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If Collaros looks good does Toronto re-sign him and protect him?  This is going to be interesting.

 

Also have to start questioning Ray's durability.  Their backup (if they keep Ray) next season likely won't be of high quality unless they make a move, so can you operate with an aging QB who has missed 4+ starts in back to back seasons?  Is it a trend or a blip?

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Toronto must know how frigged they are now with Ray going down like this.

 

I can't believe we pick this year, with the Calvillo situation and now Ray, to suck so badly at virtually everything we've tried.

 

Just a couple of victories would have had us in the thick of it.

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The RR bandwagon didn't seem to work for several Edmonton coaches...

Didn't it? In Reeds first year weren't the esks into double digit wins? If that's not a coach riding the Ray train then what is? Edmontons been pretty devoid of talent for a while, Ray was the only thing keeping them afloat. 

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The RR bandwagon didn't seem to work for several Edmonton coaches...

Didn't it? In Reeds first year weren't the esks into double digit wins? If that's not a coach riding the Ray train then what is? Edmontons been pretty devoid of talent for a while, Ray was the only thing keeping them afloat. 

 

 

Oh sure...but then there were the 2006 and 2007 seasons where they missed the playoffs. Point is, teams that are poorly managed won't have a good season even with a proven QB.

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The RR bandwagon didn't seem to work for several Edmonton coaches...

Didn't it? In Reeds first year weren't the esks into double digit wins? If that's not a coach riding the Ray train then what is? Edmontons been pretty devoid of talent for a while, Ray was the only thing keeping them afloat. 

 

 

Oh sure...but then there were the 2006 and 2007 seasons where they missed the playoffs. Point is, teams that are poorly managed won't have a good season even with a proven QB.

 

but sometimes that proven qb keeps things from looking even worse than they are. 

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It would be interesting to see what our record would be with a healthy Ray from week 1.  Probably around .500 and in the hunt.

 

Ray would figure out the blitz real quick and burn the D. stopping it in its tracks.  Plus the run would open up for Simpson with play action. 

With Ray you can actually build an offense around what he does well, the way the D played in the 2 games against Montreal I have no problems saying they'd have won those two games, they would have beaten Hamilton in week 3 most likely as well, probably woulda beaten BC also. So that's at least 4 wins, never mind how many other games might have changes with a more efficient offense. I have no problems saying that if you put RIcky Ray on the Bombers they're a playoff team this season, the east is that poor. 

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It would be interesting to see what our record would be with a healthy Ray from week 1.  Probably around .500 and in the hunt.

 

Ray would figure out the blitz real quick and burn the D. stopping it in its tracks.  Plus the run would open up for Simpson with play action. 

With Ray you can actually build an offense around what he does well, the way the D played in the 2 games against Montreal I have no problems saying they'd have won those two games, they would have beaten Hamilton in week 3 most likely as well, probably woulda beaten BC also. So that's at least 4 wins, never mind how many other games might have changes with a more efficient offense. I have no problems saying that if you put RIcky Ray on the Bombers they're a playoff team this season, the east is that poor. 

 

 

Yeah, a third place playoff team, maybe.  There are just too many problems.

 

Blatant missed blocks by the OL, questionable safety play, questionable OLB play, lack of a dominant nose tackle (allowing OL to block the MLB), lack of halftime adjustments, etc. etc. etc.

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