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EDMONTON — A change at quarterback would be initiated, but it’d yield no change in fortunes for an Argos team that continues to play far below standards.

Even when they do play well, the gains are minimal and one has to wonder if more changes will soon be made, only this time they won’t involve a quarterback who is incapable of playing clean football.

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When the second half began Thursday night, it was Dakota Prukop and not McLeod Bethel-Thompson under centre, a move that was long overdue, even if the third-year Prukop had never taken a meaningful snap in the CFL.

Bethel-Thompson left after he threw one pick and turned the ball over on a stripped fumble when trying to climb the ladder late in the opening half.

Before he was pulled, he had been responsible for six turnovers in the past six quarters.

In keeping with the six theme, Toronto’s 26-0 loss was the team’s sixth in a row to begin the season.

Following the loss, which wrapped up a two-week swing out West that saw the Argos lose all three of their games, head coach Corey Chamblin said the decision to pull Bethel-Thompson was his and his alone.

Chamblin said his veteran wasn’t seeing the game well, opting to keep Bethel-Thompson on the sideline to help him better see what the Eskimos were running on defence.

One of these days GM Jim Popp must realize this debacle can no longer be tolerated and some major changes must be made.

And one of these days the team’s owners, MLSE, have to show the backbone to usher in major changes, at all levels, because this season, and for that matter last season, have been complete embarrassments.

Since winning the Grey Cup two years ago, the Argos are now 4-20 following their latest setback — with no end in sight to this misery and agony.

Too bad there was no chance of convincing Ricky Ray to come out of retirement for one game, or even one quarter, the future hall of famer in town as he job shadows good friend and former Eskimos teammate Jason Maas, Edmonton’s head coach.

Ray joined the legendary Bryan Hall, the long-time voice of Eskimos football, at the end of the third quarter to sing the Eskimos’ iconic fight song.