Worst No. 1 NFL draft picks?

[alleyallen]

Here's Rival.com's worst No. 1 draft picks. Not sure I would agree.

10. Michael Vick
9. David Carr
8. Courtney Brown
7. Tom Cousineau
6. Aundray Bruce
5. Kenneth Sims
4. Tim Couch
3. Steve Emtman
2. Ki-Jana Carter
1. Walt Patulski

 

[Armchair_QB]

Jeff Lageman?

 

[alleyallen]

I'm just not sure ... Dog-gate or not ... that Michael Vick should have been on this list.

And Walt Patulski? I'd like to honestly see how many NFL fans under the age of 30 even know who the hell he was.

 

[steveu]

Carr might have amounted to something if he had a G-damn offensive line in front of him.

 

[Captain_Kirk]

No way Vick belongs on this list.

My vote goes to Tim Couch Potato, if only because he was supposed to be answer at QB in a fantasy keeper league I'm in.

 

[Write-brained]

Is it Ki-Jana Carter's fault he tore his ACL?

He shouldn't be No. 2.

 

[Overrated]

I have to think Tony Mandarich should be on that list. Sure, he might've improved as a Colt, but the Packers passed on Barry Sanders. Favre and Sanders woulda been pretty solid, IMO.

 

[forever_town]

I don't know if Michael Vick was a bad draft choice from a football standpoint. He had great athletic talent and was one of those gameplan-changing players. Obviously, from a human standpoint, he deserved to be higher on the list.

I have little argument with most of the rest of the list, but I have one question: Who's Walt Patulski?

 

[Gutter]

I have to think Tony Mandarich should be on that list. Sure, he might've improved as a Colt, but the Packers passed on Barry Sanders. Favre and Sanders woulda been pretty solid, IMO.

I think they are talking about No. 1 overall picks ... Mandarich was No. 2, behind Aikman.

 

[Overrated]

I have to think Tony Mandarich should be on that list. Sure, he might've improved as a Colt, but the Packers passed on Barry Sanders. Favre and Sanders woulda been pretty solid, IMO.

I think they are talking about No. 1 overall picks ... Mandarich was No. 2, behind Aikman.

Good call. I should pay better attention.

 

[alleyallen]

I have to think Tony Mandarich should be on that list. Sure, he might've improved as a Colt, but the Packers passed on Barry Sanders. Favre and Sanders woulda been pretty solid, IMO.

I think they are talking about No. 1 overall picks ... Mandarich was No. 2, behind Aikman.

Good call. I should pay better attention.

Bad first-round picks, or worst picks ever could easily be its own category.

 

[Captain_Kirk]

I have little argument with most of the rest of the list, but I have one question: Who's Walt Patulski?

OK, a little early for Thursday trivia, but I'll play. This is from memory only, so parts (or frickin' all) could be wrong, but here goes:

Buffalo Bills draft pick. Defensive lineman. Played at Notre Dame. No clue on his NFL career, but obviously not too illustrious.

 

[2muchcoffeeman]

I'm just not sure ... Dog-gate or not ... that Michael Vick should have been on this list.

And Walt Patulski? I'd like to honestly see how many NFL fans under the age of 30 even know who the hell he was.

Patulski's a strange choice, given that he led the Bills in sacks his rookie year.

No idea why Steve Emtman isn't first on the list.

 

[Double Down]

I'm glad to see Aundray Bruce mentioned, because I don't know why he doesn't come up more often in these discussions. ESPN.com even did a list of of the 50 Biggest Busts of all time a few days ago, and he wasn't even on it. At all. He was so mediocre at defense, he was turned into a tight end near the end of his career. Nobody tried to make Ryan Leaf an outside linebacker.

 

[Armchair_QB]

I have to think Tony Mandarich should be on that list. Sure, he might've improved as a Colt, but the Packers passed on Barry Sanders. Favre and Sanders woulda been pretty solid, IMO.

I think they are talking about No. 1 overall picks ... Mandarich was No. 2, behind Aikman.

made the same mistake when I mentioned Lageman.

 

[micropolitan guy]

Walt Patulski?

He was Polish, Catholic and played at Notre Dame. That's hitting the Holy Trinity if you're in the Bills' marketing department, at a time when the Bills sucked. They probably had no other choice.

They also had to pick Al Cowlings from USC the year after they picked OJ to keep him happy.

Entman's career was cut short by injuries, probably steroid-related. He was unstoppable at UDub.

 

[BYH]

I have to think Tony Mandarich should be on that list. Sure, he might've improved as a Colt, but the Packers passed on Barry Sanders. Favre and Sanders woulda been pretty solid, IMO.

I think they are talking about No. 1 overall picks ... Mandarich was No. 2, behind Aikman.

Good call. I should pay better attention.

Unvarnished fail, like usual.

 

[forever_town]

Nobody tried to make Ryan Leaf an outside linebacker.

They might as well have. He hit (reporters) better than some linebackers could.

 

[Armchair_QB]

Walt Patulski?

He was Polish, Catholic and played at Notre Dame. That's hitting the Holy Trinity if you're in the Bills' marketing department, at a time when the Bills sucked. They probably had no other choice.

They also had to pick Al Cowlings from USC the year after they picked OJ to keep him happy.

Al drive him to practice every day?

 

[alleyallen]

Walt Patulski?

He was Polish, Catholic and played at Notre Dame. That's hitting the Holy Trinity if you're in the Bills' marketing department, at a time when the Bills sucked. They probably had no other choice.

They also had to pick Al Cowlings from USC the year after they picked OJ to keep him happy.

Al drive him to practice every day?

And let him borrow his practice gloves?