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Originally Posted by Samdari
This could not be more wrong.
"Potential" is a subjective evaluation of how good a player can become. When teams have a chance to see players more up close and work with them every day, that evaluation can of course change. When a team finds that they evaluated someone way above their actual future ability, and moves that estimate downwards, they have indeed lost potential.
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Exactly. The more you see a player play (including practice and games), the more you realize what his potential really is. You can still make mistakes by not utilizing a player right or giving up on a young player to soon, but there are certain busts who are so bad their potential is nearly gone after a year.
One of the things that bothers me from the post Eagles made was the "top 5 picks won't completely bust"
They should bust once in awhile. Part of the NFL is Ryan Leaf, Tony Mandarich, Steve Emtman, Andre Wadsworth, Heath Schuler, and Bruce Pickens.
I don't like the idea that a top five pick will never completely miss.