Which NFL player did you think was going to be good but turned out to be a bust?

[BarleyNY]

2 minutes ago, ChronicAndKnuckles said:

My friend still gives me **** about Locker to this day. And Clausen. Both massive busts 

That sucks. I did not believe in Clausen, but injuries can rob any player of their career. Locker, Okudah, Luck, Courtney Brown, etc., etc.

[BarleyNY]

8 hours ago, GunnerBill said:

 

I'd give yourself a pass on Blackmon. He didn't fail for football reasons.

The rumors were out there well before the draft in regards to Blackmon’s problems. Usually it goes that way. Darron Lee (tOSU, Jest) is another example. Sometimes you can get the kid some help and he takes it and surprises you though. Tyrann Mathieu certainly turned his life around. Where in the draft a team takes chances like that matter a lot obviously. 

[CookieG]

Actually 2 came from the same team in the same year.

 

Sedrick Ellis and Keith Rivers, 2008.  Ellis didn't have a great 40 time, but he had a great senior year and was basically unblockable at the Senior Bowl.  RIvers could fly and I thought he was going to be a Derrick Brooks.

 

But then, 2008 was the year of the Top 10 defensive bust.

 

Glenn Dorsey

Vernon Gholston (sp.)

Ellis

Derrick Harvey

Rivers

 

Were all taken at spots 5-9 of that draft.  But it was Ellis and Rivers that I thought would shine.

 

 

[Chicken Boo]

On 4/22/2023 at 2:07 AM, Wizard said:

I thought Aaron Curry was going to be the best in his draft class. I expected he would have a 10+ year career with some pro bowls appearances and all-pro selections.

 

 

And he was supposed to be the safest pick in the draft.  

[Chicken Boo]

On 4/22/2023 at 9:24 AM, MrEpsYtown said:

Justin Hunter is another. 

 

Good pull.  Hunter was so good at Tennessee.  I loved his game.  

[Sierra Foothills]

3 hours ago, Yantha said:

Alabama quarterback A J McCarron..🤦‍♂️

 

McCarron was drafted in the 5th round.

 

Not many people were expecting much from him.

 

47 minutes ago, ChronicAndKnuckles said:

My friend still gives me **** about Locker to this day. And Clausen. Both massive busts 

 

Clocker and Clausen.

 

 

[Riverboat Ritchie]

Mike Williams. 

[Albany,n.y.]

JP Losman. Back in 2004 I used to study the draft a lot more than I now do & I would put together a draft board & draft the same time as the Bills.  I "drafted" JP at pick 13 & cheered when the Bills traded up for him.  Then I doubled down & brought two pieces of paper to a game, onewith J & one with P & when Bledsoe made a bad play I would chant J P and hold up the letters to match my chant.  

Edited April 23, 2023 by Albany,n.y.

[Sierra Foothills]

44 minutes ago, Riverboat Ritchie said:

Mike Williams. 

 

Which Mike Williams?

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Williams_(offensive_lineman)

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Williams_(wide_receiver,_born_1984)

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Williams_(wide_receiver,_born_1987)

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Williams_(wide_receiver,_born_1994)

 

🙃

 

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

12 minutes ago, Sierra Foothills said:

 

Which Mike Williams?

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Williams_(offensive_lineman)

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Williams_(wide_receiver,_born_1984)

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Williams_(wide_receiver,_born_1987)

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Williams_(wide_receiver,_born_1994)

 

🙃

 

No, not them.  The other one(s).

[John from Riverside]

5 hours ago, ßookie_tech said:

Would you say Sammy Watkins is a bust?

No
 

Did he live up to his draft selection? No but he has made a final career for himself in the league

[Shortchaz]

If there was a thread for dollars earned compared to performance Sam Bradford would be on it 

[Yantha]

6 hours ago, Sierra Foothills said:

 

McCarron was drafted in the 5th round.

 

Not many people were expecting much from him.

 

I know....  I thought he was being unfairly underrated.

 

I guess that's why I'm not a scout!

[Norcalbillsfan]

4 hours ago, Shortchaz said:

If there was a thread for dollars earned compared to performance Sam Bradford would be on it 

He made some serious cash, but I wouldn't necessarily call him a bust, in the extremely rare cases when he was healthy he played well at times. But the guy was built of glass.

[BuffBillsForLife]

Sam Darnold

[Beast]

Vernon Gholston

[jethro_tull]

Robert Woods.  He killed it at USC and I was ecstatic when the Bills picked him.  Not bad but never a star.  

[MarkyMannn]

On 4/22/2023 at 6:02 PM, Green Lightning said:

Walt Patulski

My choice too and it pains me as I'm Polish😕

 

Josh Rosen as other posters have said too. But here's a spin, are you really a bust with career earnings of $19 million. I get it, performance vs income

Edited April 23, 2023 by MarkyMannn

[Orlando Buffalo]

7 hours ago, Sierra Foothills said:

 

Which Mike Williams?

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Williams_(offensive_lineman)

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Williams_(wide_receiver,_born_1984)

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Williams_(wide_receiver,_born_1987)

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Williams_(wide_receiver,_born_1994)

 

🙃

 

Good point, lesson learned is not to draft any Mike Williams.

29 minutes ago, jethro_tull said:

Robert Woods.  He killed it at USC and I was ecstatic when the Bills picked him.  Not bad but never a star.  

To call him a bust you must have expected him to be top 5 every year. He is top 25 in total receiving yards since joining the league, with two 1100+ yard seasons while being a great down field blocker. 

[SirAndrew]

17 hours ago, John from Riverside said:

No
 

Did he live up to his draft selection? No but he has made a final career for himself in the league

This is where I view it differently. I’d say that not living up to one’s draft selection is the exact definition of bust.