Bombers' star RB Brady Oliveira still a question mark for rematch with Lions

Judy Owen · The Canadian Press

· Posted: Jun 17, 2025 10:56 AM EDT | Last Updated: 1 hr ago

Brady Oliveira was astatine the Blue Bombers signifier connected Monday, but the prima moving backmost was an perceiver alternatively than a participant.

Coach Mike O'Shea had nary update connected whether the CFL's reigning astir outstanding subordinate and apical Canadian would play successful Saturday's rematch successful B.C. against the Lions.

"You cognize me, I'm ever hopeful," O'Shea told reporters.

Oliveira near the tract aboriginal with an upper-body wounded successful past Thursday's season-opening 34-20 triumph astatine location against the Lions. Some reports said helium mightiness person suffered a enarthrosis injury.

After Monday's practice, Oliveira was casually throwing footballs with receiver Nic Demski.

O'Shea was asked if that was a promising sign.

"Tossing footballs and delivering hits are 2 antithetic things," helium said.

Oliveira ripped disconnected a 43-yard tally during Winnipeg's archetypal bid against B.C.

Bomber backmost Chris Streveler past threw a 20-yard touchdown walk to Demski successful the extremity portion astatine 2:29.

Oliveira near the tract aft the people and didn't return.

He was replaced by rookie Matthew Peterson, who wowed the assemblage with 23 carries for 130 yards, including a 38-yard touchdown.

The University of Alberta product, whom the Bombers acquired successful a commercialized with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats connected draught time this year, said helium spoke to Oliveira aft the game.

"I conscionable said, 'Everything for you,"' Peterson said aft Monday's practice. "And helium said, 'Good job, buddy."'

The Brooks, Alta., autochthonal said his nonrecreational debut has added to his assurance and he'll beryllium acceptable if called to enactment erstwhile the 1-0 Bombers look the 1-1 Lions.

"Having that large of a game, it helps the assurance that overmuch more," Peterson said.

"But the crushed wherefore I person truthful overmuch assurance is due to the fact that of the 5 guys successful beforehand of maine and the backmost and each the weapons astir me."

Collaros back

There volition beryllium a antithetic starting backmost for Winnipeg successful Saturday's game.

Zach Collaros had to miss the opener due to the fact that helium was serving a one-game suspension for failing to respond to an off-season drug-testing request.

Collaros watched the crippled from wrong Princess Auto Stadium.

"I'd beryllium lying to you if I said that it wasn't hard to ticker the crippled from the locker room," helium said.

But it was interesting, too.

"I was pacing the hallways determination and the value room, walking connected the treadmill, truthful it was chill to ticker it connected TV," Collaros said.

"You could perceive the assemblage erupting earlier thing bully happened, truthful that was chill to expect what would happen, but it was not a amusive experience."

He did spot Oliveira aft helium exited the game.

"Any clip you person to travel retired of a shot crippled similar that, it's tough," Collaros said.

"Going to get him a Gatorade and a macromolecule barroom was beauteous overmuch each I could bash successful that moment, and archer him it's going to beryllium each right."

Peterson's show was "awesome" and his agelong TD tally impressive, Collaros said.

"Being capable to ticker that implicit and implicit again connected TSN was truly cool," helium said. "The chopped that helium made to make immoderate separation successful the crippled determination was immense for us, too."

While Streveler made immoderate large throws and executed the crippled plan, Collaros is acceptable to instrumentality to action.

"I conjecture I americium excited to get backmost retired there," helium said. "It's benignant of the full angst thing, arsenic it is, starring into a caller season.

"It's been antithetic for me, obviously. We had a bye week and past not playing, truthful I consciousness similar we've been successful campy for a precise agelong time."

B.C. backmost Nathan Rourke near past week's crippled midway done the 4th fourth with an evident injury.

He told reporters aft the crippled thing successful his midsection felt disconnected and made it hard for him to enactment powerfulness connected his throws.

The Lions didn't practise Monday. A media study said Rourke pulled an oblique muscle.