Willie55 said:
On the list I don't see how Joey Harrington is #2 and I figured Ryan Leaf would be further up the list. I remember it be bantied about who should the Colts take, Manning or Leaf?
Exactly right. On any list of busts Leaf shoukld be Number 1. Boz is high, but he was more hype than anything, a Ray Lweis type of self-promoter that generates buzz. (Thokugh Lewis can play in the NFl, which Bosworth obviously couldn;t)
But Leaf was touted by all the experts as great. Many had him higher than Manning. And he flopped terribly.
Harrington is not that bad. He lasted a few years nore than Leaf and is playing better than some QBs now. Once he gets out of Detroit and into Saban's care, he may okay. Not great, but not on hte all-time bust list either.
Half these guys on the SI list were busts because of a media frenzy surrounding them. The media made them out to be perfect, and when they proved mortal, the media measured them against the yardstick of their own over-blown expactations.
The same thing could happen with AV, if he has a bad year. No media talking head will see it as a bad year that any player can have. Becuase the ESPN gurus have stated that the best off-season move was the signing of AV by the COlts, if he stumbles, they will turn an him and make him out to be something he isn';t, just as they are doing now.