Who was the biggest Pats bust ever?

[the_Bird]

Wow Christian Peter. Good one.

Bledsoe lifted this team into respectability. It's just that it seems awkward being beaten out by a 6th rounder who wins a Super Bowl in his first year playing.  If that didn't happen no way are we talking about Bledsoe as a bust.

i'm not sure a pro bowler can be a bust

Bledsoe had all the tools except mobility.  Had a cannon.  Pretty decent accuracy.  Tried to do WAY too much, especially as the team worsened around him.  Took WAY too many sacks, holding the ball too long instead of either making a quick decision or throwing it away.  Seemed to be a pretty smart guy, too.  Pretty tough (remember him playing with that busted finger on his throwing hand?)

He's obviously not a bust except in the sense that he *could* have been a lot better.  Could have been a perennial Pro Bowler.  Not to bring Brett Favre into every conversation, but outside of Favre maybe having a little more mobility Bledsoe always kind of reminded me of a poor man's Brett; cannon arm, good-enough accuracy, tough, good leadership, tendency to do dumb things that ended up hurting the team.

Bledsoe was quite fine when you consider the alternative, Rick Mirer.

That was a HUGE debate back in the day.  Thankfully, this was one that the Pats actually got right.

Oh, I don't disagree.  Mirer's one of those guys who's forgotten about as a bust even though he was the #2 overall pick.  

I don't consider Bledsoe a bust at all...  but at the same time, he's a disappointment because he COULD (I believe) have been one of the truly great ones.

In NBA terms, he's kind of like Lamar Odom.  

[Eja117]

I remember saying last year that Ron Brace was the bustiest bust possible, and someone saying way too early.  I was trying to say he was a rookie year but, not career bust, but one way or the other I am really glad I may turn out to be wrong here.