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He missed the first six games of the season, played through pain for two months and now will miss the last two games after the Broncos (5-9) placed their 2015 first-round draft pick on injured reserve Tuesday. ”Originally the plan was after the season,” Ray said of his latest operation. ”The problem is you’re playing with pain with the screws in your wrist and the possibility of the pins breaking. The screws started wearing away a little bit and the bone was loosening up. So http://www.cowboysauthorizedshops.com/auth...mcgovern-jersey , it was time to take them out.” The change in plans allows Ray to kick-start his rehab by a month. ”I’ll be able to start recovering and rehabbing faster,” Ray said. ”I think that’s the most important thing is to get me back healthy.” Ray said he preferred to finish out the season ”but I’ve got to take care of myself and get back to being the Shane that I can be. It’s hard to do that with three wrist surgeries.” The Broncos were hoping the 10-day layoff between games would allow Ray to recover in time to play at Washington (6-8) this weekend. But Ray said he would have had to wear a permanent cast and play in more pain than usual. ”It hurts. You got stitches in you. You just got screws out of your bones,” Ray said. ”It’s been painful all season just playing. Every game I think I’ve come out at least once or twice in the game just because of the pain. And now it’s still painful, but my wrist, it’s not strong right now.” Ray said his pain tolerance is high but ”sometimes it’s not about tolerating the pain. I’ve done that all season for my team. 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