Former Dolphin Ronnie Brown signs with Chargers

[bsfins]

Via Adam Schefter on Twitter
San Diego Chargers have agreed to terms on a one-year contract with running back and former first-round draft pick Ronnie Brown.

[Brian Fein]

Ronnie Brown is still in the league?

How fast they fall....

[MikeO]

No longer a meaningful player in this league.

[tepop84]

Remember when people thought he wasn't a bust.  LOL, what a terrible career for a 2 overall pick.  Don't draft crappy rbs who were splitting carries in college.

[Landshark]

Remember when people thought he wasn't a bust.  LOL, what a terrible career for a 2 overall pick.  Don't draft crappy rbs who were splitting carries in college.

More like don't draft them in the first round, let alone the top five.  He showed some flashes of being a great running back, so the talent was obviously there.  But he didn't have the durability nor the consistency to carry the load on a game to game basis.

[Spider-Dan]

Remember when people thought he wasn't a bust.  LOL, what a terrible career for a 2 overall pick.

#2 overall picks of the last decade, according to pro-football-reference:

2012- Robert Griffin III, WSH - TBD
2011- Von Miller, DEN - 1 Pro Bowl, primary starter for his first year
2010- Ndamukong Suh, DET - 1 All-Pro, 1 Pro Bowl, primary starter for 2/2 years
2009- Jason Smith, STL - 0 Pro Bowls, primary starter for 1/3 years
2008- Chris Long, STL - 0 Pro Bowls, primary starter for 3/4 years
2007- Calvin Johnson, DET - 1 All-Pro, 2 Pro Bowls, primary starter for 5/5 years
2006- Reggie Bush, NO - 0 Pro Bowls, primary starter for 5/6 years
2005- Ronnie Brown, MIA -  1 Pro Bowl, primary starter for 6/7 years
2004- Robert Gallery, OAK -  0 Pro Bowls, primary starter for 7/8 years
2003- Charles Rogers, DET - 0 Pro Bowls, primary starter for 0/3 years

Ronnie Brown was neither exceptional nor a bust.  He was an above-average return on investment at that position.

[SCFinfan]

He made a great tag-team w/ Ricky. He seemed to run the wildcat just fine.

He wasn't bad, he just stepped into some rather huge shoes (Ricky's) and he was never going to be Ricky. At best, he was a guy that could carry the ball 10 - 16 times again and wear the defense down a bit. Then, hand it off to your quicker back who'll take advantage at the tired/worn defense.

[masterfins]

Ronnie is just the kind of guy that plays good in a two back set, however he can't be the lone star.  He wasn't a bust, but he wasn't an all pro either.

[Landshark]

Ronnie is just the kind of guy that plays good in a two back set, however he can't be the lone star.  He wasn't a bust, but he wasn't an all pro either.

Being average to above average doesn't give good value to being drafted second overall.

[Spider-Dan]

Then the overwhelming majority of #2s are busts.

[Landshark]

Then the overwhelming majority of #2s are busts.

I'd say Ronnie was more of a reach than a bust.  He showed some flashes of being an elite back but couldn't do it consistently.

For a guy who split carries in college and wasn't even a starter half the time, #2 overall was too high to pick him

[EKnight]

All this talk about Brown makes me more nervous about Tannehill. I can just see it five years from now- "For a guy who only started one season I'm college at QB, #8 was a reach/bust." -EK

[Thundergod]

^^^

Word. Been sayin it since before the draft. Here's hopin' for the best.

[el diablo]

^^^

Word. Been sayin it since before the draft. Here's hopin' for the best.

Sign me up for that bandwagon.

[AZ Fins Fan 55]

I have had my doubts as well....but like the rest I am hoping for the best and that he turns into a superb QB for us.