30th August: Rapunzel.
In 1862 in Northern Virginia, however, Major General John Pope was about to get his long awaited comeuppance. Lee was ready to take the offensive against the man he had come to despise, for his over confident bombast and disregard and disrespect of Virginia and the men he had come east to command.
Not heeding his subordinates’ requests for caution, Pope tried once again to break Jackson’s battered Corps(one Brigade did break, but others plugged the gap). On the union far left were only two brigades of Infantry and they were to be assailed by ten times their number. Three Southern Divisions, Hood’s, Kemper’s and Jones’ crashed onto the field, making short work of the outnumbered Northern troops.
Pope did well to recognise the danger when it appeared and sent four Brigades from three different Divisions to hold at Henry House Hill on his left. Remember this was ground fought over 13 months ago, by much the same men and officers, although most were now promoted.
This time around there would be no rout. Understandably, there was much jubilation on the side of the Southerners and a great loss of morale on the Northern side. This sense of martial superiority, begun last Summer at 1st Manassas, was to continue and come to a head on the field of Gettysburg another Summer from now.
3 biggest draft bust of the past 20 years.
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For other, please explain who and why.
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In 2000, the Dallas Cowboys selected with the 49th pick of the draft Dwayne Goodrich CB out of Tennesse.
The played less than 100 snaps in 3 to 4 years and he killed someone in a hit and run accident.
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Rae Carruth!
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Ryan Leaf will always be the poster child for draft bust, the video of him screaming like a child in the locker room is a lasting image.
Akili Smith, Jana Carter, Andre Ware, Lawrence Phillips are some highly public draft bust.
My favorite draft bust was Brian Bosworth, Bo Jackson blew him up on the goalline.
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