I am amazed this got to page two with no mention of what has likely been my worst call ever.
Trent Richardson + Norv Turner =
right?
RIchardson gets traded to the Colts (and continues to suck) and the Browns end up throwing the ball almost 700 times when I thought they would be a run first offense that relied on TR in classic Norv Turner style.
There are plenty of other bad calls I have made, including several already mentioned, such as Kevan Barlow (if I wasn'r driving this train I was just taking a rest as copilot) Dorsett (Still not enough time to be sure of this, but does not look promising). Bishop Sankey (everyone seemed to hate this guy who I kind of liked, but then ended up liking too much because I bought my own arguments for him against unsophisticated arguments against him).
One common theme I can identify here is projecting based off of perceived opportunity instead of proven results or talent. Also taking a contrarian view and then forgetting that the majority may actually know something I don't. Even if that view isn't articulated in enough detail for me to get it.
Of course I have also been very right about some players the majority slept on as well, which makes it very difficult for me to learn from these past mistakes.
When you go out on a limb some times that bears good fruit, other times you take a dirt nap when it falls apart underneath you. The bad calls are more painful than the good calls bring me joy. It takes like five good calls to equal a bad one for me (which is unrealistic, but I have high expectations for myself). I don't count calls where I generally agree with the majority either. The more time put into researching and discussing the call, the more it hurts when I am wrong.
Trent Richardson by far the worst projections I've ever made.
I don't really count busts that happened because of injury. That could happen to anybody.