Okay, who's the masochist that came up with this? In Friday's Cincinnati Enquirer, there's a poll for the worst Bengals draft pick ever. Amazingly, there are only five players listed: Akili Smith, Ricky Hunley, Ki-Jana Carter, David Klingler and jack Thompson. Yeah, I'd say this hits all the highlights, but couldn't this list be about 20 deep? Since we're only talking about first-rounders, it limits the field -- especially with all the law-breakers drafted during the Marvin Lewis Era -- but I'd like to nominate running back Chris Perry. He's not in Ki-Jana Carter territory -- yet -- but he's been injured for most of this three-year career. And what about Peter Warrick, the 4th-overall pick in the 2000 draft. Anybody know what he's up to these days?
To be fair, the the Bengals have landed some great player too -- particularly later in the draft: Chad and Rudi Johnson, T.J. Houshmandzadeh, Madieu Williams. And, of course, the first-round hits: Carson Palmer, Levi Jones, and Takeo Spikes.
Oh, in case you're wondering, Akili Smith is running away at the polls -- he's garnered 54 percent of the vote; David Klingler is second with just 22.9 percent. Smith was that bad.




