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YourHuckleberry · 2010-03-04T13:28:42-08:00

In the past, who surprised you when they turned out to be a bust? I thought Gaines Adams was gonna be a beast. I also thought Robert Gallery would be amazing.

Mar 4, 2010 at 5:29 PM

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ninerfan4life
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Zack Follett

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Mar 4, 2010 at 5:37 PM

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Believe it or not I thought Ryan Leaf was going to be really good.

Mar 4, 2010 at 5:42 PM

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phillip buchanon, i was praying him or especially ed reed fell to us. matter fact i thought everyone who came out of the U the yrs they were owning college fb were gonna be beasts. but then again at that time i was in 8th grade-10th being young and dumb

Mar 4, 2010 at 5:45 PM

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Originally posted by Overkill:
Originally posted by solidg2000:
Originally posted by Overkill:
Gholston

Laron Landry and Adam Carrier also "surprised" me, but I don't necessarily think they are busts.

With Carriker I think it's just because the Rams are retards
draft him as a DE and move him to DT!!! Stupid

Exactly. I couldn't believe they moved him to DT, but that's why I don't consider him a bust.

well you gotta consider him to be a bust after one more season he was slated as 3-4 DE but they play 4-3 whihc means he's inside. He has the size and skills to play DT he just isn't good.

Mar 4, 2010 at 5:57 PM

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70s: DT Keith Sims for New England
80s: OLB Aundrey Bruce, OT Tony Mandarich, ILB Brian Bosworth

Just to name a few that came off my head

Mar 4, 2010 at 6:23 PM

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Gallery...I thought he was going to be a great LT. Cant even play G. Another was Bosworth...when I was little I thought he was just Awesome. Boy was I wrong. But to keep this 9ers I would say Reggie Mcgrew what a softie

Mar 4, 2010 at 6:40 PM

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Peter Warrick.

Mar 4, 2010 at 6:42 PM

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I thought Carlos Rodgers was going to be a stud.

He may or may not be a bust depending on how you look at it, but I bought into the hype about Reggie Bush and he is leagues below what they claimed him to be.

[ Edited by RedWaltz24 on Mar 4, 2010 at 18:45:22 ]

Mar 4, 2010 at 7:01 PM

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Originally posted by lamontb:
Originally posted by Overkill:
Originally posted by solidg2000:
Originally posted by Overkill:
Gholston

Laron Landry and Adam Carrier also "surprised" me, but I don't necessarily think they are busts.

With Carriker I think it's just because the Rams are retards
draft him as a DE and move him to DT!!! Stupid

Exactly. I couldn't believe they moved him to DT, but that's why I don't consider him a bust.

well you gotta consider him to be a bust after one more season he was slated as 3-4 DE but they play 4-3 whihc means he's inside. He has the size and skills to play DT he just isn't good.

I don't know. Seems more like an unknown to me. He played 43 DE in college and projected to DE (34 or 43) in the NFL imo. I think he's out of position.

But if he was a top talent, he'd probably be having a bigger impact than he is. I can agree with that much.

Mar 4, 2010 at 7:02 PM

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