Trade a Bust for a Bust?

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(02-23-2017, 11:45 AM)CageTheBengal Wrote: It's funny how when Kirk was in Dennard's position of being held back by injuries/playing time he was unfairly labeled a bust and fans couldn't wait to watch him hit the door. Now what a mere 3 years later I'm watching Dennard be labeled a bust unfairly and people are talking about how Kirk is the glue to our secondary.

We have very little to no idea what Dennard is capable of and we want to trade him for a OT that has actually had playing time and has flopped.

The real trade is

Unknown First Round Prospect vs First Round Bust

The Rams should jump all over that.

Cage, the title of Bust is all about draft position and production relative to that position.

A 1st round pick who takes 5 years to be a decent starter is a bust.
A 7th round pick who takes 5 years to be a decent starter is a diamond in the rough.

It doesn't matter if it was injuries, or what. If a player performed well below their draft order/status expectation, they are a bust. Kirkpatrick would have been a great 6th round pick, but he wasn't a 6th round pick. He was a 1st round pick, and as a 1st round pick, he was a bust. The same applies to Dennard, he is a bust.

There's no such thing in the NFL as a 1st round pick heading into his 4th year/age 26 season, who is a prospect.