re: Bust that you were sure would be great?

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Reggi Bush, Sedrick Ellis, Robert Meachem, etc. were not busts. They may not have ultimately lived up to their original draft positions, but they were all important contributors to a championship team and had good careers. Not busts. 

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Not living up to the expectations for your draft position is the literal definition of a bust.
You can't quantity Reggie being worth the second overall pick just because he made some vital contributions in my opinion because who's to say Haloti Ngata or someone else from that class doesnt make more contributions if we take them? Reggie had his good plays but also had his share of shortcomings and missed alot of games to injury.
However, that year's first round was pretty underwhelming and the Saints wanted Bush as much for the publicity as his play on the field. It was vital to build a buzz around this team with all the uncertainty.
Hindsight is 20/20, could a better player have been selected there? Sure. But compared to alot of the selections that year, we didnt do too bad.