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FIRST AND LAST
While another player with the same last name grabs most of the attention, Sunday's East Final between Winnipeg and Hamilton serves as the backdrop for Brady Browne's last game at Canad Inns Stadium.
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FIRST AND LAST
While another player with the same last name grabs most of the attention, Sunday's East Final between Winnipeg and Hamilton serves as the backdrop for Brady Browne's last game at Canad Inns Stadium.
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FIRST AND LAST
While another player with the same last name grabs most of the attention, Sunday’s East Final between Winnipeg and Hamilton serves as the backdrop for Brady Browne’s last game at Canad Inns Stadium.
Here’s the twist: It will also be his first home game this year.
John Woods / THE CANADIAN PRESS
Winnipeg Blue Bombers' Brady Browne (25)
The Bombers safety missed the entire season — minus three-plus quarters from the 2011 opener in Hamilton — with a torn bicep. Brown ripped the tendon that runs up through the arm and attaches itself to the bottom of the bicep muscle. He was told by doctors that it would be season-ending injury.
Four-and-a-half months later, Browne may make his return in the Bombers first playoff game in three years.
“It’s been a long season for me, so being able to contribute for such an important game, it would be worth the wait,” he said Friday. “With all the rehab I’ve been doing, it’s good to be back with the boys.
“They told me it would be like, six months, but when I started the rehab, I was progressing pretty quickly, and after talking to my doctor about midway through the season, we were looking at (the club) finishing in first as a possible chance to return.
“That got me motivated to work harder. Here we are (a day) before the game. It’s looking good.”
Winnipeg won’t make anything official until Sunday, but if Browne does get on the 42-man roster he’ll play special teams and serve as one of the backup defensive backs.
ROSTER UPDATE
After Browne, the Bombers are looking at a number changes from the lineup that was in Calgary earlier this month. Starting safety Ian Logan is back, as is defensive back Johnny Sears after serving a suspension. Receiver Greg Carr and quarterback Buck Pierce also draw in. Rookie Kito Poblah could be an option. He would replace little-used Jade Etienne as the backup non-import receiving option.
FRITZ HUMMING
Rodney Fritz, back healthy after a hamstring injury, expects to be one of the defensive ends but he wouldn’t be surprised to see his position move around the front seven. That’s been standard practice for the Bombers defence over the last two months, with several players rotating on and off the field based on the situation. “It doesn’t matter,” Fritz said. “I plan on mostly playing outside this time around. It doesn’t matter, wherever they put me, I just plan on doing my job.”
Dave Chidley / THE CANADIAN PRESS
Hamilton Tiger-Cats Stevie Baggs
BAGGS IN
Defensive end Stevie Baggs returns to the Hamilton lineup. He sat out the semifinal due to a ratio crunch in the Ticats defence. Defensive back Ryan Hinds and Milt Collins are both expected to be in uniform, as well.
EXTRA POINTS
Obby Khan, who returns to his starting centre position Sunday, was named the Bombers nominee for the community-based Tom Pate award, given out by the CFLPA…The Ticats were scheduled to arrive in Winnipeg Friday evening…With the weather frightful, the Bombers are holding a short walkthrough indoors this morning…The last time Winnipeg and Hamilton met in the playoffs was in 2001. The Bombers won 28-13 in the East Final.
