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B/R Staffers Remember the NFL Draft Picks That Haunt Them Most
Nothing crushes a sports fan's heart more than what could have been. Save for a few inches here or stretch of a chain there on the game's biggest stage, the NFL draft is football's biggest provider of soul-stomping what-ifs.
The Bleacher Report staff feels that as much as the rest of football fandom. And because misery never turns away company, we gathered our worst recent draft memories to provide you with our gallery of hurt ahead of this year's April 24-26 event, where surely more sleepless nights await gridiron devotees.
Atlanta Falcons Pass Up Star Pass-Rusher
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The Pick: DT Peria Jerry, No. 24, 2009
The Pain: After landing Matt Ryan in 2008—a future MVP and a pick that brought Atlanta back to the playoffs—the Falcons had another glaring need: a pass-rusher
So they grabbed...defensive tackle Peria Jerry.
On paper, it made sense. The Ole Miss product was a First-Team All-American fresh off a seven-sack senior season. Still, my gut told me they picked the wrong guy. I had my eyes on someone greater. Someone who looked like a future star.
A certain blond-haired, future All-Pro defensive force by the name of Clay Matthews III was still sitting on the board and went two picks later to the Green Bay Packers.
Matthews became one of the league's more feared pass-rushers and was a key part of Green Bay’s 2010 title run. Jerry tore up his knee during his second NFL game and was never the same.
Folks may say this is revisionist thinking. Matthews was a walk-on at USC with only 5.5 career sacks (4.5 his senior year) and was a 3-4 outside linebacker, while Atlanta ran a 4-3 defense at the time. But there was something about him that screamed solution to the Falcons’ pass-rushing woes.
Maybe it was his rise from walk-on to starter in a stacked USC linebacker room. Perhaps it was his strong Senior Bowl and combine. Can’t discount the fact that he came from a football family and his dad, Clay, ended his career with the Falcons.
Damn a scheme fit, give me the talent.
Pre-teen me was licking his chops when the Falcons were on the clock, expecting Atlanta to take the USC star only to be crushed when the team decided to go another direction.
Matthews went on to have 102.5 career sacks (including the playoffs), six Pro Bowl appearances and one All-Pro nod. Jerry? Five seasons, 5.5 career sacks—total. Since 2009, the Falcons have only had three seasons with a defender who posted double-digit sacks (2010, 2012, 2016). Matthews had four such seasons himself…and retired in 2019.
Fear not, the Falcons rectified this mistake by drafting his cousin Jake Matthews in 2014, who has repaid the team by starting in all but one game for 11 years (and counting).
Kidding—not getting Matthews still hurts. Why are the Falcons allergic to elite pass-rushers?
—Oluwatosin Oyewole
Chicago Bears Take the Wrong QB
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The Pick: QB Mitch Trubisky, No. 2, 2017
The Pain: My Chicago Bears fandom began a few years after the Cade McNown era, so my only experience with the team taking a quarterback in the first round prior to Mitch Trubisky was in 2003 when it took Rex Grossman, who I still contend would have been a solid NFL quarterback if he could have stayed healthy.
I won't pretend I expected Patrick Mahomes to be 1 percent of what he has become, but I do remember being surprised Trubisky was getting more buzz than him after a junior season in which Mahomes threw for 5,052 yards and 41 touchdowns. Yes, it was in an Air Raid offense, and, yes, it was for a 5-7 team, but he looked awfully good doing it.
I'm a University of Illinois fan and Trubisky had played against them earlier in the year, throwing for a modest 265 yards and two touchdowns in a lopsided victory in which he did not stand out as a surefire future pro quarterback in any real way.
When he started to get buzz as the potential first quarterback off the board, I made a point to tune into his bowl game since the Bears were picking at No. 3 and needed a QB. He completed 23-of-39 pass attempts with two touchdowns and two interceptions in a loss to Stanford in the Sun Bowl. It was his 13th career collegiate start. To my untrained eye, he looked like a multiyear project with some upside.
LSU safety Jamal Adams ended up being the consensus mock draft pick for the Bears, and I had wrapped my head around the idea of them not drafting a quarterback or trading down.
Instead they traded up, grabbed Trubisky, and I was skeptical from the jump. He did not end up being a complete bust, but when you take a guy at No. 2 overall you're expecting a franchise quarterback, and watching Mahomes—who went No. 10 that year—develop into one of the greatest ever has been some serious salt in the wound.
—Joel Reuter
Cincinnati Bengals Fall for Record-Breaking Speed
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The Pick: WR John Ross III, No. 9, 2017
The Pain: An NFL-record 4.22-second 40-yard dash at the combine was all Marvin Lewis and the Bengals needed to see. They ignored the fact that John Ross III injured both calves on that run and selected him as the third receiver in the 2017 draft.
Ross would go on to appear in 27 of a possible 64 games in Cincinnati. He fumbled in his lone touch as a rookie and was seemingly in Lewis' doghouse for years after it. In total, Ross started 10 games for the Bengals and had a ghastly 36.2 percent catch rate, with just 21 receptions.
To add insult to injury, the very next pick ended up being Patrick Mahomes, followed by Marshon Lattimore.
—Eric Ball
Cleveland Browns Whiff on Getting a Franchise QB
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The Pick: Browns trade No. 12 overall in 2017 for two first-rounders
The Pain: Seriously, where do you even begin with this soul-sucking, dumpster-fire of a franchise? Me hurling obscenities at a television in 2007 when Cleveland traded up to select Brady "Medicine Woman" Quinn? My slight coronary when the team used the extra first it got in the Julio Jones trade to draft a 42-year-old rookie in Brandon Weeden? (OK, he was 28, but still.)
They also drafted Trent Richardson that year, because Browns.
But 2017 has to be the topper—and it has nothing to do with Patrick Mahomes getting drafted that season. Myles Garrett is one of the best defensive players of his generation—no issue with that pick. But when Cleveland passed on Deshaun Watson at No. 12? That’s the sort of malpractice that makes the Clowns a laughing-stock.
$230 million in guarantees and three first-rounders later, the team once again hit Clevelandesque levels of absurdity.
—Gary Davenport
Dallas Cowboys Fall for a Workout Warrior
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The Pick: DT Mazi Smith, No. 26, 2023
The Pain: There are plenty of people to blame for the Cowboys using a first-round pick on Mazi Smith, starting with The Athletic's Bruce Feldman. Heading into the Michigan standout's final collegiate season, Feldman listed Smith as the top athlete in college football in his annual column. The former Wolverine had a rare combination of size, strength and athleticism to become a "high ceiling" prospect heading into the 2023 draft.
There was just one problem: That didn't translate onto the field.
Smith will go down as a classic "workout warrior." While his strength was apparent as a run defender, his movement skills didn't show up on tape, and that resulted in minimal pass-rush production with only 0.5 sacks in three seasons.
In the pros, the 2023 first-rounder has continued to struggle to put pressure on the quarterback and, somewhat surprisingly, has also had issues against the run. At this rate, he's close to following in the footsteps of another Wolverine-turned-Cowboy first-round bust, Taco Charlton, who was also considered for this piece.
To make matters worse, the Pittsburgh Steelers and Chicago Bears found similar prospects to Smith in the second round but have gotten much more out of Keeanu Benton and Gervon Dexter, respectively. Meanwhile, Dallas is stuck looking for a defensive tackle heading into the draft later this month, just two years after using a first-round pick on one.
—Matt Holder
Green Bay Packers Blow Shot at Generational Pass-Rusher
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The Pick: CB Kevin King, No. 33, 2017
The Pain: I don’t want to be too unfair to Kevin King because he certainly isn’t the Green Bay Packers’ worst draft pick. That distinction clearly belongs to Tony Mandarich, but his story is well-told and before my time.
The list of early second-rounders who showed some flashes but never quite developed into impact players is long, but two unfortunate things separate King from the other players on it. The first is that the Packers could have and should have drafted TJ Watt instead of trading back from No. 30 to take King.
Watt’s family pedigree and Wisconsin roots made him an obvious choice at the time, and the Packers’ current need for an elite pass-rusher highlights how incredibly poorly this decision has aged.
The second is that King happened to have his worst game in the 2020 NFC Championship, where multiple mistakes led to multiple touchdowns, and an ill-timed penalty sealed the win for Tom Brady’s Bucs. There was still hope that this pick could avoid being a complete disaster heading into that game, but there wasn’t any coming out of it.
—Ben Chodos
Indianapolis Colts' 2019 Class Goes Down in Flames
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The Pick: WR Parris Campbell, No. 59, 2019
The Pain: The Indianapolis Colts' entire 2019 draft could be considered a disaster, but wide receiver Parris Campbell, who was one of their three(!) second-round picks that year, gets the nod.
Having that many second-rounders has the potential to be instantly franchise-changing, but general manager Chris Ballard and then-head coach Frank Reich completely whiffed on the group of Rock Ya-Sin, Ben Banogu and Campbell, none of whom are still in Indy.
Campbell stands out as the biggest bust because he was a skill position player and the front office was so bought in: pairing his speed (4.31 40 time) with Andrew Luck’s arm seemed like a dream.
We never got to see that connection, though, because Campbell was always hurt and Luck retired before the season. Between the draft and Luck's decision, 2019 will probably go down as one of the worst years in franchise history.
Oh yeah…did I mention Ballard and Reich took Campbell over DK Metcalf who went to Seattle five picks later? Yikes.
—Emily Bindelglass
Kansas City Chiefs' Seemingly Perfect Fit Flops
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The Pick: RB Clyde Edwards-Helaire, No. 32, 2020
The Pain: In 2020, the Kansas City Chiefs drafted Clyde Edwards-Helaire at the end of the first round, which was an intriguing pick despite two-time All-American Jonathan Taylor still being on the board.
But doubt crept in when Taylor recorded more rushing yards in one 2020 playoff game than Edwards-Helaire did in the Chiefs’ three postseason games that year. Then Taylor ended the 2021 season as runner-up for Offensive Player of the Year, solidifying Kansas City’s mistake.
Honestly, it doesn’t feel great putting Edwards-Helaire on this list considering he has had PTSD since the December 2018 self-defense shooting he was involved in. But could a backfield weapon like Taylor have been the difference-maker in the Chiefs’ Super Bowl loss to Tom Brady and Tampa Bay, or even the 2021 AFC Championship overtime loss to the Cincinnati Bengals?
Taylor has eclipsed 1,000 yards on the ground more seasons than not, while Edwards-Helaire has never come close to the 803 rushing yards he put up his rookie year.
It’s hard not to at least wonder.
—Allyson Daniels
Los Angeles Chargers Make the Wrong Pick at WR
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The Pick: WR Quentin Johnston, No. 21, 2023
The Pain: Since I wasn’t born when the Chargers took Ryan Leaf No. 2 overall in 1998, I have to default to Quentin Johnston.
Draft hindsight is always 20/20, so calling out the team for missing on 2023 draftmates Puka Nacua, Tank Dell or any other later-round diamond-in-the-rough picks doesn’t feel completely fair.
My beef stems from the Chargers picking Johnston over Zay Flowers, who just had the air of being a more solid choice and proved to be as much. Beyond that, the overall comparison of Johnston to many in the 2023 receiving draft class makes him look like a real bust. Among the four consecutive first-rounders that year (Jaxson Smith-Njigba, Flowers and Jordan Addison), he has the fewest career catches (93) and receiving yards (1,142).
In the moment, I was able to calm myself down. L.A. still had Keenan Allen and Mike Williams…until it didn’t. In 2024, I found myself watching a sophomore-struggle masterclass from Johnston almost every Sunday.
Truly, I’m wishing Q all the best ahead of his third year. And overall, Chargers fans probably shouldn’t stress over decisions made when Brandon Staley was at the helm. It’s just not healthy.
—Erin McMahon
Las Vegas Raiders' Top-5 Surprise Backfires
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The Pick: Edge Clelin Ferrell, No. 4, 2019
The Pain: Raiders fans can tell you stories about JaMarcus Russell and how early many of us knew he would go down the pathway of a bust.
However, the then-Oakland Raiders sunk to an unfamiliar low when the fanbase knew they would fumble the No. 4 overall pick in the 2019 draft before NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell botched Clelin Ferrell's name.
Days before the 2019 draft, NFL Network's Ian Rapoport reported that the Raiders would make a "surprise pick" at No. 4. Unfortunately, the franchise had not earned the benefit of the doubt to go against the grain. General manager Mike Mayock and head coach Jon Gruden did it anyway, and that's how Ferrell joined a list of Raiders first-rounders who never panned out in silver and black.
Most of Raider Nation knew the team overdrafted Ferrell (because our untrained eyes told us so), but the guys making the big bucks tried to outsmart the league, and it backfired.
—Maurice Moton
Los Angeles Rams' Franchise QB Hopes Go Up in Flames
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The Pick: QB Sam Bradford, No. 1, 2010
The Pain: October 20, 2013. I grew up near St. Louis and moved to Kansas City after college, and that Sunday, I was watching the Rams, who had brought me nothing but pain since the Greatest Show on Turf days but were still my hometown team.
The Rams had taken Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Sam Bradford No. 1 overall in 2010, but he’d been hampered by injury and had yet to provide the turnaround the team needed. Not only were the Rams struggling with a decade of irrelevancy, but there were also relocation rumors swirling.
In October 2013, second-year QBs Andrew Luck and Robert Griffin III were lighting up the league, and the Rams were in Charlotte facing the Carolina Panthers and 2011 No. 1 pick Cam Newton. Down 30-15 and with just over five minutes to go in the fourth quarter, Bradford took a hit that tore his ACL, ending his season.
Things fell apart for the Rams shortly thereafter. Bradford would never play another down in St. Louis, missing the entire 2014 season before being traded to Philadelphia in 2015, which was also the last year the Rams would play in St. Louis. Bradford's inability to stay healthy meant the Rams’ St. Louis era ended with a whimper rather than a bang, kick-starting both my Kansas City fandom and lifelong grudge against Stan Kroenke.
—Allyson Daniels
New England Patriots Swing and Miss at a WR1
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The Pick: WR N'Keal Harry, No. 32, 2019
The Pain: Joe Milton III could take this spot, because the man played his guts out in a not-so-meaningless Week 18 win in 2024 and cost the New England Patriots the No. 1 pick in the upcoming draft. That still stings.
But since it feels wrong to feel haunted by a guy who did nothing but his job—and because there's no telling how the board will fall in April—we present you the only first-round wide receiver the team drafted during Bill Belichick's 24-year coaching tenure: N'Keal Harry.
This was something the dynastic Patriots just didn't do. So when New England popped the Arizona State star with the last pick of the first frame in 2019, Bostonians couldn't help but nod happily at this:
It wasn't just the viral catches. The two-time All-Pac-12 receiver posted a pair of 1,000-plus-yard seasons and was a chiseled 6'2", 228-pound machine. In the predraft run-up, Matt Miller dropped mentions of Randy Moss and Michael Thomas when writing about his ability to get 50-50 balls and approach to the game for Bleacher Report. That all came with "a dog mentality," per Miller.
Of course, it was apparent as a rookie that Harry really was bolstered by his highlight catches and didn't quite have the physicality to separate or pick up YAC like he could in college.
Making matters worse, Deebo Samuel, A.J. Brown and DK Metcalf all came off the board within the next round. Harry flopped in 2019, posting 12 catches for 105 yards and two TDs, never topping 33 catches or 309 yards in his three years in Foxborough. That also proved to be Tom Brady's final season with the Patriots.
Years later, SI.com's Albert Breer reported that Belichick ignored the advice of his scouts and went with Harry, who impressed on his visit to team facilities, over Samuel and Brown. The two were traveling together and apparently having fun while doing so, but the future Hall of Fame coach "was leery that they weren’t taking the visit seriously enough," per Breer.
Would a young, true WR1 donning the flying Elvis have saved the Brady-Belichick pairing a little longer and produced another title run? Maybe not, given the tension. But the situation created one heck of a big What-If? that Drake Maye and Co. are still feeling the ramifications of.
—Jason Dunbar
New York Giants Flub the Art of the Draft
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The Pick: WR Kadarius Toney, No. 20, 2021
The Pain: I realize many think this pick should be Daniel Jones. I can't do that. Jones was a terrible selection by a general manager who convinced himself of something nobody else saw. Dave Gettleman called his shot and missed. That mistake was then compounded by a contract extension from an out-of-his-depth, rookie GM trying to make the world's greatest meal out of leftovers.
But Jones and the New York Giants had one miraculous season that actually saw them win a playoff game. The Giants have won one playoff game in the last 13 seasons. That actually happened, and it mattered to me, and it cannot be forgotten despite that mess. It's what didn't happen with another pick that looms much larger than the Danny Dimes debacle.
As the 2021 draft unfolded, things couldn't have looked any brighter for the WR-needy Giants waiting at No. 11.
DeVonta Smith was the No. 1 receiver on the B/R NFL Scouting Dept. big board and the No. 5 overall prospect. Some teams downgraded him for his lack of size, but that would work great for New York. The Giants were taking Smith at No. 11, if he was there, and people knew it. Giants fans had every right to be excited...until they didn't.
Enter Howie Roseman, the Philadelphia Eagles' shot-caller and the master move-maker of the NFL. Roseman picked up the phone, as he tends to do, and called the rival Dallas Cowboys, who held the No. 10 pick. The Cowboys let the Eagles jump the Giants to draft Smith instead, leaving Big Blue with an empty ice cream cone as the ice cream truck drove away.
But if you didn't think it could get any worse than your two most-hated rivals conspiring to screw you out of your draft target, it did.
The Giants outsmarted themselves, again. Gettleman at his best. They traded down from No. 11, dropping to No. 20 overall, leaving the Cowboys to take Micah Parsons with the previously owned Eagles pick. The same Micah Parsons who claims the Giants told him they would take him if he were on the board.
It's not like the Giants couldn't have used Parsons. All he's done in his career is rack up double-digit sacks each of the four seasons he's been in the league. The Giants, meanwhile, have had only one player notch double-digit sacks in a season during that span—Kayvon Thibodeaux—who they ended up drafting only a year after passing on Parsons. And yet, this nightmare still isn't over.
Now at 20 overall, still needing a playmaker, the Giants took Kadarius Toney. He was the 11th-ranked receiver and 60th overall player on the B/R big board. A reach by anyone's standard. A gadget player who'd be a nice luxury pick for a coaching staff with a solid plan on how to incorporate him. Essentially, the exact opposite of a team trying to give the aforementioned Jones project a legitimate No. 1 target.
Toney wound up playing in 12 total games for the Giants over less than two seasons. He scored zero touchdowns. He was ultimately traded to the Kansas City Chiefs for a compensatory third-round selection, which was later traded for tight end Darren Waller, who retired from football after only one season in New York.
The draft is meant to be an exciting, hopeful time. For a few minutes, the 2021 draft was exactly that. Then, Big Blue got screwed out of their draft top target by their two biggest rivals. Said rivals both wound up with players who've terrorized the Giants the four seasons since. And then they drafted Toney.
The Giants didn't just get the pick wrong; they got the art of the draft wrong. They let their intentions be known. They fell prey to their own "brilliance." From the minute Philadelphia jumped New York, the 2021 draft was lost and the Giants somehow found a way to make it even worse, and it's still being felt to this day.
—Wes O'Donnell
Philadelphia Eagles Just Miss Record-Setting WR
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The Pick: WR Jalen Reagor, No. 21, 2020
The Pain: When the Philadelphia Eagles were on the clock with the No. 21 pick in the 2020 NFL draft, the fates had seemingly smiled upon them. They were in desperate need of a wide receiver, as their top three pass-catchers from the year prior were tight ends (Zach Ertz, Dallas Goedert) or running backs (Miles Sanders). Although Jerry Jeudy and CeeDee Lamb were already off the board, Justin Jefferson, Tee Higgins, Brandon Aiyuk and Michael Pittman Jr. were still up for grabs.
Instead, the Eagles went with TCU's Jalen Reagor, who had only 43 catches for 611 yards and five touchdowns in his final collegiate season.
Mind you, Jefferson was fresh off leading the FBS with 111 catches for 1,540 yards and 18 touchdowns for the national champion LSU Tigers. Higgins had a career-high 1,167 yards and 13 touchdowns on 59 receptions one year after helping Clemson win the 2018 national title.
Aiyuk and Pittman each topped 1,100 yards and eight touchdowns in their final year in college. The Eagles passed on all of them for Reagor, who was the 10th-ranked wide receiver on the final big board from B/R's Matt Miller that year.
Predictably, that decision backfired. Throughout his five NFL seasons, Reagor has racked up 86 career catches for 1,037 yards and four touchdowns. Jefferson, whom the Minnesota Vikings giddily selected one pick after Reagor, topped all three of those marks in his rookie season alone. Higgins, Aiyuk and Pittman have each had two 1,000-yard seasons since entering the NFL.
Eagles general manager Howie Roseman has since admitted that the team outsmarted itself by being too focused on fit and "specific role" rather than just taking the best receiver available. Luckily, he redeemed himself by trading up for DeVonta Smith the following year and flipping the Eagles' 2022 first-round pick for A.J. Brown. Those two helped guide the Eagles to two Super Bowls within the past three seasons, including their blowout win over the two-time reigning champion Kansas City Chiefs in February.
Still, as Jefferson keeps setting NFL records, it's hard not to wonder what could have been if the Eagles took him instead of Reagor.
—Bryan Toporek
Pittsburgh Steelers Can't Find QB1 Post-Big Ben
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The Pick: QB Kenny Pickett, No. 20, 2022
The Pain: Similar to this year's QB class, I never wanted Kenny Pickett or Desmond Ridder or anyone else in the underwhelming 2022 group.
I know the Steelers franchise and figured they wouldn't be able to resist telling themselves they addressed their biggest hole with a kid who played college in Pittsburgh, but I had no interest in an older QB who only had one good season in his five-year college career.
On top of that, Pickett being from Pittsburgh would only ratchet up the stubborn loyalty even further. I'm convinced to this day that Kenny Pickett from Fresno lasts less than one season with how poorly he played, but being from the city added a layer of rose-colored glasses to the mix, which is almost always a recipe for disaster.
I never had any faith he'd work out, and it turns out I was right. Yes, Matt Canada and the offense at the time didn't do anyone any favors, but Pickett clearly couldn't cut it. Maybe he's found his home in Cleveland, though?
—Ian Hanford
San Francisco 49ers Trade Up for a QB in a Draft with No Good QBs
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The Pick: QB Trey Lance, No. 3, 2021
The Pain: This is a toss-up between taking Solomon Thomas third overall in 2017 with Patrick Mahomes on the board and trading up for Lance.
In some ways, the picks are linked.
Passing on Mahomes led to Jimmy Garoppolo, which led to Super Bowl disappointment, which led to the 49ers being desperate for a franchise quarterback.
What makes the Lance pick haunt me more is the draft compensation given up for him.
The Niners gave up the 12th pick in 2021, first-rounders in 2022 and 2023 and a 2022 third-rounder for the pick that became Lance.
As the San Francisco offensive line collapsed during Super Bowl LXIII, I couldn't help but wonder what would've been if the front office had that draft capital.
For example, the 49ers could've used those first-round picks to draft tackle Rashawn Slater (or Micah Parsons) in 2021, center Cam Jurgens in 2022 and safety Brian Branch in 2023.
Instead, they got four starts in two seasons from Lance before trading him for a fourth-round pick.
Some would say Brock Purdy has made the Lance miss less haunting, but I'd argue it's even more devastating. We've seen what Kyle Shanahan can do with a QB lacking elite traits like Purdy. Had the 49ers hit on Lance, they might have been the authors of the next football dynasty.
—Joey Akeley
Seattle Seahawks Distracted by Athleticism
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The Pick: RB Christine Michael, No. 62, 2013
The Pain: The Seattle Seahawks made a lot of questionable draft picks under John Schneider and Pete Carroll, but most weren't evident until months or years later.
One immediate head-scratcher, though, was second-round running back Christine Michael in 2013. Spending a premium pick on an athletic marvel with little real-world production became a hallmark of the regime.
Michael lasted just over two years in Seattle before getting dealt for a seventh-rounder. The choice looks even worse compared to the draft's very next pick...Travis Kelce.
—Mosang Miles
Tennessee Titans Lose a WR1 While Eyeing Another
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The Pick: WR Treylon Burks, No. 18, 2022
The Hurt: Normally, having a first-round wide receiver catch 53 passes and one touchdown in three seasons would be enough reason to qualify for this list. However, Treylon Burks had the unfortunate distinction of being essentially traded for A.J. Brown on draft day in 2022.
Brown was shipped to the Philadelphia Eagles for the 18th and 101st picks on draft day after a contract dispute between himself and the team. Since that day, Brown has caught 25 touchdowns, made three All-Pro second teams and helped lift Philadelphia to a Super Bowl victory.
The Titans, on the other hand, have failed to find any sort of production from Burks, while also signing DeAndre Hopkins and Calvin Ridley to contracts in free agency to try and fill the void left by dealing Brown.
An honorable mention in Nashville goes to offensive lineman Isaiah Wilson, who was the 29th overall pick in the 2020 draft. Wilson only played four snaps in his rookie season before being cut by the team prior to the 2021 season.
—Tom Kinslow
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