Updated: Apr 27, 2008, 7:31 PM

Vote: Who are the potential first-round busts?



Who will join Tim Couch on the list of draft busts?
Being a first-round pick in the NFL draft guarantees that a player gets newspaper headlines and a hefty signing bonus. What it doesn't guarantee is that he'll ever find his way to a second contract, let alone a trip to Hawaii for the Pro Bowl.

Just ask Akili Smith, Tim Couch, David Terrell, Courtney Brown, Curtis Enis, Ryan Leaf, Blair Thomas, Aundray Bruce, Rashaan Salaam and countless others who had their best NFL moment at the podium in New York City. Some number of the big-name prospects picked this year will soon find their names mentioned only as annual cautionary tales on draft weekend. It happens every year.

Teams spend long hours and lots of money trying to separate building blocks from busts, but sometimes they just get it wrong. And while hindsight makes it easy to poke fun at mistakes, it's different when you're on the clock.

So what do you think, SportsNation? With nothing more to go on than your own instincts, which first-round picks in this year's draft have the most bust potential?

Vote for all the players you think are most likely to be busts.

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Which of these 2008 first-round picks is a potential bust? (Click all that apply)

  • No. 1 - OT Jake Long (Miami Dolphins)
  • No. 2 - DE Chris Long (St. Louis Rams)
  • No. 3 - QB Matt Ryan (Atlanta Falcons)
  • No. 4 - RB Darren McFadden (Oakland Raiders)
  • No. 5 - DT Glenn Dorsey (Kansas City Chiefs)
  • No. 6 - DE Vernon Gholston (New York Jets)
  • No. 7 - DT Sedrick Ellis (New Orleans Saints)
  • No. 8 - DE Derrick Harvey (Jacksonville Jaguars)
  • No. 9 - LB Keith Rivers (Cincinnati Bengals)
  • No. 10 - LB Jerod Mayo (New England Patriots)
  • No. 11 - CB Leodis McKelvin (Buffalo Bills)
  • No. 12 - OT Ryan Clady (Denver Broncos)
  • No. 13 - RB Jonathan Stewart (Carolina Panthers)
  • No. 14 - OT Chris Williams (Chicago Bears)
  • No. 15 - OG Branden Albert (Kansas City Chiefs)
  • No. 16 - CB Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie (Arizona Cardinals)
  • No. 17 - OT Gosder Cherilus (Detroit Lions)
  • No. 18 - QB Joe Flacco (Baltimore Ravens)
  • No. 19 - OT Jeff Otah (Carolina Panthers)
  • No. 20 - CB Aqib Talib (Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
  • No. 21 - OT Sam Baker (Atlanta Falcons)
  • No. 22 - RB Felix Jones (Dallas Cowboys)
  • No. 23 - RB Rashard Mendenhall (Pittsburgh Steelers)
  • No. 24 - RB Chris Johnson (Tennessee Titans)
  • No. 25 - DB Mike Jenkins (Dallas Cowboys)
  • No. 26 - OT Duane Brown (Houston Texans)
  • No. 27 - DB Antoine Cason (San Diego Chargers)
  • No. 28 - DE Lawrence Jackson (Seattle Seahawks)
  • No. 29 - DT Kentwan Balmer (San Francisco 49ers)
  • No. 30 - TE Dustin Keller (New York Jets)
  • No. 31 - S Kenny Phillips (New York Giants)

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