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Post by bob on Jun 4, 2010 8:23:23 GMT -5
McCants
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Post by WWE Trademarked My Name on Jun 5, 2010 18:13:55 GMT -5
McCants moves on. There is only one more spot left in the Elite 8. Who will fill it's vacancy? Match 8: 2002 Draft: Arizona Cardinals: Round 1 Pick 12 Wendell Bryant: DT: WisconsinPlayed for: Arizona Cardinals (2002-2004) Previously Defeated: Willie Middlebrooks; Reggie Rogers; Courtney Brown. From AskMen: It’s hard to fathom anyone contending with Andre Wadsworth among the Arizona Cardinals’ worst draft picks, but Wendell Bryant can keep him company. Bryant was such a big NFL draft bust that it’s hard to recall a face, jersey number or what he provided as the 12th pick in the 2002 NFL Draft.
Bryant’s career totals are 29 tackles and 1.5 sacks. For a good defensive tackle, that could be a good month.
Bryant was out of football in just three short years after three strikes in the league's substance abuse policy.
Cardinals could have drafted: Albert Haynesworth (15th overall) or Ed Reed (24th overall) |
1990 Draft: Detroit Lions: Round 1 Pick 7 Andre Ware: QB: HoustonPlayed for: Detroit Lions (1990-1993), Los Angeles Rams (1994), Jacksonville Jaguars (1995) Previously Defeated: David Klinger; Jeff George; Rex Grossman; Todd Marinovich. From Wikipedia: Ware joined the Lions for the 1990 season, teaming with the previous Heisman Trophy winner from 1988, Barry Sanders. Ware spent four years with Detroit, playing 14 games and starting six: then-coach Wayne Fontes insisted on starting the oft-injured Rodney Peete, and usually replacing Peete with Erik Kramer when Peete was hurt or played poorly. Fontes generally only played Ware when the Lions were out of the playoffs or already losing a game by a wide margin. Ware's best stretch came late in the 1992 season when the Lions were out of the playoffs: he won two of three games. The loss came on Monday Night Football to the San Francisco 49ers. He began 1994 on the roster of the Los Angeles Raiders, but was released after several games. In 1995 he was signed by the Jacksonville Jaguars, one of the NFL's two expansion teams that year. As a former Heisman Trophy winner, Ware's presence gathered much local excitement in Jacksonville, but ultimately, Ware was cut from the team the week before the regular season began.
Ware also played in the Canadian Football League with the Ottawa Rough Riders, the BC Lions and the Toronto Argonauts (where he backed up fellow Heisman winner Doug Flutie), and five games with the Berlin Thunder, a German NFL Europe team.
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Post by Orange on Jun 5, 2010 18:17:49 GMT -5
Bryant
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Post by triplethreatmark on Jun 5, 2010 23:26:58 GMT -5
Bryant
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Post by floundertime on Jun 6, 2010 0:47:44 GMT -5
Bryant
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bob
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Post by bob on Jun 6, 2010 10:52:35 GMT -5
Ware
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Post by WWE Trademarked My Name on Jun 7, 2010 0:40:15 GMT -5
We move onto the quarterfinals of the tournament. Match 1: 1997 Draft: Carolina Panthers: Round 1 Pick 27 Rae Carruth: WR: ColoradoPlayed for: Carolina Panthers (1997-1999) Previously Defeated: Ken MacAfee; Peter Warrick; Lawrence Phillips; Michael Booker. From Wikipedia: Carruth attended Valley High School in Sacramento, California and played four seasons at the University of Colorado. He was named a first-team All-American in 1996. His college quarterbacks were future NFL quarterbacks Koy Detmer and Kordell Stewart. Carruth was a first-round draft pick (27th overall pick) in the 1997 NFL Draft to the Carolina Panthers, signing a four year, $3.7 million deal. He was represented by NFL super agent William "Tank" Black.
He proceeded to have a respectable rookie season, starting 14 games. Wearing uniform number 89, Carruth was on the receiving end of 44 passes for 545 yards (12.4 yards/catch), both of which led all rookie receivers. Carruth also caught four touchdown passes, tied for first among rookie receivers. He was named to the all-rookie team at wide receiver, along with Reidel Anthony of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Big things were expected of Carruth for the 1998 season. However, he broke his right foot in the opening game and did not catch another pass that season due to the injury. He ended the year with four catches for 59 yards. Carruth played in the first six games of the 1999 season, totaling 14 catches for 200 yards.
On November 16, 1999, near Carruth's home in Charlotte, North Carolina; Cherica Adams, a woman Carruth had been dating, was shot four times in a drive-by shooting. Surviving the shooting for a time, Adams called 911 and described Carruth's behavior: he had stopped his vehicle in front of hers as another vehicle drove alongside Adams and its passenger shot her. Carruth then drove from the scene.[4]
Adams was eight months pregnant with Carruth's child at the time. Soon after her admission to the hospital, she fell into a coma.[4] Doctors saved the child, Chancellor Lee Adams, in an emergency Caesarean section, but Cherica Adams died a month later on December 14.
Carruth went to the police and posted a $3 million bail, with the condition that if either Cherica or Chancellor died, he would turn himself in.[4] However, after Cherica died, Carruth became a fugitive. The Panthers released him a few days later, citing a morals clause in his contract. He was eventually captured after being found hiding in the trunk of a car outside a motel in Parkers Crossroads, Tennessee. Also in the trunk was $3,900 in cash, bottles to hold his urine, extra clothes, candy bars, and a cell phone.
At trial, Carruth was defended by both David Rudolf and Chris Fialko.[5] He was found guilty of conspiracy to commit murder, shooting into an occupied vehicle, and using an instrument to destroy an unborn child. He was sentenced to 18 to 24 years in prison. However, he was found not guilty of first-degree murder and was spared the death penalty. Carruth is now serving a sentence of at least 18 years and 11 months at Nash Correctional Institution near Rocky Mount, North Carolina. According to the North Carolina Department of Corrections, he has a projected release date of October 22, 2018. |
2003 Draft: Detroit Lions: Round 1 Pick 2 Charles Rogers: WR: Michigan StatePlayed for: Detroit Lions (2003-2005) Previously Defeated: Walt Patulski; Mike Williams; Pacman Jones; Russell Erxleben. From Wikipedia: Having been compared to Randy Moss,[1] Rogers was drafted second overall after Carson Palmer in the 2003 NFL Draft by the Detroit Lions.
Rogers caught 22 passes for 243 yards and three touchdowns during his first five games of the 2003 season, before breaking his collarbone while practicing a speed drill with Dré Bly, leaving him out for the season. He was expected to come back and have a big year. However, in the third play of the 2004 season against the Chicago Bears, Rogers suffered another broken collarbone, and was once again out for the season.
During the 2005 season, Rogers was suspended 4 games for a third violation of the NFL's substance abuse policy. As a result of this violation, the Lions filed a grievance, claiming that his drug suspension violated a clause in his contract, which would mean Rogers would be obligated to return $10 million of the $14.2 million the Lions gave him in bonuses. The Detroit Free Press would later report that Rogers failed drug tests each year while at Michigan State. Citing Lions chief operating officer Tom Lewand, a report Oct. 9, 2008 stated that Rogers must repay the team around $8.5 million.[2] Upon his return from suspension, despite the fact that Rogers was deemed healthy, he played only nine games, with three starts, and was declared inactive for four games. He caught 14 passes for 197 yards and a touchdown.
On September 2, 2006, Rogers was released by the Lions. Newly hired head coach Rod Marinelli didn't think Rogers' work ethic was a match for the team. After releasing him, Marinelli said, "We picked the men that are right for this football team. It's behind us."[3]
After his release, Rogers worked out for the Miami Dolphins, New England Patriots and Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2006, all of whom opted not to sign him. Reportedly, Rogers worked out for the Kansas City Chiefs in January 2007 and flopped the workout by running a 40-time of 4.65, which was a decline from the 4.28 that he ran at his pro day four years prior (he did not run at the scouting combine). |
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bob
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Post by bob on Jun 7, 2010 8:55:28 GMT -5
Carruth
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Post by floundertime on Jun 7, 2010 10:54:23 GMT -5
Rogers
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Post by Gus Richlen Was Wrong on Jun 7, 2010 11:11:45 GMT -5
carruth, and i won't be surprised if he wins the whole damned thing.
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Post by MDH1980 on Jun 7, 2010 12:22:30 GMT -5
Rogers
Do off field crimes equal draft bust? I mean if this was for worst human being to ever be drafted, there are a lot of guys who should have been in this.
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Post by Raja Lion on Jun 7, 2010 12:43:58 GMT -5
Rogers
Its tough to pick against Carruth, but Rogers was exceptionally bad.
Im pretty stunned Andre Ware lost.
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Post by Vizier on Jun 7, 2010 12:52:50 GMT -5
Carruth
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Post by WWE Trademarked My Name on Jun 7, 2010 13:21:53 GMT -5
Due to how close this one ended up being, both men will advance into the Semifinals with a 3rd opponent. Match 2: 1990 Draft: Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Round 1 Pick 4 Keith McCants: LB: AlabamaPlayed for: Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1990-1992), Houston Oilers (1993-1994), Arizona Cardinals (1994-1995) Previously Defeated: Tom Knight; Michael Westbrook; Trev Alberts; Curtis Enis. From Bleacher Report: Considered to be one of the biggest draft busts in NFL history, McCants was incapable of playing linebacker in the NFL and was converted to defensive end for the 1991 season. He lost speed and was constantly confused. Tampa Bay also drafted him not knowing that he had sustained a serious knee injury. The Bucs cut him during their 1993 training camp.
On February 25, 2008, McCants was arrested by Mobile police on charges of loitering for the purpose of drug activity and possession of drug paraphernalia. He was released after posting bond.[1] McCants was convicted of the charges on October 14, 2008 and sentenced to one year of formal probation and a substance abuse program.[2] He was later arrested on October 20, 2009 for failure to show for a court appearance relating to the charges.[2]
In March 2008, McCants began serving a 10-day sentence in Chickasaw, Alabama resulting from a November 29, 2007 arrest for driving without insurance. McCants agreed to serve time rather than pay the $610.00 fine.[3]
On March 28, 2008, Prichard, Alabama police arrested McCants on charges of possession of drug paraphernalia, resisting arrest, and loitering. The police were forced to subdue McCants with a Taser gun after he threw a pair of pliers, a screwdriver, and a crack pipe at an officer, nearly hitting him in the head.[4]
On December 19, 2009, McCants was again arrested in Mobile on the charges of loitering for the purpose of drug activity and possession of drug paraphernalia.[5]
On May 5, 2010, McCants was arrested on the charge of attempting to purchase drugs at a Mobile hotel on April 20.
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2002 Draft: Arizona Cardinals: Round 1 Pick 12 Wendell Bryant: DT: WisconsinPlayed for: Arizona Cardinals (2002-2004) Previously Defeated: Willie Middlebrooks; Reggie Rogers; Courtney Brown; Andre Ware. From AskMen: It’s hard to fathom anyone contending with Andre Wadsworth among the Arizona Cardinals’ worst draft picks, but Wendell Bryant can keep him company. Bryant was such a big NFL draft bust that it’s hard to recall a face, jersey number or what he provided as the 12th pick in the 2002 NFL Draft.
Bryant’s career totals are 29 tackles and 1.5 sacks. For a good defensive tackle, that could be a good month.
Bryant was out of football in just three short years after three strikes in the league's substance abuse policy.
Cardinals could have drafted: Albert Haynesworth (15th overall) or Ed Reed (24th overall) |
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Post by lionheart21 on Jun 7, 2010 13:28:27 GMT -5
This is a tough one. I'll go with McCants.
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Post by Gus Richlen Was Wrong on Jun 7, 2010 13:38:52 GMT -5
mccants
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Post by Raja Lion on Jun 7, 2010 13:42:23 GMT -5
mccants by a large margin IMO
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Post by Brandon Walsh is Insane. on Jun 7, 2010 13:57:04 GMT -5
McCant
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bob
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Post by bob on Jun 7, 2010 14:23:35 GMT -5
Wendall
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Post by floundertime on Jun 7, 2010 14:31:06 GMT -5
Bryant
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