Top 10 Ridiculously Bad NFL Draft Picks 

Being fair to Tim Couch, going 7-9 with the Browns is like going 15-1 and winning the super bowl with any other team.

Couch and David Carr have one thing in common: they got drafted in a ”no-win scenario.”

What, no mention of Johnny Manziel ????? He is the living definition of a top pick TOTAL BUST!!!

ki-Jana Carter was a good pick. Blowing out his knee does not make him a bad draft pick. He got injured. He was not a bust due to the inability to play.

I stand behind Tim Couch. As a Browns fan, he would have been great if we had a line. The amount of QB's we have gone through since him have not been close to his talents

Tim Couch wasn't that bad. He didn't deserve #6.

If u get drafted by Cleveland or the Bengals in the first round take that signing bonus and invest in a franchise KFC.

David Carr was beat by his o-line! He was pretty good!

Also David Carr was put on a horrible team. He was lucky to be alive after his tenure with the Texans. How does someone get sacked 70 plus times in a season????

With the exception of QB Ryan Leaf and JaMarcus Russell, the quarterbacks on this list were mainly bad because their offensive line didn't protect him very well. Think about it. Tim Couch was the first pick in the 1999 NFL Draft before the 1999-2000 season. The Cleveland Browns were just returning to the league after their so-called "3-year departure" in the NFL. The "New" Cleveland Browns were just rejoining the league and clearly weren't ready: they started 2-14 and never won a home game. Plus, Tim Couch DID make a playoff appearance in 2002 when they finished 9-7, 2nd in the AFC North. Even though they lost to the Pittsburgh Steelers, Tim Couch kinda led his team to the playoffs. He wasn't a good QB as we know today, but usually the Browns' offensive line gave up on him and he was hated upon by Browns' fans. This also happened to the David Carr; the Texans were a new franchise and we didn't really expect them to do that well. So WatchMojo, you have something top think about.

Tim Couch and Brady Quinn should share a spot. Calling Davd Carr a bust is not fair. He was drafted #1 by an expansion team that was rag-tag at best. An impossible situation, at best. Their O-line was predictably horrible, plus he was thrown right in rather than sitting for a bit behind a veteran. An impossible situation.

Paul Tagliabue: "With the first pick in the Draft, the Indianapolis Colts select, a Quarterback, from the University of Tennessee, Peyton Manning." San Diego Chargers: "Well, shit..."

This should be called busts not worst picks

The only thing that killed this list was all the players who were on it because of injuries

As a Raiders fan, JaMarcus Russell is the biggest BUST in NFL history not Ryan Leaf. Russell was drafted #1 overall while Leaf was 2nd. Russell never signed with another team after being cut while Leaf was signed by Tampa, Dallas and Seattle and even started for the Cowboys. Russell also got $32M guaranteed while Leaf only got $11M guaranteed. Honestly, nearly every Raiders First Round picks from 2001-2017 should be on this BUST list... JaMarcus Russell, Darren McFadden, Darrius Heyward-Bey, Roland McClain, DJ Hayden, Michael Huff, Fabian Washington, Robert Gallery, Derrick Gibson, Karl Joseph and Gareon Conley. Only one that was great was Khalil Mack whom they traded for peanuts.... so stupid.

Half these guys had injuries. Injury doesn’t constitute bad players

How did Johnny Manziel miss the cut?!

You can't call a player who has a bunch of injuries a bust.. It's kinda not fair when your body lets you down.

RIP Charles Rogers...big Wolverines fan here, but respected the game you played with Sparty.

David Carr wasn’t bad, it was the the o line

1. Jamarcus Russell or Ryan Leaf

Can you really blame anyone for being a bust if they were drafted by the Browns?

Thank you for posting the video.

Once I noticed Ryan Leaf wasn't in the list by the time I got to #5, I knew he had to be #1.

Love Jamarcus Russell talking about "having so much on my plate." Yeah you did, that's why you were terrible.

"You're not supposed to be as strong as I am. You're not supposed to be as fast as I am. You're not supposed to be as good as I am." He forgot one, "You're not supposed to take as many steroids and snort as much coke as I do and not have a heart attack."

Couch didn't have a average line, he had a TERRIBLE line that made him run for his life before he tore his rotator cuff.

Jamarcus Russel should be #1.............he was drafted #1 and he's the ALL TIME draft pick bust hands down

Johnny Manziel......... (Cough) (Cough)

My dad knew Ryan Leaf. Went to school with him. He told me almost everybody hated him at school. Even the nicest kid in school hated him

Remember that the same year that Ryan Leaf was drafted was also the year Peyton Manning was as well. I remember reading a quote from the Colts that said they decided that since talent-wise they were about equal, they decided to go for character as well. Good decision.

Jamarcus Russel was lazy. The team gave him a blank DVD to watch and prepare and he didn't bother to watch it.

How to make a biggest bust list: #1 Ryan Leaf #2 JaMarcus Russell Or vice-versa

The biggest bust of all time is whoever let Skip Bayless speak

Johnny Manziel should of been on this list lol

Couch was not a bad pick. He just had no team. The Browns got screwed so hard in the expansion draft. They should have traded down to get multiple selections, or traded up lower picks for the same. Couch had no one to throw to, no one to hand the ball off to, and no one to protect him. On top of that he had a horrific front office and a rookie head coach who would never again be a head coach in the NFL after being fired by the Browns. Couch led the team to the playoffs with basically no team when Butch Davis took over. If he'd had ANY sort of team, we'd be having a different conversation about Tim Couch.

David Carr is not a bust. He was a victim of a terrible front office in Houston.

If Ryan Leaf had that much competitive drive against opposing defenses like he did against the San Diego media.

Tim couch was probably the best quarterback the browns had. They had no line to protect him. He was very talented. Think of Andrew Luck today, just retired because he got hit so much

I'm shocked Johnny Manziel isn't on this list.

Wish they were all true busts. The guys who were injured often shouldn't be on this list. It's not like they got to the NFL and just sucked ass.

Bengals need to stop drafting. Just trade picks for players and call it day

Todd Marijuanavich deserves to be right next to Jamarcus

This video should be titled "Top 10 acquisitions by the CFL."

The Packers drafted Tony Mandarich when they could have drafted Barry Sanders, Deion Sanders and Derrick Thomas. The Redskins drafted Heath Shuler when they could have drafted Larry Allen and even Kurt Warner who wasn't drafted at all. The Bengals drafted Ki-Jana Carter when they could have drafted Steve McNair, Warren Sapp, Derrick Brooks, Curtis Martin and Terrell Davis. The Browns drafted Courtney Brown when they could have drafted Brian Urlacher, Shaun Alexander, and a relatively famous quarterback named Tom Brady. The Browns drafted Tim Couch when they could have drafted Donovan McNabb, Edgerrin James, Ricky Williams, Torry Holt and Champ Bailey. The Rams drafted Lawrence Phillips when they could have drafted Eddie George, Marvin Harrison, Ray Lewis, Brian Dawkins, Terrell Owens, Zach Thomas and even Adam Vinatieri who would kick the game winning field goal against the Rams in Super Bowl 36. The Bengals drafted Akili Smith when they could have drafted Edgerrin James, Ricky Williams, Torry Holt and Champ Bailey. The Lions drafted Charles Rogers when they could have drafted Andre Johnson, Terrell Suggs, Troy Polamalu, Dallas Clark, Larry Johnson, Nnamdi Asomugha, Anquan Boldin, Lance Briggs, Jason Witten, Asante Samuel, Robert Mathis, Antonio Gates and even Tony Romo (I know, it was a stacked draft) The Raiders drafted JaMarcus Russell when they could have drafted Calvin Johnson, Joe Thomas, Adrian Peterson, Patrick Willis, Marshawn Lynch and Darrelle Revis. The Chargers drafted Ryan Leaf when they could have drafted Charles Woodson, Fred Taylor, Randy Moss, Alan Faneca, Ahman Green, Hines Ward, Matt Hasselbeck and London Fletcher.

The Browns killed Tim Couch. He took a shitty Kentucky team and made them a tough team to play. If he could have studied behind a good QB for a few seasons he could have been one of the greats.

Tim Couch Was A Great Player, it’s his team that ruined him

Ryan Leaf made the list of "Top NFL Draft Pick Busts" as well as "Biggest Sports Flops," both on ESPN, in SPECTACULAR fashion!!!!

Lmao all you guys did was rearrange the NFL's list and actually kept some at the same spot

Ryan leaf more like Ryan queef. Am I?right guys?

RIP Charles.

At 4:28 in the video some QB from Purdue named Brees was being picked off. Whatever happened to him?

Matt leinart should have been included.

To me Johnny Manziel is number 1 because at least JaMarcus Russell and Ryan Leaf Play the full season Johnny Manziel barely played 2 games...

4:26 crazy to see Brees in college and now he's retired.

Number 1 will always be Tampa drafting Bo Jackson after he said he'd never play there, then he didn't.

how Ki Jana a bust?? that's was just unfortunate what happened to him

Anybody that thinks David Carr was a bust is an idiot. He spent his career on his back. Kind of hard to play QB that way. Same for Tim Couch. The people that make these lists must not watch football. Ever.

One year after they cut Charles Rogers, the Lions selected another wide-receiver second overall named Calvin Johnson. I bet we know how that turned out.

As a packers a packers fan it hurt when they said we missed out on dion sanders and barry sanders

It's hard to call Carter a bad pick... he tore up his knee before ACL rehabilitation became common injuries to come back from in the NFL.

Did you guys just copy the ESPN program? Where is Johnny Manzel

Listening to Jamarcus Russell... You can tell he "attended" an SEC school.

You had to mention friggin' Mandarich!!!!!

The Browns could have had number 10 - 1 spots completely on theyre own.

Don't let this distract you from the the fact that in 1966, Al Bundy scored four touchdowns in a single game while playing for the Polk High School Panthers in the 1966 city championship game versus Andrew Johnson High School, including the game-winning touchdown in the final seconds against his old nemesis, Bubba "Spare Tire" Dixon.

1. Ryan leaf 2. Jamarcus Russell 3. Rick mirer 4. Trent Richardson 5. Cade mcnown 6. Akili smith 7. Archie griffin 8. Charles Rodgers 9. Lawrence Phillips 10. Matt leinart

What about Gino Torreta? A Heisman winner who I believe was drafted dead last?

How did Johnny Manziel not make this list?

What about Manziel?

Rest in peace Charles Rogers. God bless. ❤

As a Colts fan, I am surprised that Art Schlicter or Jeff George didn't make this list.

I cant believe that priest actually said “all the good he did” when he murdered someone. Wow

Its so funny that Manning and Leaf were taken nearly at the same time and Manning just retired a Super Bowl champion and Leaf is in jail for burglary.

Listening to JaMarcus speak, it's clear why he couldn't succeed as a quarterback. He's not a very smart man.

Nobody remembers gino torretta spelling that wrong but this guy won a heisman.

No one will ever know how great Tim Couch could have been because he was thrown to the wolves in Cleveland.

Why does footage from 2003 looks like it was captured via Sega CD?

Has anyone mentioned Rich Campbell, 1981 first round pick at quarterback by the Packers? He never started a game for them, and it was clear at training cam that he was not even close to NFL level. Even worse, underrated QBs in Neil Lomax (at pick 33) and Wade Wilson (at pick 210) were on the board if the Packers really wanted one.

Tim Couch went to expansion team just like David Carr went to expansion team. They threw those guys out on the field instead of sitting and watching.

Trent Richardson, Johnny Manziel, Matt Leinart, most players in the browns and jaguars organizations

Trent richardson

Love how many of these included the Browns lol.

You guys should make the app available on xbox/ps I'd probably use it instead of RU-vid often.

Johnny manziel

just fill the list with Browns and Jets picks

Ki-Jana Carter doesn't deserve to be on this list. He was not a bad draft pick nor was he a bad player, he simply had the rotten luck of getting injured way too often which wasn't his fault. No one should be labeled a bust when their career is cut short due to injuries.

Mandarich earned his nickname "Turnstile Tony", once he stopped taking roids he slimmed down but was never any good.

the Browns busts were probably more on the franchise than the player

Steelers drafted Gabe Rivera over a University of Pittsburgh QB named Dan Marino. Marino could've been Bradshaw's replacement for years. Rivera's career lasted six games after being paralyzed in an accident driving drunk.

We have to remember that some team owners just want to throw an assumed superhero on the field and not really invest in the rest of the positions. David Carr & Tim Couch were really good in their early years, but sadly their teams never surrounded them with time to throw. Those teams just want to sell tickets.

This list is pretty accurate, there are so many to choose from. Ryan Leaf, Jamarkus Russell, Heath Shuler, Josh Freeman, Brady Quinn, Aaron Brooks, Andre Ware, Derek Anderson, Rick Mirer, Tim Couch, Charlie Frye, Quincy Carter, Rob Johnson, Chris Weinke, Matt Leinart, Byron Leftwich, Patrick Ramsey, Tony Eason, Kyle Bohler, Jeff George, JP Loseman, Tommy Madox, Vince Young, Joey Harrington, David Carr, David Klinger, Scott Mitchell, all of Cleveland QB's for decades.

Cleveland pretty much needs to have every 1st round pic on here

The Lions whole WR core was trash in the 2000's... Mike Williams rd 1, Roy Williams rd 1, and Charles rogers rd 1. Come to think of it...just about EVERY pick is a disapointment

What about Peter Warrick? 4th overall pick in 2000, he was supposed to change the way the game was played. I think his best season was like 660 yards.

I realize this clip is 3 years old. How about people who were drafted by good/great/championship teams in round 1 who flopped? In this clip nearly every person was drafted by a crappy team.

Couch was 8-6 as a starter in 2002 before a broken leg ended his season. He led several last minute comeback wins and the Browns were dubbed the Kardiac Kids II. By the way, he helped lead them to the playoffs, the LAST time Cleveland has been there. So I am not sure all Browns would agree that he is a bust.

I Love all the mentions of the browns in this video. If there was any team that desperately needs a miracle and a victory, its the Browns. They re franchise is a terrible mess. Browns fans are the single most loyal fans in the NFL. I say this as a die hard Broncos fan.

Do a Top 20 list of biggest NFL draft busts

I just started watching and if Brian Bozworth isn't on this list, then they don't know what they're talking about.