The worst place to be in the NFL is one of the first teams to miss the playoffs because you have no shot at a championship and your draft pick isn\u2019t all that high. The worst, worst place to be in the NFL is at the bottom and using those high draft picks on busts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
These blunders can hold teams back for years. Some franchises know this better than others (you know who you are), but all are wary of the threat of the draft bust. The millions invested, the promised greatness, the stairway out of the basement, all for the malaise to maintain and the status quo remains; the projections meant nothing once the player met reality. When you check the Wikipedia page of that horrible, no-good draft from seven years ago, the what-could-have-been run through your head like cinema, directing a dream of a different dimension where your general manager back then had a brain and went with the All-Pro left tackle your team has needed for seasons. Good thing you have a better GM now. They would never do something like that to you. No way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n