Those No Longer With Us

BigRedBuster said:
Is that the Canadian Football league?  He was the number one draft pick in the entire draft?
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Yeah - if I remember correctly, they have a limited number of roster spots for non-Canadian players and most of those are already filled. Not to downplay the honor for EMC, but there were only 18 total picks and 7 of those were kickers or punters. It's like a supplemental draft. 

There's also no guarantee these players will sign - Tory Taylor was picked in the 2nd round, but I imagine he'll go with the Chicago Bears who picked him in the 4th round of the NFL draft. But if he randomly gets cut (he won't), the B.C. Lions would have his rights for the CFL. Nouri Nouili was selected in the CFL draft as well, last pick to the Montreal Alouettes.

 
Good for him. Even though he left under rather strained circumstances (did you feel the strain?) I though he always conducted himself in classy manner. It would have been easy for things to go south durning the PCs after some of the losses where he was at the helm.

 
MyBloodIsRed16 said:
How much is he getting paid?  I think I'ld rather get paid a little less and be a starting QB in the USFL than a practice squad QB in the NFL
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You can do both, there's a reason the USFL is in the Spring. I can't find official numbers, but looks like they were expecting the general USFL salaries to be ~60k. QBs are probably making more than that. But NFL practice squad comes out to ~200k for the season, and really doesn't affect your USFL status - so I'm sure he'd take the opportunity, even if he ends up back in the USFL next Spring.

 
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