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Stephen Harper may now regret appointing Mike Duffy to the Senate, given the damage the expenses scandal did to his government. But that appointment helped to achieve in a very limited, backhanded way a policy goal of Harper's government: Senate reform.
Roy Exum: Why I Adore ‘Country’ Tuesday, May 18, 2021 - by Roy Exum
Roy Exum
A long time ago, maybe 40 years or more, I would hit the road early Monday afternoon, drive hard to some town in Georgia and Alabama, and speak to the Quarterback Club in Athens, Gainesville, Muscle Shoals, or Decatur. It was easier than picking low-hanging fruit. Tell three good jokes, recite a poem, and share some inside SEC stuff and you were golden. They would pay a grand to $1,500 – later it was more - and my calendar was chock full. I had great fun doing it, met some great people, and enjoyed a lot of laughs.
Team 90s in this debate includes two Hall of Famers, four 10,000-yard receivers, and
eight Pro Bowlers. The Jets began the draft with Keyshawn Johnson the last receiver to go No. 1 and the Colts grabbed Marvin Harrison with a first-round pick obtained via 1994 s Jeff George trade. A year after trading up for J.J. Stokes, the 49ers found Jerry Rice s true heir apparent in Terrell Owens (Round 3). This class s depth, however, wins out. First-rounder Eric Moulds made three Pro Bowls and took the Bills WR1 baton from Andre Reed; Joe Horn (Round 5) made four as a Saint; Muhsin Muhammad (Round 2) played 14 seasons; the Giants depended on Amani Toomer for over a decade. Also including Terry Glenn, Bobby Engram, and Eddie Kennison, this draft remains the bar 25 years later.
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FRISCO, Texas – With this gold rush-like dash for first-round quarterbacks in next week s NFL Draft taking place, does that not remind you how fortunate the Cowboys have been finding starting-quality, franchise-type quarterbacks for the past 18 seasons?
Or for their entire history?
Talk about slot-machine lucky.
Think about it. There is a chance five teams will spend a first-round pick, maybe even all five in the top-10 of this draft, on a quarterback. Teams have been trading the ranch to position themselves within the top 10 for a quarterback this year.
Or they have traded nearly their first born to acquire a proven veteran quarterback, and in doing so in a few instances, incurred salary-cap crippling amounts of dead money to do so.