2008 Draft Edition: Name 2 players who will be a star & 2 that will bust

[dreamcastrocks]

I know that a few of you guys put this year's picks in the other thread. This draft (and every draft) deserves another one.

Star Players

Chris Long
Jake Long

Bust Players

Brian Brohm
Malcolm Kelly

 

[abomb]

Star Players
Chris Long
Jake Long

Bust Players
#16 overall

 

[dreamcastrocks]

Bust Players
#16 overall

 

[Crazy Canuck]

I know that a few of you guys put this year's picks in the other thread. This draft (and every draft) deserves another one.

Star Players

Chris Long
Jake Long

Bust Players

Brian Brohm
Malcolm Kelly

Because I have no way of knowing who "will be" Stars or busts, I'll say:

Star Players

Brian Brohm
Malcolm Kelly

Bust Players

Chris Long
Jake Long

 

[1DS]

2 busts
McFadden
Stewart

2 stars
Mendenhall
Jake Long

 

[Heucrazy]

2 stars:
Jake Long
Vernon Gholston

2 busts:
DRC
Aquib Talib

 

[joeshmo]

Based on popularity I think some of these may be surprising. Tried to make this harder on myself and try not to pick the usual suspects that others would put out there.

Busts - Gholston and McKlevin
Stars - Mendenhall and Dorsey

 

[Cbus cardsfan]

In another thread i had my 2 busts as Talib and Brohm. I'll stick with them. My 2 stars are Gholston and Mendenhall.

Two off the radar guys for the offense that i think will be stars are Earl Bennett and Will Franklin. They are WR's so their impact may be limited this year but,in a couple years i think they will be impact players. Two off the radar guys on defense are Tracy Porter and Erin Henderson.

 

[dreamcastrocks]

Based on popularity I think some of these may be surprising. Tried to make this harder on myself and try not to pick the usual suspects that others would put out there.

Busts - Gholston and McKlevin
Stars - Mendenhall and Dorsey

If I would have made it 3 players, my 3rd bust would have been McKelvin. He has more of a future at KR than CB, IMO.

 

[MadCardDisease]

Busts - Stewart and Gholston
Stars - Chris Long and McFadden

 

[ajcardfan]

Stars:

Jake Long and McFadden

Busts:

Chris Long and Gholston

 

[WildBB]

Stars:

Mendenhall
S. Ellis

Busts:

Harvey
Kelly

 

[Stout]

Stars: McFadden and Gholston.

Busts: DRC and Cason.




































J/k about Cason. I'll go with Felix Jones

 

[Skkorpion]

I only rate players I've seen a fair number of times. That leaves out most of the consensus top 32.

Stars: DE/DT Trevor Laws
QB Matt Ryan -- Scoffed at him at first. Grew to appreciate he was
working with a bunch of slow nobodys at WR and
pulled off miracles. The picks came because he always
had to throw into tight windows to win. Huge upside.

Busts: QB Brian Brohm -- Can't read and react, rarely completes a pass more
than 12 yds beyond the line.
MB Keith Rivers -- Very average every USC game I saw.

 

[SECTION 11]

MB Keith Rivers -- Very average every USC game I saw.

I'm on board with that. Rey Maleuga (?) always looked way more dominant.

 

[HoodieBets]

Stars: Gholston, and DRC

Busts: McFadden, and J. Stewart

 

[Goober Man]

Stars: Mendenhall, Matt Forte
Busts: Chris Johnson, DRC

 

[Pariah]

Busts:
DRC
Mendenhall

Stars:
Stewart
McKelvin

 

[earthsci]

Stars: Long x 2
Busts: DRC, Campbell

 

[Harry]

Interesting thread. I might have taken Brohm, but he’s too popular.

Steals
Kevin Smith
Keith Rivers

Squeals
Chris Williams
Gosder Cherilus

 

[Skkorpion]

Interesting thread. I might have taken Brohm, but he’s too popular.

Steals
Kevin Smith
Keith Rivers

Forgot about Kevin Smith. Very few of his games were televised and I didn't discover all the cool channels in my sports package until too late.

Only saw two of his games and in one (don't remember the opponent), he lost and was contained well but I came away a believer.

Why? Because he turned sure 1 yd losses into 2 yd gains and no gainers into 3 yd pickups. I already knew he could gain big yards when the holes were there.

I'd love to have Kevin Smith here.

As far as Keith Rivers is concerned, even Harry is entitled to a botched evaluation every now and then.

 

[Billy Flynt]

Busts:
McKelvin
Stewart

Stars:
DRC
Chris Long

 

[Stout]

Forgot about Kevin Smith. Very few of his games were televised and I didn't discover all the cool channels in my sports package until too late.

Only saw two of his games and in one (don't remember the opponent), he lost and was contained well but I came away a believer.

Why? Because he turned sure 1 yd losses into 2 yd gains and no gainers into 3 yd pickups. I already knew he could gain big yards when the holes were there.
I'd love to have Kevin Smith here.

As far as Keith Rivers is concerned, even Harry is entitled to a botched evaluation every now and then.

See? A Cardinal's fan DEFINITELY knows how to tell a quality RB!!!

All kidding aside, that really is serious. If a back can steadily gain even small bits of yardage when he should be stacked up for losses, it shows how tough of a runner he is. If we don't nab a RB in the first, I'd be interested in Smith farther down the line. I mean, we need him for the name alone...it would ROCK to have 'Kevin Smith' on our team

 

[MadCardDisease]

Stars: Long x 2
Busts: DCR, Campbell

LOL

You probably wanted to jump off a cliff after the Cards draft.

 

[Mulli]

Stars: Mendenhall, Matt Forte
Busts: Chris Johnson, DRC

Hah!