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1. No list of QB busts is complete without Akili Smith and Tim Couch...bigger busts because of draft position andno trade
Mon Nov 20, 2023, 01:33 PM
Nov 2023

Tim Couch was taken #1 overall, Akili Smith #3 overall with Donovan McNabb sandwiched in between.

Both of these are bigger busts than Manziel for sure and Leaf as well, because not only did these teams pick piece of crap QB who failed but they turned down Ditka's offer of another teams entire draft to move down to slot #5 in the first round when you knew a RB was going in your slot.

Not sure which is worse, Wilson or the guy the 49ers jettisoned because of what they gave up to get them.

Manziel wasn't taken in the top half of the first round. All QB in the bottom half of round one are at best 50/50 lottery tickets to be servicable. So, by definition he cannot be as big a bust as someone that people either traded into the top 3 to get or turned down all those Ricky Williams picks to get.

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