1st Round Busts

[Bulldog]

Who out of all the 1st round draft picks do you think will be a bust? I going to go with Vince Young. Great athlete, but I don't know if he'll be able to make the adjustment to the pro game. He could get away with some stuff at Texas because he is such a great athlete. But when you get to the NFL, there are great athletes all over the field. I don't think Vince will have the mental capacity to properly be able to disect the coverages he will see in the NFL.

[patmoran2006]

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Not to dis him, but Im hearing a lot that Whitner is too short and not a good enough run supporter rheoteric garbage nationally to suggest he'll be a bust..

Personally, I'll go with antonio Cromartie because SD has a history of drafting bad CB"s, headlined by Quentin Jammer... I also dont like KC's pick at 20 Tamba Hali.. And lastly, I have a weird feeling Ngata is going to spend a lot of his career on the Injury Report.

I see a lot of second round busts though, headlined by a pair of USC guys in Justice and White.

to the contrary, I really like a few first rounders who didnt come with a lot of hype: Detroits Ernie Sims, Cleveland's Kamerion Wimbley and SF with Manny Lawson.

[Mr. Pink]

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Kiwi with the Giants. Dude's barely gonna see the field, for obvious reasons.

[Jersey1031]

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Ngata, Kiwi

[Crisis]

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Young.

[jdbillsfan]

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to the contrary, I really like a few first rounders who didnt come with a lot of hype: Detroits Ernie Sims, Cleveland's Kamerion Wimbley and SF with Manny Lawson.

I've heard that Sims has had 5 concussions already. I thought Adam Schefter reported that on NFL network as why his stock might drop.

Guess it didn't drop, but he could have injury issues.

[DarbyTheDinosaur]

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Vince Young
Jay Cutler
Haloti Ngata

I say Young is the only guy in the NFL in ten years and by then he is just a journeyman bouncing around.

[Hounds]

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michael huff

[Dozerdog]

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Bunkley, Cromartie, and whomever the Dolphins picked

[Devin]

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Busts:

Honestly I think one of the lineman in the top 4 will be a bust. Either Mario or Brick. Cromartie has hardly played football in the past 2 years.

Better then expected:

Ngata, LenDale White, Cutler.

[Gunzlingr]

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Young. I didn't realize he played in a simplified one read offense, or that his mechanics were as bad as they showed on tv. I think he struggles big time.

[Gunzlingr]

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Bunkley, Cromartie, and whomever the Dolphins picked

Yeah, what gives. We get a bad draft grade for Wittner, when Cromartie didn't play at all last year, and has only started one college game? Seems like the whole system is crap if you ask me.

[Drive 4 Five]

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I think it will be whoever the Patriots, Jets, and those God awful Dolphins selected with their first choice.

Whose with me?

[hydro]

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I think it will be whoever the Patriots, Jets, and those God awful Dolphins selected with their first choice.

Whose with me?

Couldn't agree more!!!

[TigerJ]

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Not to dis him, but Im hearing a lot that Whitner is too short and not a good enough run supporter rheoteric garbage nationally to suggest he'll be a bust..

Personally, I'll go with antonio Cromartie because SD has a history of drafting bad CB"s, headlined by Quentin Jammer... I also dont like KC's pick at 20 Tamba Hali.. And lastly, I have a weird feeling Ngata is going to spend a lot of his career on the Injury Report.

I see a lot of second round busts though, headlined by a pair of USC guys in Justice and White.

to the contrary, I really like a few first rounders who didnt come with a lot of hype: Detroits Ernie Sims, Cleveland's Kamerion Wimbley and SF with Manny Lawson.

How tall is Troy Polamalu? Answer: 5'10" He's not a bust, is he? How tall is Bob Sanders? Answer: 5'8" Last time I looked, Indianapolis isn't ready to label him a bust. Oh that's right, he's a free safety. How tall is his teammate, Michael Doss? Answer: 5'10" How tall is Donte Whitner? answer: 5'10"

I'm not yelling at you, Pat. I will grant that Donte whitner is not prototypical in terms of his size to play strong safety, but it's hardly unprecedented for players his size to not only play and start at strong safety, but to excell at it. From everything we've heard since he was drafted, I think a lot of comparisons can be drawn between players like Troy Polamalu and Whitner, not only in terms of size, but speed, toughness, football mentality etc. That's not a bad comparison to have made about you if you're a young safety coming into the league.