Sen. John Blutarsky Posted August 15, 2008 Author Share Posted August 15, 2008 Biakabatuka was a beast! To say he was a bust is foolish. He is still the Panthers leading rusher after playing only 5 seasons. His career was cut short by injuries. With a whopping 2,530 yards. He was the 8th pick in the draft. And he was surpassed by DeShaun Foster who has over 3,000 rushing yards as a Panther I'm sorry that he got hurt but busts occur for a number of different reasons, when you take a back at #8 overall you expect more than 2,500 career yards. To put it in perspective, he ran for about 1,000 yards less than John Elway and for about half as many yards as Randall Cunningham. granted they played longer, but they were quarterbacks for God's sake. You don't tkae a back at #8 expecting him not to surpass two QBs on the all-time rushing list. The guys around Cunningham on the list are Greg Bell, Tyrone Wheatley, Lamar Smith, Christian Okoye and Napoleon Kaufman, not exactly world beating HOF RBs. You'd hope a top 10 pick ends up better than Greg Bell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Hindsight Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 How can you call our braintrust stupid for selecting a running back in the sixth round that scored 37 TDs (albeit Division 1AA) rather than an undersized overachiever who played at a big school? The same reason he can call you stupid for saying the sixth round when it was the fourth round Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catholic Guilt Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 Maybe I'm being too sensitive because he's a friend of mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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