When is Horn a bust?

[top dawg]

Jaycee Horn is made of glass. He sounded like a good idea at the time. His body has basically betrayed him his entire career. It may be time to think about his long term viability. 

 

[KSpan]

Was always a bad pick vs. Slater. Bummer how it's gone for him so far.

[UnluckyforSome]

Seems like he is limping along steadily to that being so.

[Tbe]

If his availability is low again this season we need to replace him.

[t96]

See I differentiate high picks who suck from high picks who are really good but get injured. The former I consider busts, but never really the latter. Otah was an absolute stud but injuries derailed his career, I don’t view that as a bust because talent wise it was a good pick. You can’t really predict injuries. Horn when healthy is a top 10 corner so can’t fault the pick, even with Surtain and Parsons picked later. It’s unfortunate but injuries are unpredictable.

[Cary Kollins]

Not sure if bust is correct because it’s not his play, just his availability. Jeff Otah vibes. Sucks we could have had Surtain instead. 

Edited September 10, 2023 by Cary Kollins

[Growl]

Just now, Tbe said:

If his availability is low again this season we need to replace him.

I mean he’s under contract pretty cheap next season so there’s no reason to just punt but yeah they’re going to have to start thinking about a big time replacement 

[pdub0702]

Just now, Cary Kollins said:

Not sure if bust is correct because it’s not his play, just his availability. Jeff Otah vibes. Sucks Surtain we could have had Surtain instead. 

This. Definitely Jeff Otah vibes. Talented, just can’t stay on the field 

[Navy_football]

Come on yall. Any next contract or extension will take his injury history into account. Could be a blessing in disguise when he's extended for way below market value, but figures out how to stay on the field. 

[top dawg]

Just now, t96 said:

See I differentiate high picks who suck from high picks who are really good but get injured. The former I consider busts, but never really the latter. Otah was an absolute stud but injuries derailed his career, I don’t view that as a bust because talent wise it was a good pick. You can’t really predict injuries. Horn when healthy is a top 10 corner so can’t fault the pick, even with Surtain and Parsons picked later. It’s unfortunate but injuries are unpredictable.

I respect that, and from some perspective I agree, but the result is basically the same: too much draft capital spent for a player not getting it done.

[tukafan21]

He won't be a bust but a pick that didn't work out due to injuries.

When on the field he's been near elite, that alone makes him not a bust, just a bad pick, there is a difference.

I had high hopes coming into the season, but not even getting to halftime in week 1 before getting hurt is a bad sign.  I'm not going to completely write him off yet, but I think all my hope and expectations for him have now gone out the window unfortunately.

[UnluckyforSome]

The end result is the same whether it's an injury bust or doesn't belong bust.

[top dawg]

2 minutes ago, tukafan21 said:

He won't be a bust but a pick that didn't work out due to injuries.

When on the field he's been near elite, that alone makes him not a bust, just a bad pick, there is a difference.

I had high hopes coming into the season, but not even getting to halftime in week 1 before getting hurt is a bad sign.  I'm not going to completely write him off yet, but I think all my hope and expectations for him have now gone out the window unfortunately.

See above. The results are the same. It was an opportunity cost that we are losing so far.

[frankw]

He already is at this point. He was supposed to be one of Fitterer’s key draft picks to build around. There's very few of those currently.