CFL.ca Staff

TORONTO -- If you’re heading to any CFL stadiums for kickoff weekend, be sure to purchase yourself a lineup card.

As is the case in any off-season, there was plenty of movement among the eight teams, with players switching home addresses and exchanging jerseys almost every day.

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By The Numbers: West Division QBs (2011)
Travis Lulay: 342-583, 4,815 YDS, 32 TD, 11 INT
Steven Jyles: 124-218, 1,430 YDS, 7 TD, 11 INT
Drew Tate: 101-158, 1,346 YDS, 8 TD, 5 INT
Darian Durant: 299-489, 3,653 YDS, 18 TD, 14 INT

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However, when it comes to the most scrutinized position in football, there has never been an off-season quite like this.

To summarize: Ricky Ray is in Toronto, Henry Burris is in Hamilton, Kevin Glenn is in Calgary and Steven Jyles is starting in Edmonton.

With Ray and Burris moving from West to East, Travis Lulay and Darian Durant are the most established pivots in the West Division.

Lulay is coming off an exceptional season in B.C., one that saw him win the Most Outstanding Player award, as well as the Grey Cup MVP.

Durant, meanwhile, enters his seventh season in Saskatchewan aiming to bounce back following a sub-par season in Regina.

The Riders finished last in the West, with Durant passing for the fewest yards among all starting quarterbacks in the division.

In Calgary, after usurping the starting job from Burris in the latter stages of the 2011 season, Drew Tate will begin the year as the undisputed starter at McMahon Stadium. However, Glenn won’t be too far behind him.

Jyles, meanwhile, has the unfortunate task of replacing the venerable Ray. Having won two Grey Cup during his time in Edmonton, Ray has certainly cemented his spot in the city’s sports history books. Simply put, Jyles has big shoes to fill.

In the East Division, the elder statesman of the league is 39-year old Anthony Calvillo. Entering his 19th CFL season – 14 of which spent in Montreal – Calvillo will hope to get the Als back into Grey Cup form, having missed the big game for the first time in four years in 2011.

Despite being the oldest pivot in the league, Calvillo continues to prove to his naysayers that age is just a number.

"I was actually more concerned when I turned 30,'' he said to the Canadian Press. ''But now that I'm going to be 40, it's not a big issue to me because I don't feel that I'm turning 40.

"I'm still a little kid in my mind, playing this great game of football. And I have great people in my corner who take care of me and tell me what to do in terms of nutrition and workouts. As long as I follow their lead and we have great protection here, we're going to go out and have fun. And I'm going to stay healthy and help this team win.''

With the arrival of Ray and Burris in the East, Calvillo relishes the idea of added competition in a division he’s dominated for so long.

"You've got to respect those guys because they have proven themselves, and when you've got a veteran quarterback on your team you have a chance to win,'' he said. ''Hamilton beat us a couple of times last year and they were pretty much at par with us.

"With Henry there and a new coaching staff, I don't see that changing. Toronto I think has made a major upgrade with their entire team.''

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By The Numbers: East Division QBs (2011)
Buck Pierce: 261-411, 3,348 YDS, 14 TD, 18 INT
Ricky Ray: 343-526, 4,594 YDS, 24 TD, 11 INT
Henry Burris: 281-442, 3,687 YDS, 20 TD , 12 INT
Anthony Calvillo: 404-654, 5,251 YDS, 32 TD, 8 INT

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Toronto’s prized off-season acquisition, Ray, who joined the Argos in a blockbuster trade over the winter, is excited for the challenge that lays ahead for him.

His first test? Facing off against his former team, in the city he called home for so many years.

"You're going to look at them as another team, a team that you're not worried about other than going in there and getting a win,'' Ray said of facing the Eskimos. ''That's what is tough about this league, especially now with players moving around.

"You get so comfortable being on one team and a year later you're on a different team. You just have to be able to wipe that out of your memory and be in the present.''

The only other team in the East to not make change at quarterback was Winnipeg, who opted to stick with Buck Pierce.

Though Pierce threw more interceptions (18) than touchdowns (14), his production is expected to improve with the addition of Gary Crowton as offensive coordinator.