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I hated the pick, but calling a guy a bust after one year is really, really, really dumb.
Whitner was drafted too early, but is not a bust either. Good player. Not an impact player that you expect at #8 though. He is a much better player than JD Williams ever was. To have Whitner ahead of JD Williams? Ridiculous.
In addition, Parrish has contributed something, albeit only on punt returns. But he was the best punt returned in the league for a couple of years. Not a complete bust.
How is he a bigger bust than Bucky Brooks or Traynowicz, neither who did anything at all with the Bills? Brooks was on the roster for two years.
You are spending way too much time in the present.
If you go back further than 1985 you would have almost every pick in the first round as a Bills draft bust.
I don't have 10, but:
John McCargo - The Bills trade back into the first round to pick up this lazy, good for nothing, etc. They try to trade him and he even failed that.
Donte Whitner - I am not a hater of Whitner, but I remember a lot of Bills fans screaming for them to take Haloti Ngata here.
Willis McGahee - Donahoe decides to take a chance on a guy that blew out his knee in college, he wasn't a bad player but was such a douche. He blew out his welcome in Buffalo.
Erik Flowers - The brain trust at 1BD thought they would take a shot with a huge reach. It turned out to be a huge reach. Of course when you look back on that draft I am not sure the Bills did any research that year.
JP Losman - The Bills traded back into the first round to take the "fourth best" quarterback in the draft. I guess the potential was there, afterall he was sacked so many times in college.
Mike Williams - I remember that sinking feeling in my gut when they took this waste. This put the team in a hole for years.
I would add trades for first round picks (for quarterbacks) if I could.
In addition, Parrish has contributed something, albeit only on punt returns. But he was the best punt returned in the league for a couple of years. Not a complete bust.
He was so good at it that he got benched. There's nothing special in calling a Fair Catch.
Originally posted by Dr. Lecter
You are spending way too much time in the present.
That's because this is a "What have you done lately" league.
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