Oakland Raiders: When Bubbles Burst, It’s Like an NFL Bust

The history books will record the fact that JaMarcus Russell's bust is one of the biggest in NFL history. In the "Hall of NFL Busts," there are several players:

Ryan Leaf

Ki-Jana Carter

Akili Smith

Tony Mandarich

Charles Rogers

Heath Shuler

Blair Thomas

The word "bust" reminds me of the phenomena of a bubble. A bubble bursts (in my community, we grew up saying "busted bubble") when the pressure on the inside of the bubble is not equal to the pressure on the surface area outside of the bubble.

Let the word "pressure" be associated with "productivity." Let it also be represented by "worth" or "value" when connected to the efforts outside of a player.

So when the "productivity" of an NFL player (pressure on the insi...

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