Those were the days
Posted by seed @ 12:35 PM
SI: Top Draft Busts of the Last 20 Years
13:25 Rick Mirer After observing Mirer at Notre Dame, Bill Walsh called him the second coming of Joe Montana. Mirer wasn't even the second coming of Joe Pisarcik. The Seahawks took Mirer after Drew Bledsoe, and in four seasons Mirer tossed 41 TDs and 56 INTs. Mirer has the distinction of being a huge bust for two teams: The Bears traded a first-round pick to Seattle for Mirer in 1997, but he never won Chicago's starting job.
21:25 Curtis Enis The Penn State running back curse strikes again (see Thomas, Carter, etc.). Not only did this former Nittany Lion fail to produce, but the Bears also had the bad luck of picking Enis ahead of several future stars. Chicago looked seriously at Randy Moss but was scared off by his off-the-field issues. Enis spent three years in Chicago and averaged just 3.3 yards per carry, never reaching 500 yards rushing in a season.
22:25 Cade McNown This southpaw posted huge numbers at UCLA and was supposed to be the Bears' answer at QB. But in two years he started 15 games, throwing 16 TDs and 19 interceptions. His lack of accuracy, poor decision-making and an attitude that reminded many of Ryan Leaf limited his career in Chicago, and he was never able to stick with another team for any length of time. McNown did, however, date a Playboy model.
Where is Ricky Williams on this list?
Comments
I knew Ryan Leaf was gonna be in there somewhere but #1? Yeah, that'll work.
Also, the photo of Joey Harrington makes him look like he's playing a park pick-up game.
Ricky was gonna be on the list but he was in the men's room smoking a spliff.
Posted by: Erik | April 17, 2007 11:14 PM
Ditto or the Harrington photo. And, he's the only only still playing, right? Poor guy.
Posted by: seed | April 18, 2007 7:29 AM