Russell supplants Leaf atop list of all-time draft busts has 1 comments

May 7th 2010, 08:46 | FFN-Score: 24 points

Ryan Leaf has waited a long time for this day, the one where his place on the all-time draft bust list matched his draft position: No. 2.

"If I'm going to be the biggest bust, I have to own up to it," Leaf told the Los Angeles Times last month. "I used to go to bed at night hoping somebody else like Heath Shuler might magically leapfrog me on those all-time bust lists.

"It never happened. Why? Because I am No. 1. I can't even think of anyone else in the ballpark that might be close to my combination of disappointment and failed expectations."

Hello, JaMarcus Russell.

And move over -- or should we say down? -- Mr. Leaf.

With the Oakland Raiders' release of Russell on Thursday, there is a new quarterback sitting atop the all-time bust list.

How bad was Russell's short-lived career in Oakland? Consider what the Raiders received with their nearly $40 million investment:

» $5.7 million per victory (7 wins in 25 starts).

» $2.2 million per touchdown pass (18 in three seasons).

» $113,000 per completion (354 in his career).

Those are facts