So the NFL Draft is coming up soon and if you are like me your team has a top 10 pick that is more than likely gonna be either a complete bust or a respectable player with no actual star potential who never really earns that huge signing bonus and eventually he'll end up playing for another team in 4 years and helping that team reach a Super Bowl while your team keeps missing the playoffs and getting more top 10 busts.
Now usually the player most likely to bust is a QB...which makes sense as it is by far the hardest to transition from college to the NFL. the streets are littered with the likes of 1st round draft pick Quarterback busts. Tim Couch, Akili Smith, Rick Mirer, Dan McGwire, Cade McNown, Joey Harrington (oh wait...i forgot the Falcons gave him a fucking job), David Klingler, Andre Ware, Robo-QB Todd Marinovich, Heath Shuler, and poor old Ryan Leaf are all more punch lines than they are Quarterbacks. each of those players probably set back the franchises that drafted them anywhere from 3 to 5 seasons or in the Lions case for eternity as they drafted two of those dickheads. this draft has names like Ryan, Flacco, Henne, Brennan who could all become the next big punch lines for future NFL drafts. this year's draft offers a lot less talent, with only a couple of "sure thing/can't misses" in Darren McFadden, Jake Long, and more than likely Chris Long (even though i don't think he's worth the top pick in the draft...maybe top 10) but after those names it becomes a total crap shoot.
anyways here's my list of the top 10 likely first or second rounders in this year's class who are gonna be NFL busts.
1. Matt Ryan (QB, Boston College)- i think it's been well documented on this site about my overall fear/hatred/disgust at the love and admiration being heaped upon Matt Ryan this year. sometimes i think i am possibly being irrational, but then i think about it and i say, "no you are totally right, this guy sucks" and then i feel better. has there ever been a bigger divide between the opinions of most college football fans and NFL draft experts on the skill level of a player? "he makes all the throws" is the argument i always hear for Matty Ice. really? so 19 interceptions in a crappy ACC equals making all the throws. ok. let's be totally objective. is Matt Ryan as good as Jay Cutler? No. how bout Matt Leinart? nah bra. Brady Quinn. nope. Eli Manning, Phillip Rivers, Vince Young, or the guy everyone tries to compare him too Ben Roethlisberger? hell fuck no. so why is he being considered a top 5 pick worth risking the future of your franchise on? he isn't. i have a huge problem with taking a player as the number one pick in the draft after his senior season that wouldn't have even gotten drafted in the first 4 rounds if he'd gone pro as a junior. your stock doesn't improve that much in one season. anyways i've said enough about Ryan the past few months and honestly as long as he's not a Falcon then i could give a shit, but Ryan is always in my heart gonna be a bust until he shows me otherwise. and by shows me otherwise he has to win a fucking Superbowl like Eli did. really, i just think he's gonna end up the next Alex Smith and ask the 49ers how they are feeling about that pick.
2. DeSean Jackson (WR, California)- this year's Ted Ginn. more of a return man than a true wide receiver. a great value if he dropped to the 2nd round, but not worth the money you'd have to throw at him in the 1st round for Jackson to return punts...unless he becomes the next Devin Hester, which he won't.
3. Leodis McKelvin (CB, Troy)-maybe i'm wrong about this guy, but Troy got torched by the big time schools they played and i don't remember ever even hearing about this guys name until the combine. a big question mark for sure.
4. Fred Davis (TE, USC)- probably won't be a 1st round pick but likely will be the top tight end taken, so he's worth mentioning. let's see, skill player at USC who caught balls. so far they don't have much of a track record in the NFL. avoid.
5. Limas Sweed (WR, Texas)- did nothing his senior year. played in a conference with no corners. got shut down against Oklahoma.
6. Vernon Gholston (DE, Ohio State)- the classic example of a guy having the physical gifts but i don't actually believe he'll produce in the NFL.
7. Dan Connor (LB, Penn State)- okay seriously, if this guy played for Michigan State or Indiana would would even know who he was? awesome, so you are a slowish white Linebacker who can tackle slowish running backs in the Big 10. congratulations here's your huge check. have fun sitting the bench behind this 5th round pick we got out of Middle Tennessee State two years ago who make 400 thousand a year and leads the team in tackles. can you make sure the Gatorade buckets stay full? thanks.
8. Devin Thomas (WR, Michigan State)- a receiver from Michigan State, in the NFL. you mean like Carlos Rogers? nuff said.
9. Ray Rice (RB, Rutgers)- won't be a 1st round pick, but his name will get him taken a lot higher than he should go. i'm willing to beat he won't even make the team that drafts him.
10. Chad Henne (QB, Michigan)- got worse every year during college. is their some law that says all Michigan QBs must be drafted in the NFL? he's not the next Tom Brady. probably not even the next Brian Griese.
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