The Arizona Cardinals were holding the eighth pick of the 1999 NFL Draft and were on the clock. Wide receiver was not a position of need at the time, but there was a pass-catcher sitting there who was hard to resist. The selection would turn out to be one of the most controversial in the club’s history.
Ohio State’s David Boston was taken, joining an Arizona receiving corps that already featured Rob Moore and Frank Sanders. The pick was certainly of the “best player available ” variety, since Moore and Sanders were both solid starters. If the Cards’ brass had known everything there was to know about Boston’s character, there’s a good possibility they would’ve went in a different direction.