Dion Ray Moved To Receiver

[MetryCajun]

I challenge you to find one time, anywhere, in any post that I said I believe Ray is the one guy who will make the NFL from his grad class. I'll hang up and listen.

You are the one challenging me. I made a statement based on historical data to say the odds are stacked against him.. Furthermore, I was replying to someone else about his NFL viability in my initial post. As we all agree, this position move for Ray is long overdue. Hopefully he can be a difference maker for us over the next couple of years.

[facelessjonmoon]

Ike wasn't a physical freak in his size, the guy was 6'1, 187 playing RB. Long term he could not play RB without adding muscle and risk losing his speed. His speed and length were the determining factors in making the move over to defense.

He wasn't a physical freak in size, but he was a freak considering his height and speed combo. At the time him and Peanut came out, there were not alot of 6'1"- 6'2" cb's especially running the way he did.

https://www.steelersdepot.com/2018/0...-all-time-1-2/

" #1Ike Taylor/CB (2003-2014)

Taylor might hold the franchise record for fastest unofficial 40 time ever recorded and man, I wish he would've gotten a Combine invite. Few guys know speed better than Tom Shaw, whose job is to literally make players faster, and he believes Taylor is one of the fastest ever.

Unofficially, Taylor ran a 4.18 coming out of UL-Lafayette. Immediately in the video below, Shaw recounts the story of using police radar guns to measure speed. Taylor topped out at 26 miles an hour during his 40 yard sprint, faster than anyone else, most of whom came in around 24 mph."

https://youtu.be/FX3dvuIB9GY



Tom Shaw was also Deion Sanders and Chris Johnson's (2 fastest 40's in NFL combine history) speed coach and he always says Ike was the fastest player he's ever worked with

[NewsCopy]

“We will work him at quarterback a little bit from a spot-play standpoint,” Napier said, “but he has made that move to receiver and really has been productive so far.

“He’s very well-respected by his teammates. He’s very intelligent. And he’s a class-act young man,” Napier added. “So I think getting him in position to where he can contribute to the team was part of the factor.”

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[facelessjonmoon]

All that being said, getting Dion Ray on the field is a good thing.
Whether he makes it to the NFL is yet to be seen, but he definitely has a better shot at that playing WR (same idea as Ike moving to CB)

[Cajunfanatico]

Our receiving corps should be awesome this year. Double cover the wrong guy and get burned by the other one. Give him too much attention and the guy you hardly heard of runs off for a long touchdown.

[Grantvb]

One name. Antwan Randle-El. College QB moved to WR. Won a Super Bowl with Pittsburgh

[CharlieK]

You are the one challenging me. I made a statement based on historical data to say the odds are stacked against him.. Furthermore, I was replying to someone else about his NFL viability in my initial post. As we all agree, this position move for Ray is long overdue. Hopefully he can be a difference maker for us over the next couple of years.

You said he has zero chance. You didn't say the odds were stacked against him. You said "zero chance".

There is no way for you to know that. The man has two years of eligibility left, crazier things have happened. But, you seem to know that he has no chance.

Then when called on something so obviously overstated, you throw out a straw man. I never said he would make it. I never said he wouldn't. Only that he has more than "zero chance".

[Jeaux]

First play of the season jet sweep to Ray who throws it back to Nunez who finds Malone for an 80 yard sttike

Why waste that play on Grambling. Save it for the next game if we're still close in the Fourth. I just wanna see the faces of Moo state coaches afterwards. Like WTF as they all turn to their receiver coach.

[CAJUNJUDO]

...you mean Tight Ends coach?

[Jeaux]

...you mean Tight Ends coach?

Yeah. Should have just said tight shirted position coach. Lol.

[CajunT]

So Nunez and Ray are both playing positions other than QB?

Nunez is playing QB.

[CajunVic]

Nunez is playing QB.

I thought Levi was playing QB?