"Everybody plays the fool."
With the NFL draft just three weeks away, that adage should come as a source of comfort to general managers. Even the shrewdest decision-makers are bound to make a personnel decision that will produce a good deal of embarrassment down the road.
Second-guessing has helped fuel the draft industrial complex, with fans eager to affix the dreaded bust label to picks that don't pan out. But sometimes a good deal of hindsight isn't necessary to question a team's path. And while certain decisions reach unique levels of infamy over time, there have been picks that appeared egregious right away and later proved to be even more foolhardy.
In honor of April Fools Day, here's a look at the 10 most foolish NFL draft decisions of the last 10 years, based on which moves appeared off base at the time:
The 10-year cutoff gives us a perfect opening to address one of the more unfathomable moves by modern standards. Early kicker picks have seldom ended well, but no choice ended up as catastrophic as the Buccaneers' grabbing Aguayo at No. 59 overall.
