Argos Ray And Durie Dazzle In Home Opener – Earn Pair Of Player Of The Week Awards!
ARGONAUTS.CA STAFF
TORONTO – For the seventh time ever, two members of the Double Blue have brought home CFL Player of the Week awards in the same week! QB Ricky Ray and SB Andre Durie earned Offensive Player of the Week and Canadian Player of the Week honours, respectively, after remarkable week two performances during the team’s 2014 Home Opener.
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Ray, who has now earned his fourth Offensive Player of the Week award as an Argo, enters week three leading the CFL in passing yards with 690. Ray had a spectacular week completing 78.4% of his passes (29 of 37) for 407 yards and three touchdowns. His Passer Efficiency Rating on the day was a sparkling 140.3. Ray currently leads the league in both overall completion percentage (74.7%) and touchdowns (5). Last year, he finished the season tied for third in 300+ passing yard games with five. Ray now has 48,156 career passing yards and is just 1,844 yards from achieving a career milestone of 50,000 total passing yards.
Durie, now winner of six Canadian Player of the Week awards, had a phenomenal showing last week against Saskatchewan. He finished the game second in receiving yards for the Boatmen, including 5 catches for 77 yards, in addition to his 18 rushing yards on two carries. Perhaps his most impressive catch was when – with just under 2 minutes left in the first quarter – he took hold of the ball inside his own 5-yard line and charged down field. Just when he was believed to be down he carried the pile an additional 10 yards! Durie is currently is fourth amongst all CFL receivers with 130 receiving yards, 104 of which have come after the catch. In 2013, he led the CFL in YAC (Yards After the Catch) with 685 – a current single season league record.
Ricky Ray and the Argonauts host the Calgary Stampeders this Saturday, July 12 at 6:30 p.m. at Rogers Centre in downtown Toronto. Fans should arrive early to be part of the Go RVing Canada Tailgate Party outside Gate 11 which starts 4:30 p.m. Tickets for the game can be purchased on ticketmaster or by calling 416-341-ARGO (2746).