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Bjoern Werner defends Trent Richardson's laziness, own career outlook

Bjoern Werner's NFL career is not over. He is "100 percent sure" about that.

Less than three years after the Colts selected the defensive end in the first round of the 2013 NFL Draft, he's looking for work. That's a big fall for a player who once was a Bronco Nagurski Award finalist (college football's best defensive player) after his senior season at Florida State.

You know that story, though; that Werner's 6.5 sacks through three seasons in Indianapolis warrants a "bust" label that rivals that of former teammate Trent Richardson. The better story is Werner's journey as a German-born player, the first of his kind to be drafted in the first round.