12 NFL Players Whose Careers Were Doomed From The Beginning

These guys were DOOMED from the start!
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There are a variety of factors that can lead to a highly-touted NFL player having a disappointing career: Injuries, off-the-field issues, attitude problems, personnel fit, the lack of a strong supporting cast... and the list goes on and on...
When it comes to these 12 all-time NFL draft busts? Well, let’s just say there were plenty of warning signs from the beginning, which suggested that their careers would flop.
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[@vgm49er87]

Kyler Murray standing on a chair with Godell kills me every time😂

[@yunglean7783]

Kyler caught a stray in this video 🤣

[@nicktaylor2657]

It was a step ladder But say what you want he's much better than Rosen 😂

[@juliad6847]

“There were 9 mistakes made ahead of me” is such a red flag imo

[@billblaski9523]

Lol I mean u can't fault a guy for having confidence in himself, whats he supposed to say "Oh yeah those 9 guys are better than me, I'm worse than they are" lol

[@jeffreybomber4251]

I mean it’s no different than a 22 year old Peyton Manning telling the colts GM that if he didn’t pick him in the draft he would be kicking his ass for the next 15 years. Manning went out and backed it up though. Can’t fault a guy for having confidence in himself.

[@bananaspoon2]

Top ten players who look destined for the hall of fame but then fell off

[@apiraklertlitwittaya5649]

Antonio Brown would make the list no doubt

[@bananaspoon2]

@@apiraklertlitwittaya5649 Clay Matthews is a name I'd say

[@lufam9673]

Carson Wentz

[@boz4490]

As a Jaguars fan there's nothing that the organization could have done for him. We tried. We're not the one that forced him to drive while impaired multiple times. He sabotaged himself

[@yankees29]

It’s a shame but he obviously had a huge drinking problem.

[@PhilP8980]

I agree with you, he ruined his own career. But I used to watch him play as a Comboy and a Jaguar and I've never seen anybody that big with his kind of speed and run after the catch ability. He was a special player and I would have liked to have watched him play more.

[@davidking4838]

And Jacksonville really needed a quality wide receiver......such a shame all around.

[@TheDickem]

Alcoholism was heavy in his family. Dude was a serial alcoholic. He had so much potential.

[@PhilP8980]

@The One I remember every time he got in trouble it involved alcohol. It's sad man, I know I keep saying it but watching him at OSU was a treat. He was dominant.

[@one1blue]

I’d love to see a video on the last (non QB) left in the NFL from each draft since 2000.

[@BroncoJosh]

The Lawrence Phillips story is just so heartbreaking and tragic. The guy was abused throughout his childhood. The abuse caused him to go down the wrong path, which was assault charge after assault charge, and eventually, he tragically took his own life in prison. I just watched the full documentary about it.

[@RB-34]

He also took the life of another and beat others. Gotta mention everything

[@herbb8547]

Give me a break. He made his own decisions. I was abused as a child. So, what? I never even had a speeding ticket.

[@BroncoJosh]

@@herbb8547 Well, it does affect people differently. Some people do something about it, i.e., therapy, or you name it and actually make themselves stronger. Some people don't and let it develop into problems later in life, such as anger issues or criminal activity, you name it. Don't get me wrong, It does suck that he had such a horrible and abusive childhood, but none of that is an excuse for the horrible things he did.

[@BroncoJosh]

@@RB-34 For sure, I'm not justifying those actions at all. Don't get me wrong, it does suck that he had such a horrible childhood. I don't wish that on anybody. But that is absolutely no excuse to do the things he did.

[@chrishogue7823]

We should all lack sympathy for any man who drags a woman down stairs by their hair.

[@jacksonconley5117]

Top 10 Mistakes Players Made in the Playoffs that Didn’t Cost Their Team Their Season: 10. Chase Blackburn Doesn’t Get Off The Field in Time (Super Bowl 42) 9. Malcolm Butler Blows Coverage on Jermaine Kearse (Super Bowl 49) 8. 7. Patrick Peterson Allows Jeff Janis to Catch a Last Second Hail Mary (2015 NFC Divisional Round) 6. 5. Tom Brady’s 83 Yard Pick-Six (Super Bowl 51) 4. Leon Lett Celebrates Too Easy (Super Bowl 27) 3. Reggie Bush’s Muffed Punt Sets Up First and Goal for the Vikings (2009 NFC Championship Game) 2. Lawrence Tynes Game Winning Missed Field (2007 NFC Championship Game) 1. Jerome Bettis Fumble (2005 AFC Divisional Round)

[@S_Over_Street]

Russell Wilson throws 4 INTs vs Packers (2014 NFC Championship game)

[@sludge8506]

Leon Lett’s “mistake” was meaningless. By the way, how many blockers did Leon have?

[@jeffreybomber4251]

Tony Mandarich actually had a decent stint as a guard with Indianapolis.

[@mangrove]

He went back to college, taking classes at a community college in Traverse City, MI. A couple of high school buddies took classes with him, and one even claimed to work out with him a few times at a local gym, as he was prepping for the comeback with Indy.

[@ludgatecircus15]

What about Rosen suggests that he did not have a "fair crack" at a starting QB role? Sometimes you get one or two games, along with hundreds of hours of team practice to get the starting role. He got his chance.....fairly.

[@VirginiaNeibel]

Oh yeah 😅, Hi ludgate how is your weekend going today with your family?

[@NotMeNaNaNa]

The problem was he was made a starting QB on a team that had no business putting a rookie in that situation. Looking at the other QBs taken ahead of him- Mayfield was a victim of early success and not being able to sustain, Darnold was put in a nearly identical situation but at least given more than 1yr on bad teams to try to prove himself and Allen would’ve been the same as he and Darnold if not for Daboll and getting Diggs to be his security blanket. Living in AZ it irritates me that Rosen was not given a fair chance, Fitz was unceremoniously forced into retirement and Kingsbury failed upward to not only an NFL head coaching job but an extension that pays him for the next 5yrs to be a “consultant” at USC where he will either mold Edwards into the next Mahomes or doom him to have the promising ups and depressing downs that Kyler has had.

[@jaygabbana6852]

Dwayne Haskins Jr. has to be on this list, he was literally drafted to the most dysfunctional organization and a head coach who didn’t want him. He was automatically set up for failure

[@justinunger38]

I agree along with zach wilson

[@Deviouscat1789]

@@justinunger38 bro what he had almost everything and still failed

[@JonathanMerlinSymmank]

Sad story as well.

[@phantomblade89]

@@Deviouscat1789 haskin was a bust. wasn't set up to fail at all

[@Deviouscat1789]

@@phantomblade89 no I was talking about Zach wilson

[@allthingssports4957]

5 best turnarounds in NFL history in a season (Ex:2012 Washington)and the 5 worst collapses in a season(Ex:1994 Eagles)

[@jsivco3sivco785]

2:45 -- NOT the Los Angeles Rams... The ST. LOUIS Rams drafted Lawrence Phillips in 1996!

[@andrewmoore5709]

It's the exact same organization. They were 100% correct.

[@jsivco3sivco785]

@@andrewmoore5709 - Yes, same team, but different city.

[@andrewmoore5709]

@@jsivco3sivco785 that's irrelevant. Same franchise, same team. Changing cities doesn't change that. He was drafted by the Rams organization. The organization that is located in LA, that's where the history is.

[@RCPlaneBuilder2005]

3rd Time's the charm to get my video request TPS. I would love to see a video regarding the hot takes that you made prior to the start of the season that were both SPOT ON and DEAD WRONG

[@gedhoughton9523]

Hey TPS can we get a list of late bloomers? Like Goff?

[@nicholasselke5214]

Perhaps that might include Geno Smith. But we need another season to see whether he’s a one year wonder or a late bloomer

[@jamesconyers9727]

Todd Marinovich from the Raiders...ohhh boy, the hype around that dude 😱😱

[@gigabyte9584]

I felt a bit cringe when I was listening to Rosen’s takes of how the first 9 teams made a mistake

[@zachdamenti4387]

Johnny “Football” Manziel almost had his entire football career completely derailed!

[@chaoticchaos894]

As a hard-core WSU fan Ryan Leaf is a conflicting one. I truly think what made him a bust wasn't as much of him lacking talent wise. As it was more his own mental health issues smh. That and being drafted into a rough situation. I truly wish Gardner Minshew would get a real shot in the NFL cause that dude has the ability to be a starter. He also was drafted to a team that planned to Tank for Trevor Lawrence before the season. Traded away all the key players for picks and when Gardner was keeping games competitive even winning them he was benched because that's not really what the Jags wanted at the time. Instead of realizing they had a diamond in the rough. They wanted the superstar in thr next draft. But Minshew was a QB who sat behind Hurts and Tua on Alabamas roster until Mike Leech talked him into coming to WSU and he played 1 college year and was drafted. Given time and support minshew would definitely thrive. Side note. The current WSU QB is a BALLER. Look up highlights of Cameron Ward and you will be blown away

[@jerolddaleske3966]

I'm a husky fan from that Era. Pure talent wise?? Ryan Leaf had the best arm I ever saw, just highly immature, and didn't want to put the effort in to be better

[@thedevilsrockstxr2309]

Every high pick goes into a rough situation and bruh has more than enough resources to get help...no excuse and for the life of me....if every player had everything they needed to succeed then it wouldn't be competition, like the constant bs rhetoric of if this QB had this defense, if this one had better coaching....thts wht separates the ok from the pros, when is Gardner gon do sumn for himself besides skating by on being likable

[@daniels6119]

Top Ten Players who were drafted that made no sense for that team at the time (and later regretted it)

[@davisjohnson7691]

Blackmon was so good. Such a shame he got in his own way

[@yankees29]

His numbers in college were absolutely incredible. I remember betting on them all year when he was on the team.

[@stevekeen7035]

Tim Couch should have been on this list. He could make all the throws and analyzed the field well. Unfortunately he played behind the worst offensive line in the NFL every year and never had many weapons around him. Had he been drafted by most other teams, he likely would have had a great career.

[@thomasmeyer6407]

It was small it was subtle but when you said pepperidge farm remembers that made me grin lol

[@ceedee4life]

Great video!

[@lxfenix]

David Carr and Tim Couch were doomed from the beginning too. Becoming the starters in their rookie years for expansion teams with incompetent front offices, they never had a chance.

[@philipconte5732]

Rosen is still working on driving the point home to those who passed on him that they made a mistake. You’ll show em josh, you’ll show em 😂

[@jharp08]

Here's an honorable mention, Odell Thurman. Marvin lewis regarded him being the closest thing he's seen to Ray Lewis. His rookie year dude had over 100 tackles and 5 int in 2005. Caught a dui in the offseason and never played a down in the nfl after his suspension

[@kevinfriel2858]

LOVE ALL YOUR POSTS !!!!!!!!!! HOW BOUT PLAYERS DESERVE TO BE IN CANTON ? ?

[@jessekauffman3336]

Ryan Leaf has turned his life around

[@Walker-ow7vj]

@@VirginiaNeibel bot you can see ya past comments

[@lancecampbell4323]

The Bosworth Jackson play is still the greatest play of all time on Monday Night Football. I remember seeing it live and it still gives me chills.

[@richardgale4827]

If a player gets drafted high, struggles at team #1, gets traded, struggles again, gets cut, signed, struggles a third time... yeah, it wasn't the system at team #1.

[@mrawesome0451]

Grade the Top 20 free agent signings of the 2023 offseason Here’s my opinion Odell Beckham Jr. C+ Mecole Hardman A CJ Gardner-Johnson A+ Adam Thielen C Mike Gesicki A Orlando Brown Jr. A+ Miles Sanders B- Jamaal Williams A+ Juju Smith-Schuster B+ Allen Lazard A David Montgomery D- Jakobi Meyers B Patrick Peterson C+ Mike McGlinchey C Tremaine Edmunds B- Jessie Bates III C- Taylor Heinicke A- Javon Hargrave A+ Jimmy Garappolo D Derek Carr B

[@mrawesome0451]

@Jax Pillow free agent signings, not trades

[@dariusfitzpatrick1100]

Am I the only one who notices that most of these players are people who have gotten into a lot of trouble with the police or didn’t do team activates. That is why it is so important to not act like that, especially in your rookie year

[@DiegoOspina86]

And coming soon Jameson Williams Trey Lance

[@VirginiaNeibel]

Oh yeah 😅, Hi James how is your weekend going today with your family?

[@Starfox2009100]

Art Schlicter gambled his career away

[@PhilP8980]

Justin Blackmon is the biggest disappointment on this list in my opinion. He was a great receiver with a great speed/size combination.

[@Eddieavina123]

Love your video TPS

[@alfonsomunoz4424]

When Mike Price was hired then shortly thereafter fired by Alabama, Ryan Leaf reached out to his old coach, invited him to his ranch to get away from the media hype. He has shown real compassion for others.

[@gabrielfitzer5055]

Do a top ten teams that seem to always be cursed with injuries

[@buzz2s]

Rosen: There were nine mistakes ahead of me. The nine GMs who passed up: ROFL 😂😂😂

[@stephlawrence1355]

One position each team has never had to worry about (e.g. Browns - RB, Packers - QB)

[@hatuletoh]

I caught a lot of Josh Rosen games live when he was at UCLA, and I'm pretty confident that it wouldn't have mattered which team drafted him--he would have been a bust anywhere because he didn't make good decisions. And evidence for that is the fact that he's had the chance to compete for jobs on a number of pro teams now and has never come close to getting the starting job. His "nine mistakes ahead of me" interview pretty well sums him up. Also, teams should have known Tony Mandarich was going to be a bust because everyone knew he was taking more roids than Brian Bosworth, and he turned into flabby bitch tits man as soon as the nfl made him stop.

[@jamesmarshall6619]

The one thing I wonder with Rosen, and we'll never know, was would he have been better if he ever played for a stable offensive system. At UCLA he had three different offensive coordinators all three years there, goes to the Cardinals and has two offensive coordinators in one season. He was constantly under pressure at UCLA, some of it his fault, and constantly under pressure playing for the Cardinals. He never seemed to be in a stable environment so I wish there was an alternate world where we could see if this had an effect on him or not.

[@jharp08]

I think Rosen ended up with the yipps recently because he can't make throws he made in college

[@area.man.]

@@jharp08 I watched many of his college games, he was not that accurate.

[@daniels6119]

Top Ten players who were drafted wayyyy too early

[@jasonbrickedup19]

Do a video on 5 players that will have an impact right away and 5 players that will need some time.

[@VirginiaNeibel]

Oh yeah 😅, Hi Jason how is your weekend going today with your family?

[@javierrico4368]

That is true Johny manzel better be on this list

[@peter-202]

Video idea: The top five greatest left handed qbs of all time

[@J-wu8sc]

Not sure if there’s enough good lefty qbs to make that type of video. Steve Young, Mike Vick, then?

[@J-wu8sc]

Oh Mark Brunell too, and then there’s Tua idk if we can call em great yet, but yeah not a big list at least not in recent times that I can think of who were great.

[@peter-202]

@@J-wu8sc I mean you also have Boomer Esiason and Ken Stabler

[@jefft2546]

I'll never understand the "what if" behind Rosen, he's ending up in situations with open QB competitions and can't win the job, what's that tell you five years in?

[@area.man.]

I swear there is a paid online army to push the whole "but, but, he never got a fair shot" narrative. You never see it brought up for any other QB drafted by a bad team even though it happens every year.

[@dre3425]

Charles Rogers needed to be on this list.

[@mangrove]

He wasn't doomed until the injuries to his collarbone. Being drafted close to home, and being told by management to go ahead and hang out there set a lot of wheels in motion. Matt Millen admits that not having Rogers stay around the team and having that structure was one his his biggest mistakes as a GM. Among many, many others, of course.

[@dre3425]

@@mangrove He was doomed from the start, he was addicted to weed and pills coming out of college. a broken collarbone isn't going to show up on a drug test. he failed a drug test 4 times in 3 years. He also had quite a few off the field incidents. I like to imagine in an alternate universe Charles went to a stable organization like the Steelers, or Patriots. RIP Charles Rogers.

[@JonStark117]

*Steve Keim trying to throw shade at Kyler by bringing up that Bosa quote…when in fact Kyler was his best pick out of YEARS of horrible decisions. Congratulations Steve…you played yourself.🤦🏽‍♂️*

[@Cman7real]

Do the 5 most under rated sports team and the 5 most over rated sports teams

[@mangrove]

Mandarich was definitely humbled. Prior to his comeback with Indy, he took some accounting courses at a community college in Traverse City, Michigan. A couple of my high school buddies were in the class with him, and talked abotu him being a nice, unassuming guy, a far cry from the "Incredible Bulk" days.

[@HanginInSF]

Lawrence Phillips was in SF just long enough to miss the block on Aeneas Williams that ended Steve Young' career. 😢

[@joshfenn9472]

Video idea: Top 10 coaching hires that was doomed from the start

[@Goaiece]

After draft do post nfl draft power rankings

[@Kerorofan1990]

Yo, wait a minute! You're telling the Sherriff from those Fansville commercials was The Boz this whole time!?

[@ilikeyucutg2934]

Do top 50 players in the league

[@snappygrandpappy]

10 busts who salvaged their careers 👍

[@djrukahs8926]

Are there even 10?

[@jerolddaleske3966]

Should have put Dan McGwire on this list. His head coach (Chuck Knox) did not want him and refused to go to the press conference introducing the young QB. Whom did Knox want? Brett Farve!!!!

[@KennethColeman-ke1mh]

Was that a shot at Bryce at the end are u making a prediction

[@33TimberWolf]

What about Todd Marinovich? All the physical tools, family lineage; but chose surfing and drugs…

[@Djk-cc2sr]

They used another one of my suggestions 👍

[@chasekozak7206]

Josh Rosen, his attitude had busy written all over it

[@zanatosprime3460]

It wouldn't matter for Rosen, the speed of the game was too fast for him. His reads were too slow and by the time he wanted to throw to a receiver, the def had already converged onto the receiver. There was a good video showing why he sucked.

[@davidnaja]

Joey Harrington and Tim Couch. Decent college careers, but never stood a chance with the organizations that drafted them.

[@kevinhegwood615]

Just gotta say....Tony Mandarich was a very solid tackle in Indy. He was just soo juiced up in college (back when nobody tested "amateurs") he obviously thought he was the sh!t. Damn near the same happened with Brian Bosworth...once certain performance enhancing drugs were finally abolished from the NFL, some of these "can't miss" prospects failed.

[@andredavis4101]

How is David Carr not on here?

[@johnwireman2660]

Was Josh Rosen doing an NFL press conference or a pro wrestling promo?!

[@bobobeast2550]

You should do a moc draft with the chat making the picks

[@adamriddle7425]

I don't know if you can call Bosworth's acting career successful. It was more more successful than his football career for sure, but it was a low bar to beat

[@ryanjohnson3414]

I add David Carr as always. Rookie QB? Expansion franchise? We all knew that guy was screwed from the giddyup.

[@e93sports80]

Every NFL Season's Weakest Division since 2002.

[@MuhammadSh1]

Can a video of Top 10 defensive players of all time deserving overall MVP possible TPS?

[@CommodoreFloopjack78]

Ooohhh... Pepperidge Farm. I frickin' LOVE Milano cookies.

[@Jkr_01]

Top 10 zero to hero. NFL players that seemed like busts, but then revived their carrier either on current team or another team.

[@pirate772009]

I feel like David Carr was pretty well doomed from the start. Expansion teams are pretty much never good at the start but until recently, I feel like Carr was present for a lot of the Texans' lowest points. He started with no o-line and they never really got him one the entire time he was there.

[@STP43FAN1]

Lack of playmakers around Russell etc? No. It’s solely the fault of these individual players for their failures

[@chrisolson3240]

Baker Mayfield is next on the list. I will say this about him IMO, in Cleveland, he could have had a decent career. For a Rookie QB, over 3 seasons he was improving on his own. He had nobody to learn from. It's like this now in the NFL. The best QBs had mentors for a season or two.

[@brayallen7290]

8:54 homeboy looks like a papa dock knock off. 😂

[@scotthopkins9458]

Paxton Lynch. Marice Clarrett

[@gagepearson3358]

Lawrence Phillips is a perfect example of what happens when you tell someone, “you’re special and we’re going to give you a pass (again) for your criminal behavior”. What did you expect would happen?

[@yourdedede0]

Johnny Alcoholic did it to himself.

[@Ajm72411]

Wait….that guys Bosworth??….I need to go pick up my jaw from the floor and find where my brain exploded too.

[@patrickmcglynn5383]

Takes me back to my Bears taking Curtis Enis fifth ,a guy Paterno ,his own college coach called a con man.

[@ChrisTammaro-qu9mj]

Tony Man was pretty good with colts

[@farquadshmoogle9120]

i really wanted Justin Blackmon to succeed. he had all the talent to be the NFLs next great WR. As for Rosen, i think Cards made a huge mistake drafting Kyler. they just drafted Rosen, they could have used that #1 pick to trade down and get more picks, or draft the top player on their own board, Nick Bosa.

[@Life2220]

David Carr for sure

[@johnhanover2229]

Johnny Clipboard desperately begged Browns to draft him. He was told to stay in school.

[@jaywood1698]

Boz looks like the definition of a Frat Guy.

[@bucksolo703]

Hey the Boz was a business man first and then an actor then a football player. He made the I hate Boz shirts and sold them to the fans of the team he was playing now that's a smart business man.

[@MuddieRain]

Tony Mandarich definitely has a good sting with the Colts

[@CLH14]

Dis man so underrated

[@aaronmunoz7087]

Here’s a vid I haven’t seen from this channel, 5 of the best/worst nfl players who came from the xfl/usfl

[@VirginiaNeibel]

Oh yeah 😅, Hi Aron how is your weekend going today with your family?

[@mangrove]

Joey Harrington was doomed, thanks to Marty F'n Mornhinweg. Matt Millen wanted to have a marquee-type name for the team's move to Ford Field, and drafted Harrington over Mornhinweg's objections; Mornhinweg fancied himself a QB starmaker after his work with Jeff Garcia in SF, and believed that he could turn Mike McMahon into another star. That post-draft presser where Millen looked morose and Mornhinweg refused to attend was a harbinger. Harrington wasn't a West Coast Offense-type, and the coaches he played under (Mornhinweg, Steve Mariucci) didn't want him.

[@kenbattor6350]

If the Browns draft someone, you know they are a bust

[@garyskadra5236]

That was a blank DVD!🤣

[@stevegallo8483]

How is David Carr not on this list. Nobody was more set up to fail that he was. He was the #1 overall draft pick in 2002 by an expansion team and had no weapons and zero protection from his offensive line.

[@jilliankoralewski8375]

Sounds like the team was the problem not carr

[@stevegallo8483]

@@jilliankoralewski8375 That shows he was set up to fail.

[@mjgasiecki]

It’s good to be confident but Rosen came off as arrogant and unlikeable…

[@276Chyld]

I'm wondering if RG3 gonna be on this list 🤔

[@mrmartywaring]

Rosen's game is the reason why he's not in the league

[@samwansbone2790]

5 best draft classes for a team and the 5 worst draft classes for a team

[@davidmorrissey8820]

Expected Tim Couch and David Carr for being given expansion team OLs