &#8212; Winnipeg Blue Bombers quarterback Dru Brown had high praise for wide receiver Nic Demski following the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":953659,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":["post-953658","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\/953658","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=953658"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/953658\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/953659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=953658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=953658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=953658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}