So last Draft season in the Paydirt League with the Bengals, I ended up drafting #2 Gerald Ortiz in the first round. That useless *** of a QB did not only bomb, but bombed super hard. It is in fact the worst bombing result after TC Iv'e ever witnessed on here. He is a rated 66 overall, but when you look at all of his attributes, its actually even worse.

I really don't think any first round pick should be able to bomb that bad. I want to cut him so bad, but it would cost almost 10 million in cap next year. OUCH! Guess I cannot do anything about this so I am just crying.

If you look at my 2nd Rd pick in the same league this season, I might very well have Ortiz's second coming! Lol

ReAl life bengals qb Dave Klingler set college records, was drafted #6 in the 1st and busted hard. Andre Ware was a heismAn winner out of the same system and also never amounted to anything. To me the list goes on and on . Leaf, Russell, marinovich just name a few but they all amounted to nothing despite a high possible rating..... at least we have volatility here and a lax measure for high picked rookie contracts .

Note the code and the extreme value for an accuracy. Say you do have a high volatility qb just make sure his accuracy is already at 68.... pre camp...if on a beta code 58 might work but anything less should warrant that qb falling in the draft to a more suitable draft position .

The further the red is from the blue the bigger the boom or bust will be and the less you value the static ratings(in your weights ) the larger the boom and bust will be.... your guys a -31 by my weights! , stilll in terms of drafting here I like where he was picked.... perhaps an early to mid second but by no means was it a bad pick but rather an unlucky roll by the RNG.

Well as a real life Bengal fan.........yes I remember David Klingler. He was horrible, but also so was almost the rest of the team during those years. I remember going into sports stores and got tears in my eyes when I saw.... BENGALS MERCHANDISE 50% OFF! I remember Kijana Carter.........and Warrik Dunn didnt do much either.

So yea... your correct.........and I am just crying about it I suppose.

I remember those days as well.

how have we got this far into Bengal draft busts talk without mentioning Akili Smith yet??

Because the Akili Smith era was so bad, anyone liking the Bengals buried it in the deep recesses of our minds, hoping to never be reminded of it again. Thanks. Thanks a lot, haha.

lol - probably a lot of truth in that.

Was that the Ricky Williams draft? I heard Ditka's offer was turned down by the Bengals when he offered all his picks to draft Ricky.

It was the same draft. If that's true, it makes it even doubly bad - and it sounds likely, why wouldn't Ditka have offered it at the 3 spot if he offered it at the 5 spot?