Top 10 Chicago Bear Busts
No, not Bust’s in Canton at the Hall Of Fame, but busted, broke, sorry excuse for a draft pick busts.
When I look at Chicago’s draft busts I won’t necessarily disqualify a guy from bust status if he had some injury issues, but if he played, sucked, then was hurt, I’ll draw my own conclusions. Also I’ll keep my list to guys that I can remember. I’m sure there are some monumental busts from back in he day, so maybe some you long time Bears fans can enlighten us.
10. John Allred TE – 1997 2nd round pick #38 – Four years in Chicago and 30 receptions, then 1 more year in Pittsburgh with no stats. I could see if he were a bruising blocking TE, but no. You expect more production from a guy drafted 38th overall.
9. Pat Riley DE – 1995 2nd round pick #52 – No not that Pat Riley, but even at the slick haired one’s advanced age, he could have had more production than the 1 game appeared in for the Bears 2nd round draft pick.
8. Michael Haynes DE – 2003 1st round pick #14 – Only 4 career starts in his 3 years as a Bear. The Saints gave his career one more shot before cutting him. An injury finally led to his walking away, but his release would have come either way.
7. Bob Sapp G – 1997 3rd round pick #69 – You expect more from such a physical specimen. He never played a down with the Bears in ’97, but he some how stuck around for 2 years in Minnesota, seeing action in 1 game.
6. Rashaan Salaam RB – 1995 1st round pick 21 – I think he liked the weed a little more than he liked being an NFL player. His rookie year was solid if you take away his 9 fumbles. In 1999 Cleveland and Green Bay both gave him a shot. Why?
5. Curtis Enis RB – 1998 1st round pick 5 – In 1999 he did pile up over 900 yards, but with a 3.2 average, yuck. Three years in Chicago and an injury spelled his doom, lucky for him because The Turk was coming.
4. Dan Bazuin DE – 2007 2nd round - pick #62 – I questioned this pick at the time. He made no sense at all. Two years with the Bears and a 3rd year in Houston, all with no stats to speak of. I’m beginning to wonder if he really exists.
3. David Terrell WR – 2001 1st round pick #8 – Had Terrell played up to the legend in his own mind, he’d still be playing in Chicago. 128 catches in a 4 year career isn’t bad for an undrafted free agent out of McNeese State, but for the 8th player picked from Michigan with an ego his size, it doesn’t come close to being acceptable.
2. Stan Thomas T – 1991 1st round pick #22 - Two years a Bear with 3 as an Oiler, did Houston not see him play in Chicago? Terrible. If you saw Thomas play... I'm sorry.
1. Cade McNown QB – 1999 1st round pick #12 – Two years a Bear, 67.7 QB rating with 19 interceptions and 6 fumbles lost in just 25 games. How Miami and San Francisco ever let him sit on their roster blows me away.
Yeah, I know, no Rex (he had his moments, and still could have some), no Benson (he was very productive in tandem with Thomas Jones and looked good in Cincy), and no Mark Bradley (he still could make some noise in K.C.).
Hopefully they’ll be no one in the 2009 draft class that could supplant one of these guys.
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I'd like to put
Dusty Dvoracek up for consideration.
I know he’s been injured and only played in one game his first year, but I don’t think he’s going to amount to much. I think his nickname should be Mr. Glass.
Because as far as we're concerned, there is still no team in the history of the NFL that could beat the '85 Bears.
he
was a 3rd round pick though, wasn’t he? You expect some mid-round picks to flop out like he has.
DEJESUS!!!
True
I really had high hopes for Dusty though. Who knows maybe this will be his year to stay healthy for 19 games.
I live by Dusty
He has a cadillac with a tinted drivers side window, two huge dogs, and a smoking hot girlfriend. What he doesn’t have is game.
His house is up for sale anyways. I don’t know where is going, but I think he plans on being cut.
by Looney_Bucky on Apr 25, 2009 5:49 PM CDT up reply actions
No Cedric Benson?
I know he played with us for a couple years and at times was somewhat productive, but having to release a 4th overall pick because he couldn’t take over the starting spot (and he was given plenty of chances), couldn’t really stay healthy and legal issues has to rate somewhere among the top 10.
I might be persuaded to include Tank Johnson somewhere on that list too because he could have been a great DT but was just a royal f@&k up.
"One time I went to a social gathering, I brought a bottle of Tanqueray and a shotgun and showed those motherf@ers the best time they ever had!"- Kenny Powers (Eastbound and Down)
"Why give 100% when 35 can still get you paid and laid."- Kenny Powers
by gridiron_assassin on Apr 23, 2009 1:58 PM CDT reply actions
Ugh The 90s
Were such a bad time to be a Bears fan. How I ended up here after watching the Wanny years as a kid I have no idea. 5 of these players were in the Wanny era and 3 from Jauron. Ugh we were such a joke.
by Sam Householder on Apr 23, 2009 2:03 PM CDT reply actions
I left Benson off because he looks to be starting for the Bengals, he had some issues in Chicago that led to his release, but he still may be a productive NFL player.
by Lester A. Wiltfong Jr. on Apr 23, 2009 2:24 PM CDT reply actions
Still just because
A player is starting for another team, that doesn’t mean they weren’t a bust in Chicago.
Because as far as we're concerned, there is still no team in the history of the NFL that could beat the '85 Bears.
by Ditkavsworld on Apr 23, 2009 2:34 PM CDT up reply actions
Yea
but he still has to be considered a Bears bust, unless you’re looking at overall careers. And even then Benson still looks to only be a marginal starter on a very bad Bengals team who can’t even average 4 ypc. A whole lot more than that would and should be expected from a 4th overall pick. And the guy was just a jackass with a very abrasive personality so that really doesn’t help in the fan’s eyes.
"One time I went to a social gathering, I brought a bottle of Tanqueray and a shotgun and showed those motherf@ers the best time they ever had!"- Kenny Powers (Eastbound and Down)
"Why give 100% when 35 can still get you paid and laid."- Kenny Powers
by gridiron_assassin on Apr 23, 2009 2:34 PM CDT up reply actions
Technically, Rick Mirer should be on this list
Think With Your Dipstick Jimmy!
by ifuwannacrownem on Apr 23, 2009 2:44 PM CDT reply actions
We Didn't Draft Him
We just traded a first winces for him. Shakes head
by Sam Householder on Apr 23, 2009 4:47 PM CDT up reply actions
that's why I wrote technically
Think With Your Dipstick Jimmy!
by ifuwannacrownem on Apr 23, 2009 4:57 PM CDT up reply actions
I still get
A little nauseous when I think of Mirer.
Even right now I am throwing up in my mouth a little
No one think Jim Mcmahon was a bust?
I know it’s blasphemous to even suggest that because he won us a super bowl, but he hardly lived up to his potential because he was always injured. Add that to the fact that he went and played for the cheeseheads and I think he should be on that list, and if not then at least in the top 15.
"One time I went to a social gathering, I brought a bottle of Tanqueray and a shotgun and showed those motherf@ers the best time they ever had!"- Kenny Powers (Eastbound and Down)
"Why give 100% when 35 can still get you paid and laid."- Kenny Powers
by gridiron_assassin on Apr 23, 2009 3:34 PM CDT reply actions
i wouldn't call him a bust
but I wouldn’t call him a great pick either.
This is the part where I wait for GeoMak’s reply
Think With Your Dipstick Jimmy!
by ifuwannacrownem on Apr 23, 2009 3:39 PM CDT up reply actions
Oh really
how so?
"One time I went to a social gathering, I brought a bottle of Tanqueray and a shotgun and showed those motherf@ers the best time they ever had!"- Kenny Powers (Eastbound and Down)
"Why give 100% when 35 can still get you paid and laid."- Kenny Powers
by gridiron_assassin on Apr 23, 2009 3:55 PM CDT up reply actions
he led the greatest team of all time to a super bowl victory
does this make him great? no. does that mean that he’s not a bust. yes.
rex grossman belongs there before mcmahon ever does.
well, it's disputable
McMahon was a top five pick who was often injured even during the ’85 season. other than that, he was mediocre at best and his career lasted a year longer than grossmans in chicago.
Think With Your Dipstick Jimmy!
by ifuwannacrownem on Apr 23, 2009 6:06 PM CDT up reply actions
none of which remotely classifies him as a bust
busts don’t lead teams to the super bowl championship. say what you want about the defense, mcmahon was the leader of that team.
He won a Super Bowl
Nuf said
If God had wanted man to play soccer, he wouldn't have given us arms.- Mike Ditka
by Hurricanes becoming Bears on Apr 23, 2009 3:54 PM CDT up reply actions
Mcmahon wasn't a bust at all in my opinion.
He didn’t start having rough times until that dick head from GB slammed him 2 minutes after the play was dead. That really pissed me off. He did have some help at the receiver position with Willie.
by Bears fan 4-ever!!! on Apr 23, 2009 8:44 PM CDT up reply actions
Sorry,
but you get a superbowl ring like the punky QB did and you are out of the bust discussion.
I posted a link to a McMahon interview on the score last night in the Den today. McMahon is crazy, but not a bust
What kind of retarded, idiot, jerk, would call McMahon a bust?
Someone that is probably not old enough to have actually witnessed the 85 Bears. That is the only thing I can think of.
Passion For The Game, Loyal To The Name, Chicago Bears, I Trust In Thee, Standing Strong Since 1983.
NO SHIT! REALLY? I DIDN'T KNOW I WROTE THAT.
I’m entitled to my damn opinion. You think he’s not a bust that’s fine with you. But that doesn’t mean other people don’t think he’s a bust.. McMahon never lived up to the status for which he was drafted, therefore it’s disputable.
Think With Your Dipstick Jimmy!
by ifuwannacrownem on Apr 24, 2009 4:49 PM CDT up reply actions
Of course you are entitled to your opinion,
It’s yours after all. It happens to be wrong this time. So own it.
My opinion is wrong?
join a friggin dabate team. you’re starting to sound like my ex-girlfriend
Rachel, Is that you?
Think With Your Dipstick Jimmy!
by ifuwannacrownem on Apr 24, 2009 5:07 PM CDT up reply actions
nah just gettin into this heated discussion
Think With Your Dipstick Jimmy!
by ifuwannacrownem on Apr 24, 2009 5:27 PM CDT up reply actions
Only thing that hurts more
Is going to espn and looking back at the players drafted after these and other Bears “quality” picks and saying, “Damn!!!!!, I knew that guy was gonna be at least good, maybe not hall of fame but a solid starter” personally very tired of Bears and other organizations going “against” the grain just to try to show other scouts and tv personalities up by finding “diamonds in the ruff” or reaching for talent and telling the fans the said player was “best athlete/player available” with all the draft coverage and everything, not so sure fans dont know as much about some players as the teams that draft em do
and stan thomas was not a ditka guy
learn your bears history. the pick was forced on him by guess who.
that is the moment when ditkas fate with bears was sealed
i honestly thing that if satan would have just signed marshall and then let ditka and his guys run his draft ditka would have retired as the bears coach.
I don't think...
Many people thought Cedric was going to be a bust pick.
He was a stud at Texas, but he wasn’t the hammer we thought he would be.
He was a bust, and as a thug, got his second chance with the Cinncy Thugals.
This list........
really makes me appreciate JA
by Hubstorm22Xxx23 on Apr 23, 2009 5:28 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Any top 10 bust list MUST include John Thierry
For those not bright enough to grasp the fundamental underpinning of an message board, please take note that "EVERYTHING I state is an OPINION."
Yep, we have definitely had our fair share of major busts throughout the years...
and who the hell is Dan Bazuin. LOL If we weren’t Bears fans we really wouldn’t know, right.
by Bears fan 4-ever!!! on Apr 23, 2009 8:51 PM CDT up reply actions
Yes... how could he be left off this list?
Especially when some of the guys on the list weren’t even 1st rounders.
Also… I don’t know how this one was left out: Russell Davis. 2nd round pick in ’99, after we chose Cade McNown in the 1st. Davis was cut after 1 season.
"You win because of the quarterback. We have to get that position stabilized. We're fixated on that." -- Jerry Angelo (12.30.2008)
Jerry Angelo trades for Jay Cutler! (4.2.2009)
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Russel Davis was a failure in Chicago, but had a 9 year NFL career, so I left him off the list
by Lester A. Wiltfong Jr. on Apr 24, 2009 8:48 AM CDT up reply actions
I considered Thirry, but he played 9 years in the NFL and had 33.5 sacks, not impressive, but somehow he started 42 games in last 4 years
by Lester A. Wiltfong Jr. on Apr 24, 2009 8:50 AM CDT up reply actions
Grossman wasn't really a bust
He could go out there and give you TD’s, but it came with a lot of INT’s which did not put him in a good place with Bear fans
Movement to make Jeff Samardzija our closer!
i Agree
Anyone who has even been considered League MVP should not be labeled a bust.
Think With Your Dipstick Jimmy!
by ifuwannacrownem on Apr 24, 2009 7:38 AM CDT up reply actions
grossman was never considered for league mvp
for 4 games he looked like it but after that there was no talk about mvp.
Yes there was. after those four games yeah, I'm talking about during them
Before the Arizona fiasco, he was strongly considered the favorite to be league MVP.
“Rex Grossman right now is the MVP of this league!" – Sean Salisbury 10/2/2006
I think, at some point right before training camp, Rex Grossman had an arm transplant from Dan Fouts." – Peter King after Week 2
"The Bears have a legitimate top-level quarterback in Rex Grossman" – Vic Carruci, 10/1
"He has some Brett Favre in him, but he’s a winner." – Jerome Bettis 10/1
"He’s seems like a Brett Favre kind of guy." – Chris Collinsworth 10/1
Think With Your Dipstick Jimmy!
by ifuwannacrownem on Apr 24, 2009 2:15 PM CDT up reply actions
Yes, I remember that half way through the season....
they were still talking about Rex, the MVP.
Passion For The Game, Loyal To The Name, Chicago Bears, I Trust In Thee, Standing Strong Since 1983.
no they weren't
it died that day in arizona
I remember thinking that performance had to be a once in a lifetime bomb
unfortunately for him and Bears fans he tried to repeat it a couple times.
The other thing in that game, which I prefer to remember instead, was how Urlacher took over the 2nd half. Arguably one of his greatest performances as a Bear. At least that’s how I try to remember it.
wow 10/1? sounds like right after the first 4 games
the ones i mentioned. please keep reading my post
“but after that there was no talk”
yeah I know what you said
Please re-read my post
“Anyone who has even been considered League MVP should not be labeled a bust.”
Think With Your Dipstick Jimmy!
by ifuwannacrownem on Apr 24, 2009 3:51 PM CDT up reply actions
The bottom line is..
Rex Grossman was no bust.
Passion For The Game, Loyal To The Name, Chicago Bears, I Trust In Thee, Standing Strong Since 1983.
it's disputable just as McMahon is
Think With Your Dipstick Jimmy!
by ifuwannacrownem on Apr 24, 2009 4:08 PM CDT up reply actions
Why do I need links for them if I have them recorded?
Think With Your Dipstick Jimmy!
by ifuwannacrownem on Apr 25, 2009 8:56 AM CDT up reply actions
great point
“Rex grossman is the single greatest bust in the history of quarterbacks” – george halas’s ghost 1/1/2009
this is fun
what team does grossman play for right now?
first round pick unsigned 6 years later? yeah. bust.
a lot of people are considered league mvp for a few minutes. using that as a determining factor might be the dumbest thing ever said on the internet.
first round pick unsigned 6 years later? yeah. bust.
If that’s your reasoning for an argument, then you can state the same case for Jim McMahon seeing that he was picked in the top five and he was also unsugned 6 years later.
Think With Your Dipstick Jimmy!
by ifuwannacrownem on Apr 25, 2009 8:56 AM CDT up reply actions
that's the reasoning
along with his poor play. the guy is not good, and isn’t even in the league anymore. i don’t know what’s not to get.
huh?
traded in 89 and signed with the eagles in 90. how was he unsigned in 88? grossman’s career may be over, mcmahon’s was 14 years and 2 superbowls.
Chicago Bears (1982-1988)
San Diego Chargers (1989)
Philadelphia Eagles (1990-1992)
Minnesota Vikings (1993)
Arizona Cardinals (1994)
Cleveland Browns (1995)
Green Bay Packers (1995-1996)
a lot of people are considered league mvp for a few minutes.
do you have any examples, or are you just pulling facts out of your ass?
Think With Your Dipstick Jimmy!
by ifuwannacrownem on Apr 25, 2009 9:02 AM CDT up reply actions
now you're worrid about links?
you realy think every player who wins the mvp has been the only player all year to be mentioned for it at any point? you already proved once its not the case.
I wouldn't say Rex was a bust
But he was not reliable. Was not a leader. Did not have any killer instinct. Now if it wasn’t for 2006 year..then he would be a bust, as it stands now he just wasn’t good.
Haynes and Grossman in combination should be high on that list.
Remember we traded the #4 pick for the 14 and 22 which got us Haynes and Grossman. Grossman alone does not belong on that list, but considering who we could have got with that #4 pick, what a terrible first round.

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