Players who "had bust written all over them"

[bgeno]

Quote: Originally Posted by baumy300

That frickin' guy What about Lawrence Phillips and Mike Williams from USC? Also Maurice Clarrett. I think Clarrett wasn't expected to do too much after he was drafted, but I know people thought he would be great while he was still in college. I also expected Mike Williams to be a productive receiver.

You've got it backwards.

The OP is looking for people who were SUPPOSED to be busts. Not people who were supposed to be good when they were in college.

[shotgun styles]

Quote: Originally Posted by bgeno

You've got it backwards. The OP is looking for people who were SUPPOSED to be busts. Not people who were supposed to be good when they were in college.

If that's the standard then I'll go Plaxico Burress. When we took him out of Michigan State, EVERY sports pundit declared him a bust. He turned out to be pretty good...

[KOL]

Ryan Leaf
Curtis Enis
Alex Smith
Vince Young
Reggie Bush
Rex Grossman

Players that look like busts in this years draft:
Matthew Stafford
Michael Crabtree

[mKoz26]

Quote: Originally Posted by TedSox9

Ryan Leaf Curtis Enis Alex Smith Vince Young Reggie Bush Rex Grossman Players that look like busts in this years draft: Matthew Stafford Michael Crabtree

Add Andre Smith to the bust list for this year.

[Fox1994]

Quote: Originally Posted by NOBLE

This thread is confusing and if the objective is what I think it is, then a lot of these names are void. Most of the prospects who were given a high bust factor (Jimmy Williams, Charles Rogers, Mike Williams [both of them]) have typically underperformed or washed out of the league. Then you have the combine all-stars (Chris Johnson, Vernon Davis, etc.) who I sometimes differentiate from the "massive bust look" guys. I think it would be hard to find a lot guys who had that label consistently among draft fanatics that actually panned out. Here are some guys I was down on on draft day that actually flourished: 2003: Scrabble, Calvin Pace*, Nick Barnett 2004: Eli Manning, Chris Gamble, Roy Williams 2005: Roddy White, Aaron Rodgers, Lofa Tatupu 2006: Tamba Hali*, Mathias Kiwanuka, Lendale White, Brandon Marshall * = still up in the air

Eli's still up in the air. '08 was his first good year.

Quote: Originally Posted by trobinson97

I was pretty surprised by Eli Manning. He had all the makings of a bust but managed to step out from under his brother's and father's shadows to make his own name.

That's very debatable. Had he done anything less than made the Conference Championship for the '07-'08 season they'd have drafted a guy in the second or third round in the '08 draft. Had he not made the playoffs, they might have taken someone in the first.

Quote: Originally Posted by shotgun styles

Brad Johnson. Trent Dilfer. Jeff Hostettler. Mark Rypien. Eli Manning. Marginal QBs who won Superbowls. You don't have to be good to win a ring, you just have to not lose the big game ala Rex Grossman who was 2 or 3 first down throws away from beating the Colts.

^Or Big Ben in his first one. No offense.

Honestly, I hate to agree with Steelers fans, but you're right. Eli was garbage until the 2008-2009 season. Now he's developed his older brother's problem - choking in big games... jk. Mostly. It probably would've helped to have some dependable receivers.

In his defense, he admitted to the Tyree catch being a Hail Mary pass and never made any claim to being some great drive-engineer a la Mr. Unitas.

[Sanchez_Mareno]

Adam Jones

[osubucksfan47]

Quote: Originally Posted by baumy300

That frickin' guy What about Lawrence Phillips and Mike Williams from USC? Also Maurice Clarrett. I think Clarrett wasn't expected to do too much after he was drafted, but I know people thought he would be great while he was still in college. I also expected Mike Williams to be a productive receiver.

Clarrett ruined his chances at a pro career once he tried to go pro after his freshman year. He had to take a year off from football, didn't stay in shape, but I think he could have been solid had he stayed at OSU.

[trobinson97]

Quote: Originally Posted by Fox1994

That's very debatable. Had he done anything less than made the Conference Championship for the '07-'08 season they'd have drafted a guy in the second or third round in the '08 draft. Had he not made the playoffs, they might have taken someone in the first.

Are we talking about what ifs, or what is?