ESPN recently ran an overview asking the beat writers for every team who the biggest draft bust in each franchise’s history would be. Adam Teicher’s reply is likely the same one every Chiefs fan would name—at least those who are old enough to remember. Quarterback Todd Blackledge was the team’s last first round pick at quarterback and his shadow looms over any general manager thinking of making the same sort of call. Teicher writes:
The Chiefs had more than their share of draft busts during the 1970s and 1980s, which explains why they made the playoffs only twice during those decades.