Draft blunders in recent years

[AirFlacco]

Jimmy made the play of his life at the end of the SB.

SF is still whining about him.

The potential has always been there. He just keeps getting injured his first two years after
playing every game in the last couple years after his early suspension. He's been clean
in the pros but came back at the end of last year and did well and in the playoffs. Same
as this year doing well in the playoffs after being out.

His open field tackle in Denver vs Holliday won the game. It pinned them up vs the
goal line and led to the Corey Graham interception. He's good on special teams.

Too early to call him a bust. If he never makes another play the one he made in SB
was well worth the pick.

[HotInHere]

draft blunder is a subjective thing. Basically, seems to be any decision that is either poor value for the pick level, or terrible production.

A draft blunder (and yes, this is subjective) is when you do something that everyone at the time is pretty much in agreement that you were foolish to do. Examples: reaching for a player that you could have gotten later (Ted Ginn), or over-valuing a player and giving up too much to get him (Herschel Walker, Ricky Williams.) It is different from poor production (i.e. a bust) because you can't make a decision based on facts you don't have yet -- namely, how productive a player will be in the NFL. Teams often make very good, sound, universally lauded decisions that turn out poorly.

Both Boller and Brady were drafted where they were valued by most teams. Boller was going to be gone in the first round by someone, whereas even the Pats had no idea how good Brady was, or they wouldn't have passed on him five times. Those only look like blunders in hindsight. Brandon Weeden is a blunder because everybody outside of Cleveland knew it at the time that he would be serviceable at best, and was already old by NFL QB standards.

[AirFlacco]

Don't forget the Ravens blunders. Look at all these 2d and 3rd round busts.


Kyle Boller - 1st round set us back 5 years
TT - 1st round
Mark Clayton - 1st round
Paul Kruger - 2d at least for 4 years and then he bolts after 1 decent season
Dan Cody - 2d round
Anthony Weaver - 2d round
Sergio Kindle - 2d round in trade for Tebow to Denver
Terrance Cody - 2d round - Brandon Williams is pushing him into oblivion
Adam Terry - 2d round
Swan Edwards - 2d round after we gave NE first round for Boller and they got
Wilfork.
Patrick Johnson - 2d round leaving HIney Ward on the board
Gary Baxter - 2d round DB from Baylor
DeRon Jenkins - 2d round DB from Tenn
Chris Redman - 3rd round QB from Kentucky
Jay Graham - 3rd round RB from TEnn (had one good game)
Devard Darling - 3rd round WR
Yamon Figurs - 3rd round WR
Tevares Gooden - 3rd round LB
Antwan Barnes - 4th round LB
Dem Wills - 4th round WR