Back when Chuck Knox was in round 2 as Rams coach, we had a dearth of receiving talent much as we are familiar with in more recent times - partly because Knox let Henry Ellard walk (who then proceeded to have multiple 1000 yard seasons with Washington ...). And to make things worse, in round 1 of the 1994 draft, he traded with San Francisco, allowing them to get Bryant Young, who was a Ram-wrecker for years, while Knox took a bust known as Wayne Gandy (who I disliked from the get-go, and who, unfortunately, I was right about).
So ... in round 2, Knox takes some WR from Memphis named Isaac Bruce. "Who the f--k is that?!?" I thought. I'd read all the pre-draft magazines, and hadn't seen squat about Bruce. I was very disappointed, but shouldn't have been. Proving the old adage about "a stopped clock is right twice a day", or the Tom Petty line "even the losers get lucky sometimes", that Bruce kid turned out to be a bit better than I thought he would ... as in should-be Hall of Fame better. An all-time great, and you can make a case for him as the Rams best WR ever. I still don't think Knox knew what the hell he was doing, but the Rams nevertheless punched the winning lottery ticket with that pick.
On the flip side ... I thought, if nothing else, Greg Robinson would at least be a decent guard in the NFL, and would be really good at run blocking. But a combination of miserably bad coaching, a loss of confidence in his abilities by both himself and the staff, and an eventual lack of dedication and ability to handle adversity when things went south made this one really bad pick for us.
