[B]BC's QB Casey Printers will dress but he is not starting, by looking at the tapes his knee was bent backwards not good. Travis Lulay gets the nod tonight and he is a decent thrower but lacks the mobility that Printers has. The line has obviously come down and I make the Argos -3 now and would play them at PK or better.[/B]
SURREY, B.C. -- A lot has changed for quarterback Travis Lulay in the three years since he last started a football game.
Lulay will be in a new league, on a different continent, when he leads the B.C. Lions against the Toronto Argonauts on Friday night (TSN, 7:30 p.m. ET). A knee injury to Casey Printers means the second-year player from Salem, Ore., will get his first CFL start.
"It's exciting," Lulay said after the Lions practised Wednesday before flying to Toronto. "You prepare to play and be the guy.
"It's unfortunate for Casey that he is dinged up. That's the nature of the business sometimes. I have been preparing myself mentally to be ready when ever I got the call. It's this week and it's time to go."
Printers watched practice from the sidelines wearing a brace on his sore right knee. He rode a stationary bicycle but did not participate in any drills.
He injured the knee in the third quarter of Friday's 16-12 loss to the Montreal Alouettes. An MRI was done Tuesday morning and the decision was made later in the day to rest him this week.
"It's a lot of swelling that is going on now," Printers said. "The best thing is to sit down and let everything heal. I will see where it goes from there.
"It is what it is. I would love to be out there with the team. There are certain things out there that won't let you do that. It's part of the process. It's frustrating but it's part of it."
The former league MVP will travel with the Lions (1-2) and dress as the No. 3 quarterback. Veteran Jarious Jackson, who underwent shoulder surgery in January, will be Lulay's backup.
Lulay's last start was June 3, 2007, when he played for the Berlin Thunder of NFL Europe. The Thunder lost and Lulay was injured during the game and didn't play for the rest of the season.
