[DemforBush]

Interesting look at the best and worst picks in the NFL on a franchise-by-franchise basis.

I tend to agree with many of the picks - it's hard to find a worst first-rounder in Charger history than Ryan Leaf or a better Indianapolis Colt pick than Peyton.

A couple though, I'm not as sure about out. Mike Junkin has to be near the top for 1st round busts in Cleveland Brown history, for example. I'll let Cleveland FReepers decide if he was worse than Courtney Brown, however. :-)

[Defiant]

I’m not going to the source, but i will bet that Ryan Leaf appears on that list.

[Poser]

Patriots take Eugene Chung! (who?)

[ConservativeTeen]

Not surprised JaMarcus “Purple Drank” Russell made the list.

[byteback]

Cedrick Benson was worse than Cade McNown?

[AnotherUnixGeek]

San Francisco 49ers

Worst: QB Jim Druckenmiller, Virginia Tech, 1997

Well, yes - Druckenmiller did suck. But he was a low first round pick, made back when the 49ers were declining from their years of greatness but hadn't crashed yet. Alex Smith was the #1 overall pick in 2005. I'd have to go with Smith as the biggest bust in 49ers history.

Of course, the 49ers have had a number of lousy #1 picks in the decade-plus since the Yorks have taken over and destroyed the franchise - Rashaun Woods, Kwame Harris, Mike Rumph, Kentwan Balmer. But getting picked #1 overall and failing miserably is a distinction conferred only on a select few.

[gorush]

Brian Bosworth?

[04-Bravo]

My nomination for the worst draft choice in NFL history: The Raiders selecting Jamarcus Russell as the first OVERALL pick.

[dfwgator]

Tony Mandarich. Saw an article on him, he’s now a photographer in Arizona. While a bust originally in Green Bay, he was actually serviceable later in his career in Indianapolis.

[Judges Gone Wild]

Courtney Brown’s career and vision was ruined by an official’s flag hitting him in the eye. Not his fault or management’s.

[Conservative_Jedi]

Randy Moss didn’t go to WVU! He went to Marshall! He lived in WV and his HS (Dunbar) played my HS (Brooke) in the state championship. He was a one man show in that game and it was Randy Moss that beat us not Dunbar! He had such bad character issues that even FSU didn’t take him! You have to be pretty bad if Bobby Bowden didn’t take you.

[martin_fierro]

NEW YORK GIANTS
Best: LB Lawrence Taylor, North Carolina, 1981
Second pick became the prototype for the modern linebacker. Taylor revolutionized the sack with his arm chop that stripped the ball.

Not to mention that sweet, sweet flamingo leg he gave to Joe Thiesmann in '85.

[GreatOne]

No one’s 1st round pick could be worse than the Minnesota Vikings’ selection of Dimitrius Underwood out of Michigan State in 1999. Guy attends morning practice, then walks out of camp, never to return. Even on draft day, his coaches were quoted in the paper second guessing the Vikings, and openly stating that the Vikings’ coaches never called them for a reference. Unimaginable. At least the other players actually played a game in the NFL.

[Dogfaced Soldier]

for the Jets, I would have selected Joe Namath over Freeman McNeil as their best draft choice. Namath made the franchise.