Top 10 1st Round Trade NFL Draft Busts

Don't really need to say much here. Like The 2nd biggest bust trade. Neither team really won much here. The biggest winner was Jim Irsay picking the right QB. Meanwhile, the Chargers were heart set in taking Ryan Leaf no matter what. Cardinals took a defensive lineman who didn't last too long in the league either. Still, you take the most immature, and atrocious play by a QB I have ever witnessed. ''Don't Talk to me alright. KNOCK IT OFF!'' Your franchise QB San Diego.

Look away Bears fans! Do I really need to say how this went down? Atrocious trade where Ryan Pace could have waited at 3 and still would have taken him. Instead, he gives picks away to John Lynch? What are you doing? Even worse is they never really contacted Trbisky before the draft. Which makes this a bad process all around by the Chicago personnel. Even more painful would be the stars you decided to pass by Deshaun Watson (Great), and Sir Patrick Mahomes (HOF).

I really wanted to put this one higher because it was a legendarily bad trade for New Orleans. Ricky Williams was a heck of a player in his short time with the Saints. The problem was the whole team didn't get that much better giving up the whole draft load that year. Washington got all the boatload of picks. Stunningly enough though none of those players lasted as long so you're lucky to not give Washington much with their GM have bad eyesight.

This might be the opposite of how Ricky Willaims ended up being. Trent Richardson at first had a good start to the NFL level when the Browns believed in him. When the team decided to trade him. Richardson struggled and had some atrocious yards per carry showing in his time with Indy. It was since to see him play in the AAF for a brief period of time though. Vikings ended up getting a tackle to help out their below-average QB (Ponder) at the time.

Josh Rosen was the 4th QB taken in the 2018 NFL Draft. Unfortunately, the team that traded up for him set him up to fail. As they had no identity when he got to Arizona with little chance in just one season. Meanwhile, the team that traded down Raiders. Look to have the better of the two UCLA players in Kolton Miller.

Derrick Harvey was a guy not even projected to go as high as he did. Baltimore traded down to get Joe Flacco who worked out well. Meanwhile, Jacksonville coming off just missing the playoffs tried to go all-in on Derrick Harvey. Harvey pretty much did not live up to his high overarching status as Kiper and company ripped the pick and deservedly so.

Sure RG3 did have a great rookie season, but when he broke those legs his playing ability evaporated fast. Luckily for Washington, they managed to get a backup QB in Kirk Cousins who played for them a good lengthy time in his bust absence. Rams ended up trading down, and they were still in limbo not getting much better for this long in. RG3 would soon have his starting job cut short only to get one last stand with Cleveland which led to nothing as he played in the backup position afterward.

Right next to Claiborne would be the guy that went one higher who also was traded by another team in Jacksonville. Justin Blackmon had quite the talent on offense. The problem as his off-the-field issues and demons caught up to him in the end. Tampa Bay didn't much of a better pick in Mark Barron who you could also make a case for.

Oh hey another Rams trade where they traded down. Michael Brockers is still in the league who can play at the above-average level or a defensive lineman. On the other hand, Jerry Jones put high stakes on Morris Claiborne. The last time Jerry made a big splash at a corner was getting Primetime. Seeing that comparison at the time he just screamed out bust then, and while he isn't terrible. He did not live up to his high status being picked at 6.