Gotta be WillieJoe and Dayne. Do you know how much you have to suck to fail as a first round tackle. I mean your job is basically taking up space. Dayne’s problem was the same you see from a lot of skill players transitioning from one level to the next when they were, as I like to say “Men among Boys” at the previous level. Dayne continuously never looked for the hole, and tried to drive the pile like he was able to do against smaller Big-10 defenders. That and I assumed he had a huge conditioning problem, he would start off strong and be useless by week 5.

Sometimes a player clicks with his college coaching staff, or the staff just knows how to put the player into a position to win. Maybe the surrounding team for the player was the right complement – for example, a great defensive line can make cornerbacks look very good.

If the player doesn’t get the same level of support in the pros, either from the coaches or from the rest of his team, the player could become a bust

Derek Brown is a big one, and George Adams comes to mind

We are only considering first round picks, right?

One of the reasons I felt great about Reese was the first round picks in Ernie’s era were very based on upside, and recently (other then Shockey, and possibly Eli) have not been great. The lower rounds, however, have been nothing but great value, which I attributed to Ernie having more input on the 1st rounder and leaving a lot of detail to the rest of the staff, which would primarily have been Reese. So far most of the picks in the Reese ere certainly seem to back this up.

Obviously it’s tough judge the drafting of Eli because of what we gave up, but as a fan, I’m convinced it was a success. Not because of the Championship. Just because we don’t have to root for Phillip Rivers. Man is that guys a douchebag or what. How could you possibly feel good in that jersey?

Having looked at the busts other teams have had, I didn’t think the Giants had done bad at all under Young and Accosi. Knowing that Reese correctly read Osi’s abilities makes me even more optimistic for the future.

such painful memories. I wasn’t as rabid as I am now for the Thompson-Small-Hicks picks, but I surely remember the era of the Brown stains. I thought Derek Brown, Dayne, and Wheatley were going to work out but Lewis, Joseph and Jones were painfully bad picks. I didn’t know the stories about missing out on Alexander and Sayers. Then again, every team passed on Tom Brady … five times, until he was picked 199 in the sixth round.

Was Fredrickson one of the players who swapped wives with another Giants player whose name escapes me.

http://www.armchairgm.com/Article:Baseball_Notebook:_Most_Bizarre_Trade_Ever