The Bust of the top five?

[Charles Woodson]

Poll of the night


Who do you think will be the top five bust?

[Anti-Polar Bear]

I voted Hawk.

[ND72]

"super Mario" = "super Bust"

[Anti-Polar Bear]

"super Mario" = "super Bust"

Michael Huff = "super star"

[ND72]

not going to fight you on that one at all Polar Bear. i just prefer Hawk...unless we trade down to 7.

[Deputy Nutz]

Some are just stupid.

I voted for Davis, he has the least experience out of them all.

[VegasPackFan]

I say Mario because for a guy with some inconsistent play, etc., they have him being the greatest DE ever already.

If he lacks heart and work ethic, (which he may) he could bomb.

[oregonpackfan]

I say Vince Young. He will not be allowed to run with the ball like he did in college. Mostly, he will have difficulty reading defenses and mastering a far more complex playbook than he was used to in college.

Oregonpackfan

[b bulldog]

Cutler was my choice

[Guiness]

Except I don't think Cutler will go top 5.

I voted Young because I think he won't be able to take control of the game the way he did in college. If a team is expecting him to do that, they'll be disappointed.

My second place vote would be for Bush, because I'm not so sure he'll hack in in the NFL. Picture this scenario:

Houston drafts Bush. They also decide to pick up Grady for the league minimum for some depth.

Training camp, Bush tries to run a draw play between the tackles. Grady pushes the center right back into him, and all three go down in a heap. Bush is on the bottom, and pulls a Ki-Jana, sitting out the whole season.

[Merlin]

I voted for Hawk. Although outside of Bush, I think they all will be a bust. They are too over hyped, all of them. It's hard to live up to the expectations of media hype, it get's worse every year.

[Tarlam!]

O.K. 50% of the Bush vote came from Moi. Don't form a posse - hear me out!?!

Look, I know shit-little about this game, I never ever wore a helmet. But, I see this kid's physical attributes, and I go WOW. This kid needs to hustle or die!

Hey, just a vote!

[swede]

I voted Bush before I read your post, Tar.

People are always trying to make the top draft pick into somebody alse: Barry Sanders or LaDanian.

He could just as easily be KiJana Carter.

[Guiness]

I voted for Hawk. Although outside of Bush, I think they all will be a bust. They are too over hyped, all of them. It's hard to live up to the expectations of media hype, it get's worse every year.

I agree with that. The way they are talked about, you almost expect each and everyone of them to be pro-bowl bound.

Look at the top 5 from some older drafts, that can be properly evaluated.

1 Cleveland Courtney Brown DE Penn State
2 Washington LaVar Arrington OLB Penn State
3 Washington Chris Samuels T Alabama
4 Cincinnati Peter Warrick WR Florida State
5 Baltimore Jamal Lewis RB Tennessee

Warrick and Brown were disappointments. How did Samuels fare? I really don't know.

1 Cleveland Tim Couch QB Kentucky
2 Philadelphia Donovan McNabb QB Syracuse
3 Cincinnati Akili Smith QB Oregon
4 Indianapolis Edgerrin James RB Miami
5 New Orleans Ricky Williams RB Texas

Couch, Smith, Williams. Williams showed flashes, but well...y'know.

98 was much the same (Forget Leaf. Curtis Enis anyone?), and so on. So top 5 is far from guaranteed. This is a very pertinent thread.

[Tarlam!]

Me and Swede agree, Bush aint worth it! We'll either fry together, or(far more likely) be the ONLY rats that qualify for "tol'ya'll'so" status after the draft!