How the Same Team Drafted Busts #1 and #2 Overall 

Steve Emtman showed a lot of promise, but couldn't stay healthy. When he was on the field, he was great.

1991 Indianapolis Colts were so bad. Washington's Kicker Chip Lohmiller led the league in scoring with 149 points, more than the entire Indianapolis Colts team (143).

Tbf to the '92 draft class, Smith & Woodson absolutely belong in the Hall.

In 1958 the two players drafted are the following: Stuart King Hill: A bust. Had a 37/71 int ratio but it was to 50s where the passing game was starting to become popular, but he also was a bad rusher. He was a better punter but not a great one. He spent 11 seasons in the NFL. John David Crow: He was WAY much better. He has 5000 rushing ads, 38 rushing yards, 3700 rec yards and 35 rec tds. He was a 2x all-pro and a 4x pro bowler. Spent 11 seasons in the NFL. To conclude, the Cards were successful and not successful with their first two draft picks.

I still remember Emtman's pick 6 off Marino to end the game his rookie year.

This video is how I learned the Colts and Rams owners once traded teams (???)

I'm the second round, another team had back-to-back picks: the Cowboys took WR Jimmy Smith at 36 and SS Darren Woodson at 37. Woodson was arguably the best player in that draft class (certainly the most decorated). Jimmy Smith had a bumpy transition to the NFL, which included undiagnosed appendicitis, undiagnosed surgical infection from the appendectomy, and a lengthy legal battle with Dallas to keep his salary and health benefits during his recovery. After returning to the NFL with the Jaguars following a two-season recuperation period, he amassed 7 straight 1,000 yard seasons and 9 in 10. He retired with 862 receptions for 12,287 yards and 67 TDs. Edit: I really should have watched the "aftermath" section of the video before commenting, sorry. 😅 I'm keeping the comment up because the Jimmy Smith story is so wild it needs to be told.

Darren Woodson should be in the hall of fame

Give the Texans some credit, its not easy to crush one first round pick, let alone two.

00:49 King Hill got drafted 1st overall lmao

Im a Steelers fan...if Quentin Coryatt holds onto the INT in the 4th quarter of the 95 AFC Title game in Pittsburgh, the Colts go to the Super Bowl. The Steelers would end up scoring on that drive to take the lead and ultimately win....but if Coryatt holds onto the INT.......its game over, Colts win.

I wouldn't call these guys busts if it was physical injuries that affected their game.

Damn alright Darian I see you on SRS good shit man.

the colts had 2 top 5 picks a couple years later… mel kiper is just as qualified as my neighbor who’s a postman

If this was a WHAT IF movie these two were Alvin Mack and Steve Lattimore from the movie the Program

I wouldn’t call either of these guys busts. They were good players whose careers ended early with injuries.

DOUBLE BUST

It’s unheard of for a DE to finish that high in the Heisman voting today? Aidan Hutchinson says hi.

Selecting Emtman at #1 was a no-brainer. At 295 lbs., he had a 39" vertical and would windmill dunk in basketball pick-up games. Phenomenal work ethic off the field and an iron man on the field at Washington. The injury bug, however, hit him in the pros. Very unfortunate.

That was a terrible draft in 1992. Still to this day no one from that draft is enshrined in Canton. 2013 was a bad draft as well.

Coryatt was so good in college though I don't blame the Colts for making the pick.

Welp…. Black Flags Matter 🏁 🏈

Sean Gilbert and Troy Vincent would have been two good picks at #1 and #2.

Chris Chandler wound up being an decent QB in Atlanta, but yeah Tampa's GM didn't have a clue what he was doing giving up that first lol

The Chicago cardinals are the Arizona cardinals today same team just new spot

It sounds like the coaches problem

Due to injuries, Steve Emtman and Quentin Coryatt weren't nearly as big at being busts as two players who were essentially "traded" for each other since teams traded draft picks and they were the team picks: Desmond Howard and David Klingler. The Bengals had the #4 pick after Emtman was #1, Coryatt #2 and Sean Gilbert #3 with the Rams. Washington decidedly wanted to get Howard, but knew Green Bay intended to draft him at #5. Consequently, they gave the Bengals the #6 pick and the #28 pick for the #4 pick and a swap of 3rd round picks. Washington took Howard so Green Bay drafted Terrell Buckley at #5 while Cincy took Klingler. Miami ended up getting Troy Vincent at #7 who had played at Wisconsin.

No. A bust is someone who either can’t play or someone who has issues and doesn’t work at it. Any player is susceptible to injuries which could end their career, it shouldn’t be a reflection on their character or natural ability. It could happen to anyone - injured players should NOT be lumped together with actual busts.

I remember the first Colts game after those picks against the Browns. They both were part of a defensive coups, getting their share of 10 sacks in that game. Talk about a first game tease.

Jim Irsay was Jerry Jones before Jerry Jones

Wow this made me look up the 1992 Draft damn that was a horrible draft all around. Great video keep them coming.

Never realized those owners just straight up swapped teams which is wild lmao. 0 HoF players in an entire draft class is tough

That was the first draft I watched. Crazy

He said there's only one reggie white mean while in that draft there was a guy named reggie white DT

The LB they got he was solid he reminded me of the LB from Bills C.Bennett both were good

You say that the Colts would not have had a chance vs. Dallas in that Super Bowl. The next season, in 1996, the Colts beat the Cowboys 25-24. I think Indy would have at least done better vs. Dallas in that Super Bowl than Pittsburgh did.

Emtman was so juiced that you knew he was going to break down

14:29 Why did all the coaches in the background lift there leg the same way at the same time

The Colts moving literally overnight is some shameful behavior

As soon as I heard Mel Kiper's "expert opinion", I knew those players were busts.

I was having a beer in Cheney wash looked over there was Steve. I thought I would send him one . When it was his time to round up . He slipped out . I'm thinking he probably still has 9 cents from every dime he ever made . Nothing wrong with that, hope he is healthy and happy.

14:02 Bro they still exist. 💀

"Nobody remembers the Chicago Cardinals." - They're known as the Arizona Cardinals today. The franchise is older than the Bears!

2:53 Jim was on one

I guess Steve Emtman didn’t understand that football is 80% mental and 40% physical.

I never thought that Coryatt was a bust

Neither player were busts. Steve got hurt and Quentin had a good career.

8:42 wrecked!

I used to tutor Quentin in HS.. Helluva talent, not too bright though.. I always thought his shoulder issues did him in?.. Who knows?..

Doesn't Emtman make coffee cakes? lol

No one was passing on Emtman number 1 overall

I never considered injuries as something you can account for. Both those dudes could play. Just no predicting injuries.

1992 goes down as one of the weaker drafts for the first round. In the first round, only two players would make an All-Pro team; Chester McGlockton (Pick 16) and Troy Vincent (Pick 7).

Coryatt was solid. Not amazing, but totally serviceable

Emtman getting hurt is what made this hard. Coryatt was a decent player but not #2 worthy

Q wasn't a bust. He didn't live up to the 2nd pick selection but he was a solid starting linebacker.

Kind of weird that the #2 picks in both of the 1/2 for the same team drafts were from Texas A&M, 45 years apart

1992 was a horrific draft

Alison Smith literally was another Reggie White except he couldn’t get out of his own way

As a jags fan, I’m glad they didn’t move to Jacksonville

🔥🔥🔥

The Colts also beat the Superbowl champion Cowboys in Dallas early in 1996.

Aaaaandddd, once again!!

Nobody remembers the Cardinals acting like they're no longer in the league 😭lmao

Butkus and Sayers

This could be called "How the Colt's got Peyton Manning"

I wouldn’t call the second guy a bust.

Coryatt was very good when healthy.

13:57 What do you mean a franchise no one remembers? It's the current Arizona Cardinals.

Actually Jeff George isn't a bust. He was a journeymen who had a good arm but would make bonehead decisions. The teams he played for were mediocre and not ever serious contenders

Will Anderson jr is a defensive end bud

Etman was a 190 pounder roided up put to almost 300 pounds and the juice dried up his joints causing a lot of inkuries

Both cut short by injury

Go back when QB Jim Haurbaugh was 1 pass away and go back watch the play if there wouldve been replay it might have been reversed and called a TD watch the play , they were not busts when your body gives out , that means you were good enough but got hurt bad luck , but both started in the NFL one played in a AFC championship a lot never do they both one had bad luck the other played his whole carer he started .

You misstate the trade of teams. Bob Irsay was a NEW owner of the Rams - quite possibly put over the top in his bid for the franchise with a little help from Rosenbloom - and the trade was made immediately. The Colts were the more valuable of the two franchises. Rosenbloom was super-frustrated having to deal with Maryland politicians to get a football-only stadium done - cost of which would have come out of his own pocket - and he swapped franchises to avoid that huge expense and frustration. I have heard, and believe it true, that there were tax advantages to a franchise swap rather than selling the Colts and then buying the Rams, so this is the way he did it. Rosenbloom was a crafty businessman. Irsay was a preposterous, blustering, alcoholic liar who made his money going into competition with his parents in the Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning business, putting them under, and then selling his company to a big corporation. I think he bought the Rams for $14M. I'd need to look it up, but I think that's right. Wrap your head around that.

Number one overall pick Jeff George looks like he’s about 45 years old

Ah yes…. The infamous Crystal Chandelier

92 may have been the worst all-around first round of any NFL draft we've seen. The best players were Quentin Coreyat, OT Leon Search, DB Terell Buckley, and DB Troy Vincent..... Not exactly are killers not exactly All pro stacked.

“He was a dog surrounded by other dogs.” Wut.

The problem is that even if they traded back they were getting a trash player. That draft was so ass cheeks that even I didn't know any of those players. The draft classes only got better over time. So any and every draft is better than the 1992 draft.

Coryatt was overdrafted for sure, but I wouldn’t call him a Bust.

Emtman tore his knee up. Never a bust

The card's move from Chicago to St Louis and then Arizona do research

The way you pronounce Emtman makes my ears hurt. Emtman...as in Tempt-men without the "T" It sounds like you are saying Epp-men...but I still upvoted your video. Very good.

yippee

1992 has to be the worst nfl draft 😂

Your inability to say Emtman is cracking me up. emt-man not et-man

Jeff George was such an ass his linemen quit blocking

The problem with Emtman was he had a Steroid addiction that caused the tendon in his muscles to give out he came out and admitted to using steroids so that really derailed his career and their 2nd overall pick was inexcusable they should have taken Darren Woodson cause they needed a Safety that year

Emtman was likely juicing, which was rampant in the NFL at that time. See also #TonyMandarich

Eroc Dickrson never had a star QB his whole career RAMS , COLTS then finally it was going to happen and QB who never had RB great now they wouldve one the QB Brett Farve and Eric was coming to GB as a packer fan i was wow who will the D key but going back to COLTS now you look on paper and back to back picks it looked like a HR they were both suppose to be ver good

Injuries happen to the best of them.

Was Coryatt really a bust? He was a pretty productive player. Not being a superstar doesn’t make you a bust.

The earth safe family managed to ruin, or near ruin some fof the most gifted QBs for decades . Black lady Johnny Unitas avoided or say but the year after us about the team Bert Jones LSU quarterback was drafted number to overall. Bill belichick who was on staff at the time, later said Jones was the best quarterback he'd ever seen. A shoulder injury and massive medical staff incompetence treating it turned Bert from NFL MVP to washed in just a few years. Peyton Manning, perhaps the best player to ever play in quarterback, managed only one super bowl win with the team now run by the younger Irsay. Then in a lightning bolt of LUCK the colts managed to draft Andrew Luck, a once in a lifetime phenom. He performed amazingly until he got tired of being sacked behind an atrocious OLine. He retired actually having lost his Love of the game...... Imagine that... Things were so bad that luck actually lost his love of football. Now that is ruining quarterbacks on an epic level. The Irsays get the lifetime award in that category. And without those three quarterbacks the colts would have been a bigger laughingstock than the Cleveland Browns or the Detroit Lions.

Colts may not have got smashed in that superbowl. If Ugly O"Donnell didn't throw 3 INT's the steelers would've won

Why wouldn't anyone remember the Chicago Cardinals when they still exist and are the oldest team in the league?

In an arranged deal the drunken bastard bought the LA Rams from Dan Reeves, not the Denver and Falcons HC. He then traded the Rams to CR. bastard never saw a Rams game as owner.!

being a bust and not being able to stay healthy are 2 totally different things...

IMO To be a "bust" you have to fail for reasons other than injuries.

Coryatt was good not great emtman was good but injuries hahappen