murderleg wrote:
WarEagle wrote:
As far as 1st or 2nd round picks go, I would consider a player a bust if he isn't a starter.
That said, a first rounder can definitely be a big disappointment even if he is a starter, depending on how high he was picked.
Tavon Austin
Tavon Austin?
Try being a Browns Fan.
1-1 Tim Couch
1-1 Courtney Brown
1-3 Gerard Warren
1-16 William Green
1-21 Jeff Faine (Not a Bust, Not a Star either)
1-6 Kellen Winslow, Jr (Star Potential, Bust CAREER)
1-3 Braylon Edwards (Star Potential, Bust CAREER)
1-13 Kamerion Wimbley (decent Career, Bust due to High Draft Status)
1-3 Joe Thomas (HOF LT, woohoo! We finally hit on one!)
1-22 Brady Quinn
1-21 Alex Mack (Not a Bust)
1-7 Joe Haden (Not a Bust)
1-21 Phil Taylor
1-3 Trent Richardson
1-22 Brandon Weeden
1-6 Barkevious Mingo
1-8 Justin Gilbert
1-22 Johnny Manziel
1-12 Danny Shelton
1-19 Cameron Erving
1-15 Corey Coleman (Looks like we got another one! WOOHOO!)
So with 21 1st Round Picks the Cleveland Browns Drafted 13 Complete Busts *some of these guys recently Drafted can turn it around* in Erving, Shelton, Manziel, Gilbert, Mingo, Weeden, Richardson, Taylor, Quinn, Green, Warren, Brown and Couch.
Then they added 4 Career Busts, meaning they either played well but not up to Draft Status or had a good Year or Two but a ho-hum Career, and also didn't stay with the Browns for a majority of their Career in Wimbley, Edwards, Winslow Jr and Faine.
That's 17 Busts in 21 Picks.
The other 4 Players are Coleman, who is a Rookie WR still in his first Pre-Season, Joe Haden who has been good but never spectacular, Alex Mack who was a Pro Bowl level Center, and Joe Thomas who will go into the HOF at LT.
So if you ask a Brown's Fan what the Percentage of First Round Busts is... we'll say something around 85%. :D