Apply enough pressure to the situation and something is going to give. On Saturday, that something was Alex Brink. The Winnipeg Blue Bombers announced Joey Elliott -- the No. 3 man on the quarterback depth chart at the beginning of the season -- will get the start when the club hosts the Hamilton Tiger-Cats at Canad Inns Stadium Thursday. Elliott takes over from Brink, who was lifted from the position after the coaching staff had a bye week's worth of time to review tape and evaluate his performance through three starts in 2012 and some injury replacement duty. "During the bye I watched every throw from pre-season and we want to see what Joey can do," head coach Paul LaPolice said. "Alex has done OK, but we want to see if a change helps us in our pass game. "Again, it's my fault. All of this is my fault. I'm not placing blame anywhere but squarely on me, but we want to see how this change works." Change was needed. That was the official line from the coach, but make no mistake: This move arrives with the stench of desperation and anxiety in the air. Winnipeg has one win in six games and has been vanilla pudding on offence, scoring a league-low 127 points in those games (21 points per game) and sitting near the bottom of most offensive categories. Someone had to take the fall for this bland reality, and the lowest rung in the chain of command starts