Favorite duds and disappointments

[Guiness]

Surprised no one mentioned Jamal.

A guy I thought was going to stick was Bill Ferrario. Big guard out of Wi, won the Outland award, iirc.

[DannoMac21]

I was a huge Terrence Murphy fan after he was drafted. It's such a sad story how his career ended.

I was also a huge Roell Preston fan. I have his jersey. I don't know why.

[Bossman641]

I was also a huge Roell Preston fan. I have his jersey. I don't know why.

Hahah, that is funny. Custom ordered?

[StPaulPackFan]

My biggest disappointment was Eddie Lee Ivory. He was an unbelievable RB prior to injuring his knee. After the injury he never came close to his old form. He could have been great one.

[swede]

My biggest disappointment was Eddie Lee Ivory. He was an unbelievable RB prior to injuring his knee. After the injury he never came close to his old form. He could have been great one.

Agreed

Young 'uns won't know how close we were to our own Adrian Peterson with that kid, and then his knee was shattered. Unluckily for him it iwas in the stone age days before proper surgery.

He played for a while at receiver I think after.

[retailguy]

R-Cal Truluck was a horrible trade and a colossial dud no mwtter who the GM was. Perspective was very crydtal clear on that one.

You are missing the point. The point was you spent so much time "bashing" others I didn't even "see" you had an opinion. (You typically don't).

Now, about your opinion.

As I recall, we obtained Truluck with 5th and 6th round picks at a position of NEED. (Pass rusher). We got him with picks from Oakland for Marques Anderson, so they weren't really "our" picks. (though picking draft picks would probably have been better....)

Truluck had his best season as a pro in 2003 registering 5 sacks in a part time role with Kansas City. He was young, and inexperienced with that "tangible upside" you seem to value so much.

Did it work out? Nope. Does it look silly today? Sure, with the benefit of hindsight. At the time, there was legitimate possibility...

[mraynrand]

Craig Nall

You should ask Merlin about him. He wanted Nall over Rodgers.

I should bring up one of Mike Sherman's "greatest" moves as GM, R-Cal Truluck. Shermy go him for a 5th and a 6th rounder. That was one hell of a coup.

when do we get to the point where you tell us what YOU think, instead of bashing others?

When are you going to ignore other people bashing others and just post YOUR thoughts so we can bash you?

[retailguy]

Craig Nall

You should ask Merlin about him. He wanted Nall over Rodgers.

I should bring up one of Mike Sherman's "greatest" moves as GM, R-Cal Truluck. Shermy go him for a 5th and a 6th rounder. That was one hell of a coup.

when do we get to the point where you tell us what YOU think, instead of bashing others?

When are you going to ignore other people bashing others and just post YOUR thoughts so we can bash you?

isn't that what I just did, and, what you just did?

[Joemailman]

I bought a Tony Mandarich jersey.

[Gunakor]

R-Cal Truluck was a horrible trade and a colossial dud no mwtter who the GM was. Perspective was very crydtal clear on that one.

You are missing the point. The point was you spent so much time "bashing" others I didn't even "see" you had an opinion. (You typically don't).

Now, about your opinion.

As I recall, we obtained Truluck with 5th and 6th round picks at a position of NEED. (Pass rusher). We got him with picks from Oakland for Marques Anderson, so they weren't really "our" picks. (though picking draft picks would probably have been better....)

Truluck had his best season as a pro in 2003 registering 5 sacks in a part time role with Kansas City. He was young, and inexperienced with that "tangible upside" you seem to value so much.

Did it work out? Nope. Does it look silly today? Sure, with the benefit of hindsight. At the time, there was legitimate possibility...

I remember being a little bit giddy about Truluck when that move was made. He did look okay when playing for the Chiefs the year before, so I was happy with the move.

Even considering hindsight, you have to remember who was drafting for us at the time. There's no guarantee Sherman's 5th and 6th round draft picks would be any better either.

[TravisWilliams23]

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.

I remember them well, Oregon. Grabowski did recover a fumble in the 1966 Championship game at Dallas and scored with it and Anderson was money on the final drive in the Ice Bowl a year later. Can't say I'm really down on either one of them because of the championship teams they were both part of.
However:

Jamal Reynolds and Tony Mandarich just make me cry. Especially Tony.
Coulda had Barry Sanders!!!

[Gunakor]

Coulda had Barry Sanders!!!

Or Deion Sanders.
Or Derrick Thomas.

[Freak Out]

My biggest disappointment was Eddie Lee Ivory. He was an unbelievable RB prior to injuring his knee. After the injury he never came close to his old form. He could have been great one.

I think we need to keep injuries out of this one....ELI was fantastic...not a disappointment at all before he was injured...we need to stick with guys who just stunk it up.

[cpk1994]

R-Cal Truluck was a horrible trade and a colossial dud no mwtter who the GM was. Perspective was very crydtal clear on that one.

You are missing the point. The point was you spent so much time "bashing" others I didn't even "see" you had an opinion. (You typically don't).

Now, about your opinion.

As I recall, we obtained Truluck with 5th and 6th round picks at a position of NEED. (Pass rusher). We got him with picks from Oakland for Marques Anderson, so they weren't really "our" picks. (though picking draft picks would probably have been better....)

Truluck had his best season as a pro in 2003 registering 5 sacks in a part time role with Kansas City. He was young, and inexperienced with that "tangible upside" you seem to value so much.

Did it work out? Nope. Does it look silly today? Sure, with the benefit of hindsight. At the time, there was legitimate possibility...

I didn't like the trade at all from the start., especially giving up two picks form him. It left me scratching my head.

[Bretsky]

Wanted to see Ferguson make a big comeback after the clothesline hit in 2004.

A comeback ???????????/ That implies he was something before the hit

Instead of returning to suck, he came back to sucked more