Sunday, July 11, 2010

Lulay says he'll be ready to play if Printers can't go

The 2010 CFL season has barely begun, but the B.C. Lions already have questions about their quarterbacks.
Casey Printers’ playing status is in doubt after he was sidelined with a quadrcips injury with 22 seconds left in the first half as the Lions lost their home opener 37-18 to the Saskatchewan Roughriders.
Printers said he injured his quad just before he was by Brent Hawkins.
“We’ll see,” said Printers when asked if he could play Friday against the Montreal Alouettes. “I just can’t give you a solid answer right now. Something weird kind of popped. It’s just kind of frustrating.”
Printers completed 10 of 14 passes and threaded a 32-yard touchdown pass between two defenders to Geroy Simon in the first half as the Lions trailed just 13-10 at half-time. But backup Travis Lulay, playing behind a new offensive line that struggled, could accomplish little in the second half until he unleashed a 98-year touchdown pass – the longest of his career – to Simon just over two minutes left in the game.
“We got the loss, but I’m not going to pick on myself,” said Lulay. “I’m confident that if I’m up next week, I’ll be good to go.”
Lulay’s long TD pass to Simon was the most electric play of the night and came after some adversity. A few minutes earlier, he had fumbled while being sacked by Hawkins and the defensive lineman recovered the ball and ran for a 40-yard major. Then Lulay was sacked on his next play from scrimmage. But he got up and threw the TD on the following snap.
“The thing that I thought was good about it you got veteran downs,” said Lulay. “You’re finishing the game with a high. That shows you’re not going to quit, that shows some resilience, and that was good to see.”
Especially considering that he might have to start against the defending Grey Cup-champion Als.
“Every week, I’ve been checking all the stats, because you never know what could happen,” said Lulay. “I’ll prepare the same way this week.”

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