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With news that Reggie Bush had microfracture surgery on his knee I thought this would be a good time to revisit the 2006 NFL Draft. The reason being is I said back then I would give it three years before I made firm commitments on the five major players from that draft. There has been much debate over Reggie Bush, Mario Williams, Vince Young, Matt Leinart and Jay Cutler so it is time to put some things to rest.

1- Mario Williams

I thought the Texans made a huge mistake not drafting Reggie Bush and taking Williams who I figured would be a decent, but not dominating defensive end. Williams has turned out to be a dominating player worthy of his #1 Pick status, but the Texans though haven't been very successful on the field. The question begs would they have been a better team with Bush than Williams? Probably not, so in hindsight from a pure performance issue it was the right pick even if it hasn't translated to playoff appearances.

2- Jay Cutler

I was on record saying that he would be a colossal bust and would be the worst out of the three main quarterbacks taken. A couple of things are obvious now. First he is the best out of the three. He still has a lot of flaws, but you can see the potential of a franchise Quarterback. He isn't there yet, but he is on the right path. The next coach that Denver selects will be critical in his development. At worst he becomes a Boomer Esiason type at best a Jim Kelly. Either way it was an excellent choice for the Broncos.

3- Reggie Bush

Every once awhile I am wrong it doesn't happen often but when it does I have no problem manning up and telling you. I was 100% sure that Matt Leinart would end up being a better quarterback that both Vince Young and Jay Cutler who were all drafted in the same draft class.

I was a little off on that one while Young has not been great he has lead he team to the playoffs. Cutler has at least shown flashes of being a good QB. Leinart has been a flat out bust. The nail in the coffin was losing his starting job to 400 year old Kurt Warner after being handed the starting job in mini-camp.

It appears that Leinart is heading the way of David Carr and Alex Smith. At least he has those ballroom dancing classes to fall back on.

Reggie Bush you are on the clock!!!

When Matt Leinart stayed for his senior year at USC, most applauded him for staying in school to hone his football skills and further his education. However, in reality, the only skills he was honing were his Hugh Hefner skills.

So why are the Cardinals surprised that pictures exist like these of Leinart having a good time with some co-eds? If he were a pimp in college, what makes you think he wouldn't be a pimp in the pros?

Leinart has a lot of work to do to become a good NFL Quarterback, but calm down Arizona Cardinals fans and coaches there isn't anything unusual about this except for the fact that it was caught on camera. There are plenty of drunken pictures of Eli Manning and Big Ben and the last time I checked they were both sporting Super Bowl rings. Hanging out with the ladies isn't a precursor to being a NFL bust if anything for Quarterbacks it seems to lead to success, so if I was the Cardinals I would send a few more ladies from the "University of Arizona" over to Leinart's house maybe then they can make it to the playoffs.