Ranking NFL's 10 biggest draft busts since 1990: Raiders pick is at the top, Trey Lance cracks the top five

There have been some ugly draft picks over the past 34 years

The goal of the NFL Draft if pretty simple: Every year, all 32 teams go into the draft hoping that they can find several successful players who will be on the roster for years to come. The ideal situation comes when a team finds a diamond in the rough like the Patriots did with Tom Brady in 2000 and the 49ers did with Brock Purdy in 2022. 

Although that's the fantasy, the reality is that there's a much more likely chance that your favorite team will end up drafting a total bust. Over the years, there have been dozens of busts and with the 2024 NFL Draft less than two weeks away, now seems like a good time to rank the 10 biggest busts since 1990. 

Since we want these rankings to be slightly different than most bust rankings, here are the rules: To qualify for the bust list, you have to be at least a top-10 pick.