Re: Eskimos 31 - Lions 28 Post Game Stats and Comments
Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2010 8:24 am
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To me, Lulay has been one of the largest positives this season, right behind the Defence. There are legitimate reasons for optimism even after back to back OT losses.[/quoteI
I guess time will tell. The fac that Lulay got an opportunity to become our starter in the first place was not based upon performance.
Matt Dunnigan wrote at the time, following Travis first stint as our starter this season and replaced by Jarious Jackson for a game:
"in Week 2 when the Lions hosted the Riders in the home opener at Empire Field. The Riders spoiled the party, crushed the Lions 37-18 and Printers hurt his left quad trying to avoid Brent Hawkins in hot pursuit.The following week instead of going to healthy Lulay, the Lions brass chose to go with a hampered and stationary target in Printers and keep him between the tackles (in the pocket) in a loss to the Als. During that game Printers hurts his knee opening the door for Lulay the following week against the Argos. Travis Lulay starts the next three games.Travis Lulay has had his kick at the can, so to speak proving how fleeting opportunities can be in the world of professional football.Travis' passing numbers, 66-109-820-1 TD-5 INT-60.6 percent. Rushing numbers, 17-95-1 TD and the biggest number of all, O wins in 3 starts. That won't cut the mustard on a team that is currently 1-5 and desperately looking for a win" (Matt Dunnigan)
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However, Lulay got anothher shot, after Printers got fumblities and Jarious did not turn out to be a savior in his one start. Travis has looked much better during this second stint and he is improving. However, one only has to look at Printers first season as a starter in 2004, when he set the league on fire in his first 15 games. Teams began to create special defenses for Printers.
Travis, right now, looks better suited for the Chap offence. He is accurage with his short throws. He will turn out to be a higher percentage passer, than a Printes or a Jackson. He'll be more Buck Pierce like that way. However, Lulay runs about every 5 passing attempts and teams will start to defense him in certain ways once they know his tendancies. They'll start to spy him, to cut down his running abilities and tendancies.
In the longer run, Lulay's passing percentage or number of passing yards won't make a huge difference to how I view him. A quarterback who executes the Chap offence the way Chap likes it will have a high passing percentage and lots of passing yards within the 20 yard lines.
The key stat to me, will be points on the board. Travis Lulay could become the next Dickenson. Or he could be third string in a year. Quarterbacks don't last long as starters in the Chap offence and in B.C. Injuries take their toll. Wally changes starting quarterbacks like a male satyr. We've seen a Dickenson almost smashed to death and ineffective in playoff games, we've seen a Casey Printers go from almost the second coming in 2004 to being a very confused man in 2005, we've seen a Buck Pierce changed from a reincarnation of a Matt Dunnigan to a quarterback who would throw 5 yard passes on second and eight, and we've seen a Jarious Jackson go from a quarterback who not only won 9/11 games in his first season starting to a quarterback who doesn't even know himself anymore, as a quarterback and doesn't understand why he's languishing on the bench. We've seen the return of magic in Printers in 2009 to the tentative quarterback he became in 2010.
Perhaps Travis will be able to rise above it all. He struggled in his first stint as our starter. He got a second stint and he looks better this time around. Chap is giving him outlets, such as using Robertson on swing passes out of the backfield, which we didn't do in the first half of the season as Chap goes to an off-set two back backfield often in passing situations. I hope Travis does rise above it. He seems like a quarterback who has the type of personality that he can rise above it. But there are potential challenges that will not be of his making. Chap's offence has its limitations. One never knows when Wally is going to the fortune teller or the team psychologist to determine whether he should switch starters or bench a starter. It can all play on the mind of any starting quarterback. That's been more than proven!. It will be interesting to see how this starting quarterback situation turns out.
To me, Lulay has been one of the largest positives this season, right behind the Defence. There are legitimate reasons for optimism even after back to back OT losses.[/quoteI
I guess time will tell. The fac that Lulay got an opportunity to become our starter in the first place was not based upon performance.
Matt Dunnigan wrote at the time, following Travis first stint as our starter this season and replaced by Jarious Jackson for a game:
"in Week 2 when the Lions hosted the Riders in the home opener at Empire Field. The Riders spoiled the party, crushed the Lions 37-18 and Printers hurt his left quad trying to avoid Brent Hawkins in hot pursuit.The following week instead of going to healthy Lulay, the Lions brass chose to go with a hampered and stationary target in Printers and keep him between the tackles (in the pocket) in a loss to the Als. During that game Printers hurts his knee opening the door for Lulay the following week against the Argos. Travis Lulay starts the next three games.Travis Lulay has had his kick at the can, so to speak proving how fleeting opportunities can be in the world of professional football.Travis' passing numbers, 66-109-820-1 TD-5 INT-60.6 percent. Rushing numbers, 17-95-1 TD and the biggest number of all, O wins in 3 starts. That won't cut the mustard on a team that is currently 1-5 and desperately looking for a win" (Matt Dunnigan)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
However, Lulay got anothher shot, after Printers got fumblities and Jarious did not turn out to be a savior in his one start. Travis has looked much better during this second stint and he is improving. However, one only has to look at Printers first season as a starter in 2004, when he set the league on fire in his first 15 games. Teams began to create special defenses for Printers.
Travis, right now, looks better suited for the Chap offence. He is accurage with his short throws. He will turn out to be a higher percentage passer, than a Printes or a Jackson. He'll be more Buck Pierce like that way. However, Lulay runs about every 5 passing attempts and teams will start to defense him in certain ways once they know his tendancies. They'll start to spy him, to cut down his running abilities and tendancies.
In the longer run, Lulay's passing percentage or number of passing yards won't make a huge difference to how I view him. A quarterback who executes the Chap offence the way Chap likes it will have a high passing percentage and lots of passing yards within the 20 yard lines.
The key stat to me, will be points on the board. Travis Lulay could become the next Dickenson. Or he could be third string in a year. Quarterbacks don't last long as starters in the Chap offence and in B.C. Injuries take their toll. Wally changes starting quarterbacks like a male satyr. We've seen a Dickenson almost smashed to death and ineffective in playoff games, we've seen a Casey Printers go from almost the second coming in 2004 to being a very confused man in 2005, we've seen a Buck Pierce changed from a reincarnation of a Matt Dunnigan to a quarterback who would throw 5 yard passes on second and eight, and we've seen a Jarious Jackson go from a quarterback who not only won 9/11 games in his first season starting to a quarterback who doesn't even know himself anymore, as a quarterback and doesn't understand why he's languishing on the bench. We've seen the return of magic in Printers in 2009 to the tentative quarterback he became in 2010.
Perhaps Travis will be able to rise above it all. He struggled in his first stint as our starter. He got a second stint and he looks better this time around. Chap is giving him outlets, such as using Robertson on swing passes out of the backfield, which we didn't do in the first half of the season as Chap goes to an off-set two back backfield often in passing situations. I hope Travis does rise above it. He seems like a quarterback who has the type of personality that he can rise above it. But there are potential challenges that will not be of his making. Chap's offence has its limitations. One never knows when Wally is going to the fortune teller or the team psychologist to determine whether he should switch starters or bench a starter. It can all play on the mind of any starting quarterback. That's been more than proven!. It will be interesting to see how this starting quarterback situation turns out.
