EDMONTON — The Winnipeg Blue Bombers that produced a near-flawless performance two weeks ago were nowhere to be found in Edmonton.

While the personnel remained the same, the Blue and Gold left their A-game at home and were troubled for majority of Saturday night in a 25-20 loss to the Elks inside Commonwealth Stadium.

With the win, the Elks stay alive in the West Division playoff race and improve to 7-9. The loss drops the Bombers to 8-8 and dramatically shrinks their chances of hosting the West semifinal.

The three phases that shone in Week 17’s 40-3 beatdown over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats all made blunders, but it was Winnipeg’s offence that took the biggest step back with quarterback Zach Collaros and the offensive line being the main culprits.

Despite all that, the Elks prevailed tha

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