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Biggest NFL Busts by Team: Who's Your Team's Worst Draft Pick Ever?

Everyone makes mistakes. But when those mistakes are magnified by intense scrutiny of the NFL draft, well, they become much more embarrassing than, say, my typical Friday morning, mustard-stain-on-khakis incident. Which is why the NFL FanHouse braintrust got together to determine who is the biggest bust for each NFL...

Casserly, Billick Talk NFL Draft

NFL Network's Charley Casserly and Brian Billick talked to the media today about the upcoming NFL Draft. Choicest nuggets below.On the news that B.J. Raji didn't fail a drug test as reported by SI.com and NFLDraftBible.com...Brian Billick: "This is of great concern to me, as I think it is to the league and a number of...

Mel Kiper Thinks Tampa Bay Should Look for a Quarterback

The signing of Luke McCown earlier this week likely signaled the end of the Jeff Garcia era in Tampa Bay, leaving the team's quarterback situation in the hands of McCown, Brian Griese and Josh Johnson. Not exactly an ideal situation for rookie head coach Raheem Morris. McCown and Johnson are relatively unknown, while...

The Rookie: Is Brodie Croyle KC's Savior?

You've got to love mindless controversies. Many Chiefs' fans are already dissatisfied with Damon Huard, so who do the fans want instead? Brodie Croyle; the rookie Brodie Croyle. In related news, Microsoft announced today that they just hired a recent college graduate to be CEO of their uber-successful corporation.Think...

AkiliSmith News From the Web

04/25/12 The Morning Line, 4/25 Source: The Cincinnati Enquirer - Cincinnati OH Ever since TML and others ripped The Club for its lack of hitting smarts, The Club has started hitting smart.
04/24/12 Akili Smith was the biggest bust in Cincinnati... Source: Bengals Locker The Cincinnati Bengals used the #3 overall pick in the 1999 NFL Draft on QB Akili Smith out of Oregon.
04/24/12 Teams fear picking âbusts' in NFL draft Source: The Bulletin - Bend OR The Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio, is filled with the busts of the game's greatest players, their images preserved in bronze.
04/24/12 NFL Draft Busts (VIDEOS): Akili Smith played four... Source: The Post Chronicle - Denville NJ Akili Smith played four seasons for Cincinnati Bengals, Germany's Frankfurt Galaxy; assistant coach for University of California in 2010.
04/23/12 Each NFL Team's Biggest Draft Bust Ever Source: NBC - KPNX TV 12 - Phoenix AZ The Cincinnati Bengals needed a quarterback, so they made a move for Akili Smith, the one-year wonder coming out of the University of Oregon, with the third overall pick of the 1999 draft.