Favorite duds and disappointments

[hoosier]

Rich Campbell. Not because of anything he ever showed in an NFL game, just because QBs picked #6 overall are supposed to turn out good. There were three HOFers picked after Campbell in the 1981 draft.

[Cheesehead Craig]

Craig Newsome.

[Bossman641]

Charles Lee and Torrance Marshall.

I have one of those daily Packer calendars that gives facts, trivia questions, and such. The other day the trivia was something like "Prior to James Jones in 2007, who was the last Packers rookie WR to start opening day?"

I was shocked to find out the answer was Charles Lee in 2000.

http://www.nfl.com/players/charleslee/gamelogs?id=LEE120213&season=2000

Some of you might remember better than me, but what the hell was going on in 2000 that we started a 7th round pick at WR in week 1?

[Bossman641]

Craig Newsome.

I'm not sure I'd count Newsome as a dud. I remember him being a pretty good CB until he tore up his knee or whatever.

[HarveyWallbangers]

I'll admit, I didn't remember a Walter Stanley. When I looked, I came across this site, which I thought was kind of neat in that you can just browse through the draft for each year and take a look at the career stats for each player. All very concise and an easy place to get lost down memory lane.

http://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1985.htm

I like their new layout.

[sharpe1027]

Antuan Edwards - High pick seemed to have potential, major stress on "seemed".
Corey Bradford - Kept showing flashes suggesting that he could be a consistent deep threat. Consitently disappeared.

[pbmax]

How about another receiving Charles? Charles Jordan. At one time he seemed to be in the same vein as Brooks and Freeman as a returner first then establishing himself as a receiver. Never happened.

[sheepshead]

This should be the Official Break-Your-Heart Thread.

[bigcoz75]

Craig Nall

[Cheesehead Craig]

Craig Newsome.

I'm not sure I'd count Newsome as a dud. I remember him being a pretty good CB until he tore up his knee or whatever.

Injuries really killed his career, I was disappointed in that. It's the dud/disappointment thread after all.

[Fritz]

Derrick Mayes, Torrance Marshall, Mark D'Onofrio, Don Davey, David Whitehurst, Travis Jervey, Jonathan Brown, Anthony "Hammer Toe" Lucas, and Gary Berry.

[SkinBasket]

Derrick Mayes, Torrance Marshall, Mark D'Onofrio, Don Davey, David Whitehurst, Travis Jervey, Jonathan Brown, Anthony "Hammer Toe" Lucas, and Gary Berry.

You need a hug.

[oregonpackfan]

Any of you old-timers remember WR Bob Long? He was supposed to be the fastest, white, wide receiver ever to wear the green and gold. He never amounted to much.

Fullback Jim Grabowski was also a major disappointment. He and halfback(that's what they called tailbacks in those days) Donny Anderson were supposed to effectively replace the star running tandem of fullback Jim Taylor and halfback Paul Hornung.

While Anderson had a good NFL career(but not great), Grabowski suffered knee problems and had a short, ineffective, NFL career.

[pbmax]

Derrick Mayes, Torrance Marshall, Mark D'Onofrio, Don Davey, David Whitehurst, Travis Jervey, Jonathan Brown, Anthony "Hammer Toe" Lucas, and Gary Berry.

Don Davey had a decent career after leaving the Packers for Jacksonville. He runs a successful investing/brokerage out of Florida now. The Badgers are continually trying to get him to work for the Athletic Dept.

[AV David]

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