The good news for the Ottawa Redblacks is that through the first day of their work week, it looks like No. 1 quarterback Dru Brown is ready to return to game action. Read MoreHead coach Bob Dyce confirmed Wednesday that Bralon Addison will miss the next two to four weeks with a shoulder injury
Head coach Bob Dyce confirmed Wednesday that Bralon Addison will miss the next two to four weeks with a shoulder injury
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The good news for the Ottawa Redblacks is that through the first day of their work week, it looks like No. 1 quarterback Dru Brown is ready to return to game action.
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The bad news is that whether Brown plays Sunday in Edmonton or not, the team will be without its top receiver against the Elks and beyond.
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Head coach Bob Dyce confirmed Wednesday that Bralon Addison will miss the next two to four weeks with a shoulder injury, which means that, along with being unavailable for this weekend’s game against the CFL’s only winless team, the 31-year-old will be a bystander for one or both of the Redblacks’ following back-to-backers against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and possibly the July 31 showdown with the Calgary Stampeders at TD Place.
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Addison, who leads the Redblacks in catches (30) and receiving yards (220), was injured in Sunday’s 29-16 loss to the Toronto Argos that left Ottawa with a disappointing 1-3 record and sitting at the bottom of the East Division standings.
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“To tough it out with the type of shoulder injury he had and to continue to play tells you how much the team means to him, and we all know how much he means to the team,” Dyce said of Addison, who had a game-high six grabs (for 50 yards) along with two carries for seven yards. “We’re looking at it as a two-to-four week thing possibly (but) Bralen always surprises me with his resilience. So we’ll see exactly where it is, but we want to make sure he’s 100 per cent when he does come back.”
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Lined up to step in for Addison is Andre Miller, who had 15 catches for 254 yards and a pair of touchdowns in six starts for the Redblacks last season.
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Meanwhile, Brown took all first-team reps in Wednesday’s practice and showed no signs of the hip injury he suffered late in the Redblacks’ season-opening loss to the Saskatchewan Roughriders.
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But he also took part in Day 1’s practice after missing his first game, so a better indicator of his status for Edmonton is whether he can go for the second day in a row on Thursday.
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“It’s fantastic to see Dru out there, and I thought he looked good,” said Dyce. “We’ll continue to evaluate as we go forward.”
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Brown still leads the Redblacks in passing yards (413) and touchdown passes (two), while Dustin Crum has thrown for 351 yards and one TD in two games and Matt Shiltz has 205 yards and a TD pass in one.
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Brown is also the only one of the three who hasn’t turned the ball over, with Shiltz having thrown three interceptions and Crum one.
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Crum didn’t play well Sunday, but the loss can’t be pinned solely on him.
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