Now Lulay retired - who is your favourite BC Lions Quarterback ever?
Posted: Sun Mar 03, 2019 7:44 pm
Several years ago on this board, we would have some various threads comparing all the various BC Lions players, coaches, general managers, games, seasons, etc. In light of the fact Travis Lulay retiring, I think it's time to create another such thread for the first time in a long while. To try to make this comparison as fair as possible using apples-to-apples, let's compare all the retired BC Lions quarterbacks and tell me who is your favourite Lions quarterback ever.
I've added a poll. Since the poll only allows up to 10 choices, I've chosen the 10 former BC Lions quarterbacks who were good and/or popular to at least make it in the top 10 favourite Lions QB's ever.
Repeating some of the things that I stated in the other thread about the retirement of Travis Lulay, I already stated that ranked #1 terms of total seasons and total games played as a Lion QB:
Total Number of Seasons as a BC Lions Quarterback
1) Travis Lulay, 10 seasons (2009 - 2018)
2) Roy Dewalt, 8 seasons (1980 - 1987)
3) Damon Allen (1996 - 2002), Joe Paopao (1978 - 1983, 1990), Jarius Jackson (2005 - 2011) - tied 7 seasons each
6) Joe Kapp (1961 - 1966), Buck Pierce (2005-2009, 2013) - tied 6 seasons each
8) Dave Dickenson (2003 - 2007), Don Moorhead (1971-1975), Casey Printers (2003-05, 2009-10) - tied 5 seasons each
Total Number of Games as a BC Lions Quarterback
1) Travis Lulay, 140 games
2) Roy Dewalt, 125 games
3) Damon Allen, 120 games
4) Jarious Jackson - 108 games
5) Joe Kapp and Buck Pierce, 91 games each
And there are three other positive offensive statistics in which Lulay ranks in the top 3:
Total Number of Yards Passing as a BC Lions Quarterback
1) Damon Allen - 27,621
2) Roy Dewalt - 22,863
3) Travis Lulay - 21,352
Total Number of Pass Completions as a BC Lions Quarterback
1) 2,037 - Damon Allen
2) 1,705 - Roy Dewalt
3) 1,658 - Travis Lulay
Total Number of Touchdown Passes as a BC Lions Quarterback
1) 136 - Damon Allen
2) 129 - Roy Dewalt
3) 127 - Travis Lulay
Here are some other distinctive and unique facts about Travis Lulay over other Lions QB greats:
#1.
He is only one of three BC Lions quarterbacks to win CFL Most Outstanding Player after Doug Flutie in 1991 and Casey Printers in 2004.
#2.
He was the first ever Lion to win BOTH a CFL Most Outstanding Player AND a Grey Cup Most Valuable Player. The other Lions GC MVP winners Dave Dickenson, Robert Drummond, Roy Dewalt did not win Most Outstanding Players as Lions, while other Lion MOP award winners like Solomon Elimimian, Casey Printers, David Williams did not win a Grey Cup. Finally, Lion MOP who won a Grey Cup like Geroy Simon and Mervyn Fernandez were not selected as the Grey Cup Most Valuable Player.
#3.
Finally, the biggest and most unique and distinctive takeaway is that compared to the nine other Lion QB's in the poll, Travis Lulay was a BC Lion throughout his entire CFL career. For longer-termed Lions like Dewalt, Kapp, Printers, and Jackson, while they spent their majority of their time as Lions they nevertheless did indeed play for the CFL teams. And then for other CFL legends and Hall of Fame members like Flutie, Dunigan, McManus, Allen, and Dickenson - they played for other teams for many seasons as well and they did very well in their other teams by winning championships and/or individual awards with their other respective teams and also helped beat the Lions in notable games. And when one is asked to associate a team for that great QB, one is less likely to associate the BC Lions for that QB and as such, your views on that player might be clouded. But for Travis Lulay, there's no clouding at all as he was always and only a BC Lion. And he never bailed out on the team or request a trade like several other great Lion QB's on the poll.
With all that said, will you rank Travis Lulay as your #1 BC Lions Quarterback ever given his longevity and loyalty to the team over the good but short-term Lions QB's?
I've added a poll. Since the poll only allows up to 10 choices, I've chosen the 10 former BC Lions quarterbacks who were good and/or popular to at least make it in the top 10 favourite Lions QB's ever.
Repeating some of the things that I stated in the other thread about the retirement of Travis Lulay, I already stated that ranked #1 terms of total seasons and total games played as a Lion QB:
Total Number of Seasons as a BC Lions Quarterback
1) Travis Lulay, 10 seasons (2009 - 2018)
2) Roy Dewalt, 8 seasons (1980 - 1987)
3) Damon Allen (1996 - 2002), Joe Paopao (1978 - 1983, 1990), Jarius Jackson (2005 - 2011) - tied 7 seasons each
6) Joe Kapp (1961 - 1966), Buck Pierce (2005-2009, 2013) - tied 6 seasons each
8) Dave Dickenson (2003 - 2007), Don Moorhead (1971-1975), Casey Printers (2003-05, 2009-10) - tied 5 seasons each
Total Number of Games as a BC Lions Quarterback
1) Travis Lulay, 140 games
2) Roy Dewalt, 125 games
3) Damon Allen, 120 games
4) Jarious Jackson - 108 games
5) Joe Kapp and Buck Pierce, 91 games each
And there are three other positive offensive statistics in which Lulay ranks in the top 3:
Total Number of Yards Passing as a BC Lions Quarterback
1) Damon Allen - 27,621
2) Roy Dewalt - 22,863
3) Travis Lulay - 21,352
Total Number of Pass Completions as a BC Lions Quarterback
1) 2,037 - Damon Allen
2) 1,705 - Roy Dewalt
3) 1,658 - Travis Lulay
Total Number of Touchdown Passes as a BC Lions Quarterback
1) 136 - Damon Allen
2) 129 - Roy Dewalt
3) 127 - Travis Lulay
Here are some other distinctive and unique facts about Travis Lulay over other Lions QB greats:
#1.
He is only one of three BC Lions quarterbacks to win CFL Most Outstanding Player after Doug Flutie in 1991 and Casey Printers in 2004.
#2.
He was the first ever Lion to win BOTH a CFL Most Outstanding Player AND a Grey Cup Most Valuable Player. The other Lions GC MVP winners Dave Dickenson, Robert Drummond, Roy Dewalt did not win Most Outstanding Players as Lions, while other Lion MOP award winners like Solomon Elimimian, Casey Printers, David Williams did not win a Grey Cup. Finally, Lion MOP who won a Grey Cup like Geroy Simon and Mervyn Fernandez were not selected as the Grey Cup Most Valuable Player.
#3.
Finally, the biggest and most unique and distinctive takeaway is that compared to the nine other Lion QB's in the poll, Travis Lulay was a BC Lion throughout his entire CFL career. For longer-termed Lions like Dewalt, Kapp, Printers, and Jackson, while they spent their majority of their time as Lions they nevertheless did indeed play for the CFL teams. And then for other CFL legends and Hall of Fame members like Flutie, Dunigan, McManus, Allen, and Dickenson - they played for other teams for many seasons as well and they did very well in their other teams by winning championships and/or individual awards with their other respective teams and also helped beat the Lions in notable games. And when one is asked to associate a team for that great QB, one is less likely to associate the BC Lions for that QB and as such, your views on that player might be clouded. But for Travis Lulay, there's no clouding at all as he was always and only a BC Lion. And he never bailed out on the team or request a trade like several other great Lion QB's on the poll.
With all that said, will you rank Travis Lulay as your #1 BC Lions Quarterback ever given his longevity and loyalty to the team over the good but short-term Lions QB's?