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Biggest Draft Busts/Home Runs Ever

NanceUSMC

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Hey! I remember this guy... And you know what... I'm gonna defend him!

Drafted in 2005, he saw no game time the whole 1st year. He had a 8 touches in 2006, no starts. And 4 of those touches were against a rough Philly D. This was waaaaay too little experience to make a judgment call imho.

In the 2007 preseason he was playing with the 3rd team. This is the season when Foster was starting to slip. Turns out he got hurt before the 2007 regular season started, but his 2007 preseason effort looked decent:

http://www.nfl.com/players/ericshelton/gamelogs?id=SHE413058&season=2007

I watched every one of these games, and every time I'd watch him, he would hit the tackles HARD and keep pounding. He reminded me a lot of Stephen Davis. I kept wondering why Fox didn't spell him more the year before. But I guess because of the injury, they released him.

I'm not complaining... we wound up with DWill and Stew just a year later, but I don't think he really got a good shot at the game. Or possibly he had some locker-room issues with the Coaches. Or maybe both. But I think he had a lot more potential than Fox was allowing him to show.

So don't feel bad about your hope for this guy. I saw it too. I definitely don't think it was all his fault that he never amounted to much more than a draft pick.

I don't know what happened to him... He had a ton of talent, and was a TD machine in college, then got here and zippo... I want to say that he didn't get a decent shot and that the coaching staff is to blame in part, but even after we released him, he was immediately out of the league... Didn't get a chance with anyone else either... That's pretty drastic for a second rounder... I wonder what the real story was...

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I don't know what happened to him... He had a ton of talent, and was a TD machine in college, then got here and zippo... I want to say that he didn't get a decent shot and that the coaching staff is to blame in part, but even after we released him, he was immediately out of the league... Didn't get a chance with anyone else either... That's pretty drastic for a second rounder... I wonder what the real story was...

Exactly...

Me and my brother were both really stoked about what he could do. Had they not put the entire workload on Foster in 2006, who knows... and if this guy was on our roster in 2006, how come GOINGS got the Start in the NFC Championship game?

It doesn't make sense... maybe there's a substance problem? Definitely one of those "Hmmm... " Panthers stories that we'll probably never know the real deal on.

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I was wondering when you'd chime in! heh

I was actually gonna use him in my opening post, but forgot his name off the top of my head and didn't feel like putting the energy into looking it up... ;-)

Good times! :cheers2:

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I don't know what happened to him... He had a ton of talent, and was a TD machine in college, then got here and zippo... I want to say that he didn't get a decent shot and that the coaching staff is to blame in part, but even after we released him, he was immediately out of the league... Didn't get a chance with anyone else either... That's pretty drastic for a second rounder... I wonder what the real story was...

He ran straight up all the time.

Couldn't break a tackle.

Just a horrible player.

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