Top 5 Redskins Draft Busts

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Originally Posted by Mattyk72

#1 - Heath Shuler
#2 - Andre Johnson
#3 - Desmond Howard
#4 - Michael Westbrook
#5 - Rod Gardner

honorable mention: Patrick Ramsey

Who's on your list?

Well Heath Shuler should not even be a debate. He's far and away #1 ... and didn't Andre Johnson not even make the team out of training camp? Am I thinking of someone else..but I thought we had some really high draft pick not even make it through camp....

Desmod Howard was a huge bust for the Skins' and while not a great player, he was still a Super Bowl MVP...

I'd put Ramsey way ahead of both Westbrook and Gardner and a couple other guys ahead of that.... I mean Westbrook started for the Redskins for what? 8-9 years? I mean he was never great, but he was still a starter in the league for us for a while, so its hard to call him a bust... Gardner is kind of the same... I mean he still had some really nice plays and a few REALLY good games (I'll never forget that one Cowboys game in 2004 on MNF) ... but never was able to put it all together and dropped some REALLY bad balls...but again I wouldnt mark him as a complete and total bust.....

I'd say Ramsey is ahead of both of them on the list, basically because (even though I defended that guy to the death)... he really did nothing for the Redskins. He won a handful of really meaningless games....

I mean if you look at all the Skins 1st round picks since 1990... its actually pretty depressing.

Bobby Wilson , Desomond Howard , Tom Carter-, Heath Shuler, Westbrook, Johnson, Kenard Lang, Champ Bailey, LaVar Arrington, Chris Samuels, Rod Gardner, Patrick Ramsey, Sean Taylor, Carols Rogers, Jason Campbell and LaRon Landry...


I mean who has really lived up to being a first round pick? Bailey, Samuels, Taylor? I mean Rogers/Campbell/Landry are all still really young... but there is a TON of busts on there....

... thats why sometimes this "build through the draft" thing kind of gets me... cause I'm sure were not the only team whos 1st round picks look awful... its really such a crap shoot.