Who is your Cowboys biggest draft bust of the decade?

[bbgun]

yea, i think some people just define "bust" differently and go off on their own tangents (myself included) about who is and isn't.

what really sucks are the choices we have for that title. far too many.

Q is more of a "massive disappointment," but then again, he never should have been drafted that high. You can make the case that he played like a 5th rounder because he should have been a 5th rounder. Jerry didn't do him any favors by ratcheting up the expectations, not to mention summarily dismissing Tony Banks and throwing Q into the fire.

 

[Sarge]

Carter was the 22nd pick in the second round, not exactly a high draft spot.

Since when is the second round not a high draft spot?

 

[iceberg]

Q is more of a "massive disappointment," but then again, he never should have been drafted that high. You can make the case that he played like a 5th rounder because he should have been a 5th rounder. Jerry didn't do him any favors by ratcheting up the expectations, not to mention summarily dismissing Banks and throwing Q into the fire.

well they were both massive dissapointments to me.

 

[trueblue1687]

David LaFluer. Was supposed to be the second coming of Novacek and then some. Didn't really do anything 'cept use up a draft pick and injure his back. Complete bust.

 

[Big Dakota]

The decision to not draft Jackson is by far the worst decision of the decade, but that's not the question.

Q is the biggest bust.

 

[Hostile]

David LaFluer. Was supposed to be the second coming of Novacek and then some. Didn't really do anything 'cept use up a draft pick and injure his back. Complete bust.

Wrong decade. This decade began in 2000. Lafleuer was drafted in 1997 and his career ended in 2000.

I can't call an injured player a bust.

I forget who said it, but the bust factor of a QB sets a team back for years. The same can't be said of a LB. There is only one starting QB. W start 4 LBs.

To me, it is Quincy in a run away even though he "produced" in the minds of some. He also snorted, toked, and sabotaged the team.

I also forget who said Hollywood Henderson vs. Rod Hill as a comparison because Hollywood used drugs too. If you want to say he was a bigger bust because of that I am fine with it.

 

[Randy White]

Since when is the second round not a high draft spot?

A 2nd rounder is a high draft pick..

Just not as high as the 18th pick of the draft.

 

[Section446]

Carpenter is in his 4th year, finally contributing, and has "kept his nose clean."

Such a relative term.

 

[Big Dakota]

Shanle and Fujita have both played very well in the 4-3 and it wouldn't shock me if Carp ended up starting somewhere in the 4-3 D.

 

[Randy White]

I also forget who said Hollywood Henderson vs. Rod Hill as a comparison because Hollywood used drugs too. If you want to say he was a bigger bust because of that I am fine with it.

IT was me who said that. I agree with you about the injury factor ( Mike Sherrard comes to mind ), by the way.

Still, I'm sorry but there's no way Hollywood ( a 2nd round pick ) is a bigger bust than Rod Hill ( 25th pick of the draft ). Not even close. He's probably THE biggest disappointment in Cowboys history because he truly had HOF talents and threw it all away, but this is a guy who helped the Cowboys get to TWO Superbowls and won one of them as a starter.

Rod Hill didn't even start in Dallas, if I remember correctly

 

[Hostile]

IT was me who said that. I agree with you about the injury factor ( Mike Sherrard comes to mind ), by the way.

Still, I'm sorry but there's no way Hollywood ( a 2nd round pick ) is a bigger bust than Rod Hill ( 25th pick of the draft ). Not even close. He's probably THE biggest disappointment in Cowboys history because he truly had HOF talents and threw it all away, but this is a guy who helped the Cowboys get to TWO Superbowls and won one of them as a starter.

Rod Hill didn't even start in Dallas, if I remember correctly

I said, if someone wants to make that case they can. I consider Rod Hill to be the biggest all time bust in Cowboys History. That is me personally.

 

[dbair1967]

So many to choose from it's depressing.

every team has them...we havent drafted any worse than many other teams...in fact our drafting overall has been really good since 2002.

 

[dbair1967]

David LaFluer. Was supposed to be the second coming of Novacek and then some. Didn't really do anything 'cept use up a draft pick and injure his back. Complete bust.

First off, LaFleur was drafted in 1997, not this decade.

Second, LaFleur was actually a very good prospect, in fact BLESTO had him rated the 9th best prospect in that draft. He was actually pretty good for us, but the back injury did him in. He was far from a "complete bust"

 

[rangers71]

Dwayne Goodrich. Biggest all time may be Rod Hill, Billy Cannon Junior and Robert Shaw even though he was injured so that may not be fair..

 

[Vintage]

Rogers.

He literally gave us nothing.

Quincy may have been a bad pick, but at least he gave us some burn and was the starting QB on a team that made the playoffs.... which still was more production than we got out of Rogers.

 

[casmith07]

Quincy Carter without a doubt. Bobby Carpenter is #2 this decade, though.

 

[mkelly71]

Quincy Carter.

id have to agree on the quincy carter pick. carp is not far behind tho with several offensive linemen and def line busts. lol

 

[Zaxor]

Define bust first... to me it is a player who Dallas drafted and expected to contribute but didn't.

Jacob Rogers is to me the biggest bust because he contributed nothing in a position of great need a position which is still in flux.

 

[iceberg]

Define bust first... to me it is a player who Dallas drafted and expected to contribute but didn't.

Jacob Rogers is to me the biggest bust because he contributed nothing in a position of great need a position which is still in flux.

that's just crazy talk.

bust has to be who i hate now. you and logic need to go play way over there and leave me alone cause you're just wrong and we spent a 1st round on someone who's not HOF bound, so he sucks.

you need to talk in extremes or hush. : )

 

[iceberg]

id have to agree on the quincy carter pick. carp is not far behind tho with several offensive linemen and def line busts. lol

i'd not put carp that high up on the list.

i don't think he was touted that high, i think parcells put him up there for his own familiarity.

thats making carpenter pay for a stupid parcells pick.