Shameful predictions you made about past drafts

[RandolphDuke]

I thought Cade McNown would be the best QB of the 1999 draft. That draft included Daunte Culpepper, Donovan McNabb, and Tim Couch (oh, and Akili Smith lol).

[Crisis]

Players I was wrong about off top of my head...

Aaron Curry
Robert Gallery
Glenn Dorsey
Mike Williams (USC WR)
Charles Rogers
LaRon Landry
Amobi Okoye

[gonzo1105]

I definetely thought Byron Leftwich would be the best QB of his class. Thought Broderick Bunkley was going to be a better pro than Haloti Ngata. Im sure there are more but those are the two that immediately stand out to me

[Crisis]

I also thought Michael Huff would turn into one of the best safeties in the league.

[stuckincincy]

Last year, it was Jerry Hughes...

[trapezeus]

i had hoped that joey harrington would be good when he was a lion. i don't know why. i drafted him in the 2nd round for my fantasy team to showcase i was right. that season did not end well for me...that was during my period where i wanted to show everyone how much smarter i was than them by making stupid picks. it coincided with the bills front office doing the same thing.

[BillsOverDolphins]

I thought Andy Dalton and Cam Newton would suck

[The King]

I thought Dick Jauron knew what he was doing when he drafted Whitner.

[ddaryl]

Thought our OT Mike Williams was a couldn't miss pick

[Buffalogic]

Thought Limas Sweed was going to be a good pro, didn't happen.

[DraftBoy]

Based on the 5 year curve, I though DE Jamaal Anderson would be a huge success.

[Forward_Lateral]

I thought Dick Jauron knew what he was doing when he drafted Whitner.

I'll never forget that draft. It was the afternoon of my buck and doe, and I had it on at the reception area where I was having it. When I heard Donte Whitner, I went "Who?". My buddy's also said "Who?" and laughed.

[Forward_Lateral]

I thought James Hardy would be a monster. I thought Maybin would also turn out to be a great pick. :ill:

[better days]

I thought Losman would be a good QB.

[ServoBillieves]

In recent years, I thought Hardy would be good, I also thought Maybin would be a great developmental player.

Whitner, if you've seen my video, I quite literally said FL said and has to ask my dad who he was. I almost freaked out when we "stole" Kyle Calloway in the 7th. I always had high hopes for Alvin Bowen, and I also have a Ko Simpson T-shirt.

I had high hopes for Coy Wire and Terrance Pennington... we see how that turned out. I truly, TRULY believe that Brad Butler was one of the biggest problems that ever happened to this team. Not the teams fault, not Butler's fault, but one injury turned that line in to swiss pretty quick.

[OpIv37]

I was hopeful when we got both Lynch and Poz, when the day before we were talking about getting Lynch OR Poz. I always had my doubts about Poz but I thought Lynch was can't miss and that Poz might not be first round material but was a steal in the second round. Oops.

And I was hoping Huff would fall to us the year we ended up with Whitner.

[dannyek71]

I didnt want Jarius Byrd and I thought Everett Brown would have been a great pickup.

I was right about the 2010 draft though. Angry when it happened.

[acehole]

I thought Cade McNown would be the best QB of the 1999 draft. That draft included Daunte Culpepper, Donovan McNabb, and Tim Couch (oh, and Akili Smith lol).


Robert Ayers DE

[FlyingDutchman]

Definately Cam Newton. I gave him no shot. He shut me up REAL quick

[Lefty2985]

Devin Thomas the wr

[SABURZFAN]

Tony Mandarich

[ddaryl]

Definately Cam Newton. I gave him no shot. He shut me up REAL quick

actually I can jump on that train too.. I never expected him to be a great QB, let alone come out of the gate the way he did

[streetkings01]

The FSU homer in me thought Buster Davis and Ernie Simms would be studs in the NFL........turns out I was wrong. I also thought the TE Alex Smith from Stanford would be a top 5 TE in the NFL..............I dont even know where the guy is these days?!?!?

I was wrong about Ray Rice too.........thought he would be a bum in the NFL........guys a complete and utter stud!

[PTI]

Thought we woudl take Jay Cutler.

[ZacGriffi~82]

Okoye

[we are]

I once said the bills decision not to take Matt leinart would be one of the biggest mistakes of all time

LMAO!

[alohabillsfan]

I said Gabbert would suck.... oh wait.... Nevermind!

[JCBills]

Robert Ayers - Though he hasn't been used how he should have (4-3 LE)

Jerry Hughes - Though he also hasn't been used how he should have (3-4 OLB)

Malcolm Kelly

Devin Thomas

[X-Era]

Joey Harrington
Derrick Morgan
Malcolm Kelly
Everette Brown

Just to name a few

[THRILLHO]

I was a Gabbert fan boy last year.

[gr8slayer]

Thought Limas Sweed was going to be a good pro, didn't happen.
You and I both. I generally don't have a lot of faith in players that come out of UT, but Sweed seemed different.

[don137]

I was excited when the Bills drafted Mike Williams. I also thought Devin Thomas and Limas Sweed would be great. Thought Randy Moss would never have a productive NFL career. Never thought Eli Manning would win a Super Bowl.

[T-Long]

Jimmy Claussen.

Enough said.

[Scumbag College]

I was so excited about James Hardy when the Bills drafted him. I watched him a bunch in college and thought they had a steal and a perennial pro bowler.

I also thought JP Losman was going to be comparable to John Elway and Steve Young. I wanted the Bills to take him with their first pick in the first round.

[clumping platelets]

Bills would, in no way, draft Willis McGahee................my lips are still burning

[The Jokeman]

Thinking a big WR, 6-2 and 215 lbs, coming off a season in which he had 83 receptions 1245 yards and 9 TDs his final year was going to be a great 1st Round pick. No I'm not referring to Michael Floyd but instead mean D'wayne Bates in 1999.

I was also one calling for Sweed to be our top pick a few years back.

[OpIv37]

Definately Cam Newton. I gave him no shot. He shut me up REAL quick
Yeah I screwed up on that one too.

[The Jokeman]

Yeah I screwed up on that one too.
I could admit to this but then again Daunte Culpepper had an outstading rookie year but what happened afterwards?

[djjimkelly]

Definately Cam Newton. I gave him no shot. He shut me up REAL quick



nobody is right or wrong with him yet

i can think of a few guys who started hot and fell apart

cam newton will be a sucess if he leads the panthers to the playoffs at least within 5 years of his draft

[elltrain22]

I also was against us drafting Cam Newton. I thought Aaron Maybin had great potential, but I was pissed we didn't draft Orakpo. I thought James Hardy would be great! I really thought he'd be a 1,000 yard receiver, but I was way wrong. I still think Marcus Easley will be good. I thought Shawn Nelson was gonna be the next Kellen Winslow.

Needless to say, I've been wrong alot!!

[Buffalogic]

Vince Young won rookie of the year in his first season. Cam could be good or he could fizzle out, but it's too early to tell I think

[FlyingDutchman]

nobody is right or wrong with him yet

i can think of a few guys who started hot and fell apart

cam newton will be a sucess if he leads the panthers to the playoffs at least within 5 years of his draft

Very true. Even Ryan Leaf started out not so bad. But I gotta say man, week 3 I knew I had him completely wrong. I live in Charlotte and was forced to watch a lot of games. The kid just looks so comfortable and in control. I can honestly say that if I got to choose to build my team around any QB in the league currently, or coming out of the draft this year, he would be in my top 3 consideration.

[gr8slayer]

Vince Young won rookie of the year in his first season. Cam could be good or he could fizzle out, but it's too early to tell I think
I think you're talking about two extremely different players. Vince got through solely on his athletic ability, Cam Newton on the other hand is a more complete QB. He can throw (much better than Young), he can run, but more importantly, he is both willing and able to learn multiple offenses. Vince Young was coddled from peewee league, all the way to the Tennessee Titans, and once in the NFL was finally exposed for what he is... a less than intellectual being. The stories of UT only having 10-15 plays in their offense has a lot more truth to it than a lot know, that's all that Vince was able to understand.

[THRILLHO]

I was so excited about James Hardy when the Bills drafted him. I watched him a bunch in college and thought they had a steal and a perennial pro bowler.



I remember I was excited for him because he was tall, and we needed red zone help bad. Then I remember seeing his first TD grab, a GREAT catch and yelling "THATS WHY WE DRAFTED HIM!" I never said that again about him...

[Bert102176]

I wanted us to draft Joey Harrington so bad thought he was gonna be great, and the RB from Penn St. Larry Johnson, boy was I wrong on both parts

[gr8slayer]

I wanted us to draft Joey Harrington so bad thought he was gonna be great, and the RB from Penn St. Larry Johnson, boy was I wrong on both parts
At least you got one partially right, if only for a year or two!

[Bert102176]

At least you got one partially right, if only for a year or two!



lol, true

[Bert102176]

forget his name he was a RB with the Raiders I believe maybe Napolean Kaufman ore his knee up majorly I thought he was gonna be great

[gr8slayer]

forget his name he was a RB with the Raiders I believe maybe Napolean Kaufman ore his knee up majorly I thought he was gonna be great
Kaufman left healthy to be a Christian minister. Maybe you're thinking of Bo Jackson?

[Bert102176]

how about Russell Copeland and Bucky Brooks when the Bills drafted them I thought they were gonna be really good

[Bert102176]

Kaufman left healthy to be a Christian minister. Maybe you're thinking of Bo Jackson?

No it wasn't Bo it was after him think it was on a monday night game in the 90's but yeah Bo was gonna be something special

[Albany,n.y.]

Before the 2004 draft, I called JP Losman "The next Brett Favre" and I was celebrating when the Bills drafted him. In fact, back then I was a lot more into the draft than I am now & when the Bills were on the clock, I would have my own draft. I hate to admit it now, but at pick 13, I "drafted" JP and when the Cowboys helmet changed to the Bills on ESPN, I started chanting JP, JP ...

[gr8slayer]

Before the 2004 draft, I called JP Losman "The next Brett Favre" and I was celebrating when the Bills drafted him. In fact, back then I was a lot more into the draft than I am now & when the Bills were on the clock, I would have my own draft. I hate to admit it now, but at pick 13, I "drafted" JP and when the Cowboys helmet changed to the Bills on ESPN, I started chanting JP, JP ...
I still wonder what may have been had he not lost the majority of his rookie year to the knee injury.

[THRILLHO]

Where is Ko Simpson? Pretty sure he had a shameful prediction about how great a rookie was and how much he was worth....

[BertSquirtgum]

I swore up and down that Cam Newton was going to be terrible.

[gr8slayer]

Where is Ko Simpson? Pretty sure he had a shameful prediction about how great a rookie was and how much he was worth....
Wow, there's a name I haven't heard in a while.

[thenry20]

I thought Andy Dalton and Cam Newton would suck

I suspected Dalton had talent but that it would take hiim at least a couple of years to adjust to the pro game.

Newton was a huge shocker to me. Randall Cunningham came to mind.

[cookie G]

Of the many I missed was Hardy. I really thought he could use his 6" + height advantage more than he did.

Worse was Rashaun Woods - 2004 Oklahoma State. Measurables similar to Blackmon. Still the Big 12 career reception leader, I think.

Bounced around the NFL and Canada for a while.

On the Bassmasters circuit now.

http://thebtlshow.com/2012/02/

[Luisito23]

I also thought Michael Huff would turn into one of the best safeties in the league.


You're definitely not alone, I remember distinctly that the majority of people here wanted him before Oak. too him

[Crisis]

I still wonder what may have been had he not lost the majority of his rookie year to the knee injury.

The same crappy player.

[Beebe]

Whats that guys name that plays for the jets now that use to wear that number 58 for us and had like 5 sacks against us last year.Yeah that guy,good first step huh yeah out the door.

[Night Train]

Tony Mandarich

Agreed. He looked like a monster coming out of Mich St. He couldn't miss.

[Mike]

Cam newton. So glad to be so wrong. He was an entertainment icon.

[Mski]

Michael Huff.... Thought he would make people forget about Polamoalu (sp)
Joe Flacco: said he would be the best QB taken in that draft (verdict is still out)
Mike Williams(WR USC): thought he would be great
James Hardy: thought he would be better than Plaxico
Ryan Mallett: wanted Buffalo to take him in the 3rd