The NFL draft has been over for a while now and the season is about to start. On this list I will make a prediction of the draft picks that will be great or total busts. Heres my list:
Draft Busts
- Dante Fowler Jr. just got injured in training camp tearing his ACL making his NFL debut delayed by one year. Since he has just got injured at the very start of his career its going to be even more harder for him to get better as a player and make sure he can stay healthy after this devastating injury. In the past its showed that rookies that get injured don't get a good start coming back, in 4 to 5 years he might be good but i wouldn't count on it.
- Shane Ray like Dante Fowler Jr. also is injured, he is supposed to be playing this year but again after an injury its hard to come back from an injury. Also, he has not played in one whole year showing that his skills might have declined since the last time he has played.
- One more player that I think will be a bust next season is Arik Armstead. The Niners got this DT from Oregon because of a trade from the Chargers in picks. I think that the Niners should have sticked in their spot in the draft and taken Melvin Gordon. This would have been a good pick because their running back Frank Gore was out of his contract and was likely going to leave at the time which he did soon after the draft to the Colts.
Draft Steals
- Marcus Mariota was one huge steal I think will be a great player in the next season. He is now part of the Titans who have lost most of their starting quarterbacks due to injury meaning they needed a good leader to take over their team. Mariota was a leader at Oregon for 4 years and winning the 2015 Heisman trophy. Heisman winners have not done that good in the past but I think that this player will be different and make the Titans a good team.
- Amari Cooper will be a great player for the Oakland Raiders next season. The Raiders have not had good receivers for a while. Amari will have to step up with Greg Jennings who has been playing for a long time now to help the Raiders to become a winning team. The Raiders quarterback Derek Carr has played good in his rookie season and will be a starter for a long time with this franchise. I can't wait to see how this Bay Area team does now.
- The last player that I think is going to be good this year is Melvin Gordon. He just got drafted by the San Diego Chargers and as I think will be the next LT for the Chargers. He is a powerful running back that set records in college running 443 yards in one game last year. This player can be great and will be, in a couple of years he will be one of the best running backs in the league.
