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Worse draft in recent memory has to be the 2009 Raiders. They take Heyward-Bey over Crabtree basically because Bey ran a much faster 40. They could have easily traded down and gotten their guy middle to late first round. Maybe even the second.

Then they take Micheal Mitchell in the second round, a guy projected to be at best a mid round pick, and in some cases was projected to be an UDFA. And all because he had 4.3 measurables. Their saving grace appears to be that the Bears might have been interested in using a 3rd round pick on him. He's an okay player but he was way overdrafted. Basically right now they're getting Reed Doughty level production, if that, from their second round pick.

Another one in retrospect was actually a pretty solid draft but on draft day it looked terrible. The 2003 Cardinals traded down from the 6th pick in the draft passing on bust Jonathan Sullivan and Byron Leftwich as well as pro bowlers Jordan Gross, Kevin Williams, Terrell Suggs, and Marcus Trufant who went in picks 8-11.

They got two first rounders out of the deal from New Orleans which initially looked really good until they drafted Calvin Pace and Bryant Johnson. Both were projected by experts to be late 2nd to 3rd round picks. Of course they both went on to be solid players but on draft day it looked terrible. They were able to soften the initial blow by drafting Boldin in the second round.