Worst draft picks since 2000 for every team

[Montsta]

I wanted Rashaun Woods and was pissed that the 49ers got him. I suck at NFL scout.

[El Chingon]

Wow, brings back memories, bad ones.

[X-Clown]

Two words:

- Position

- Paycheck

Well, that gives him more offensive production than Dexter Jackson.

Gholston was a high first rounder and signed for 40 million versus 50 million for Sanchez. You're telling me that Sanchez wasn't at least 25 percent better than a guy who did nothing?

[DaveThePanther2008]

Anderson because he couldn't leave the Nose Candy alone.  Brown is a close second because we gave up a 1st to get him and he did absolutely nothing.  All the others were 2nd round and below so their spots in the draft make them less of a bust then Anderson and Brown.

 

Otah being a third one because we gave quite a bit up to move into the first round to get him and he played less than half of the games while he was with us.

[Mr. Scot]

Gholston was a high first rounder and signed for 40 million versus 50 million for Sanchez. You're telling me that Sanchez wasn't at least 25 percent better than a guy who did nothing?

 

How much of each guy's salary was guaranteed?

 

More to the point though, blowing a high pick on a bad defensive end is a omparitively easy fix.  Blowing a pick on a bad quarterback is devastating and can set a franchise back for years.

[rayzor]

i know it was before 2000, but would sean gilbert have counted? afterall, he was pretty much two first round picks wasted on a bum.

[Mr. Scot]

i know it was before 2000, but would sean gilbert have counted? afterall, he was pretty much two first round picks wasted on a bum.

 

Gilbert isn't technically a draft pick, though we did trade draft picks to get him.

 

If you wanna open up the whole gamut you're gonna have a hard time picking anyone but Rae Carruth.  You might have to frame the question as "worst pick other than Carruth".

 

[jbland]

I don't know ANY of these guys.

There's a reason for that.

[thefuzz]

Whew, that list smells awful funky.

 

We are in salary cap trouble because of Hurney's inability to draft for depth later in the draft.  He was awful at that.

 

 

[Mr. Scot]

Whew, that list smells awful funky.

 

We are in salary cap trouble because of Hurney's inability to draft for depth later in the draft.  He was awful at that.

 

I used to try and defend Hurney based on early success (2003 and 2005).  But then one day - I think it was 2009 or 2010 - I sat down and charted out every draft pick he'd made and how they'd panned out.  When I looked at the overall results, especially at the players he had traded away picks to move up for, I realized that in the long term he was hurting more than he was helping.

 

From that day on, I just couldn't do it anymore.

[thefuzz]

I used to try and defend Hurney based on early success (2003 and 2005).  But then one day - I think it was 2009 or 2010 - I sat down and charted out every draft pick he'd made and how they'd panned out.  When I looked at the overall results, especially at the players he had traded away picks to move up for, I realized that in the long term he was hurting more than he was helping.

 

From that day on, I just couldn't do it anymore.

 

 

I remember very well.

 

I was the conductor on the fire Hurney train for a very long time.

 

He was so damn reactive, rather than proactive.  Add to that he was always picking "safe" picks in the early rounds and not understanding that the game was changing.....it was a sure fire way to ruin a franchise for a few years.

[X-Clown]

How much of each guy's salary was guaranteed?

More to the point though, blowing a high pick on a bad defensive end is a omparitively easy fix. Blowing a pick on a bad quarterback is devastating and can set a franchise back for years.

Sanchez was 28 million, gholston was 21 million. Not that big of a difference.

[Mr. Scot]

Sanchez was 28 million, gholston was 21 million. Not that big of a difference.

 

We'll have to disagree on this one.

 

One thing you can't argue: Sanchez leads Gholston in the category of buttfumbles.

 

(in fact, that is the one statistic where he leads the entire league)