Top 5 Redskins Draft Busts

[SmootSmack]

It's interesting how few times (3 I think) we even had a first round pick during the Beathard years.

[70Chip]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

It's interesting how few times (3 I think) we even had a first round pick during the Beathard years.

The great Beathard bust that comes to mind is Walter Murray. Also Bob Slater. But Beathard had the amazing knack for finding solid NFL career guys in the bottom of the draft (which was of course 12 rounds then) and in rookie FA. For example:

1979
Round 11: Monte Coleman
Round 7: Rich Milot
Round 4: Don Warren

1981
Round 12: Clint Didier
Round 9: Darryl Grant
Round 8: Charlie Brown
Round 6: Karry Kubin
Round 5: Dexter Manley

1982
Round 9: Ken Coffey

1983
Round 7: Kelvin Bryant

1984
Round 10: Keith Griffin

1985
Round 12: Dean Hamel
Round 11: Raleigh Meckenzie
Round 10: Terry Orr
Round 8: Barry Wilburn

1986
Round 8: Kurt Gouveia
Round 6 Mark Rypien

These are just players who contributed fairly significantly. More made the rosters of the Redskins or other teams for multiple seasons but are not names that jump out at you.

Also if you look at Beathards drafts from 79 to 82 and then you add in a few huge stars that had been added during the George Allen days (Theismann, Riggins, Moseley, Butz) and you realize how three or four consecutive solid drafts build a team. They don't have to have superstars but their relative strength from the top to the bottom will determine to a large extent how good your team will be.