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When talking about front-office futility, Matt Millen sets the pace. Mercifully for Lions fans, he's been relieved of his duties as the team's president and general manager, but his legacy lives on. His infatuation with using high-round draft picks on wide receivers might have been his biggest weakness, although that's certainly up for debate.

Charles Rogers and Mike Williams are on the list of first-round wide receiver busts, but a name that's often overlooked -- and one that we can't blame on Millen -- is Peter Warrick, who the Bengals selected with the fourth-overall pick in 2001.

The Canadian Football League is becoming a who's who of wide receivers who were busts in the NFL draft.

Charles Rogers, the former No. 2 overall pick of the Lions who stands as the worst pick of the Matt Millen era (and that's saying something), is now in the CFL. David Boston, the former No. 8 overall pick of the Cardinals who showed great promise early in his career but was derailed by injuries, off-field problems and steroid suspensions, is now in the CFL.

And now comes word via PFT that Peter Warrick, the former No. 4 overall pick of the Bengals, is signing with the Montreal Alouettes.

Warrick was a great talent at Florida State who showed flashes in the NFL but fell far short of expectations. In the CFL, with its bigger field, I could see him using some of his trademark speed and shiftiness to make a real impact. Unfortunately, Warrick is about to turn 31, and if he still had the speed and shiftiness he was known for in Tallahassee, he wouldn't be headed to Montreal.

Okay, who's the masochist that came up with this? In Friday's Cincinnati Enquirer, there's a poll for the worst Bengals draft pick ever. Amazingly, there are only five players listed: Akili Smith, Ricky Hunley, Ki-Jana Carter, David Klingler and jack Thompson.

Yeah, I'd say this hits all the highlights, but couldn't this list be about 20 deep? Since we're only talking about first-rounders, it limits the field -- especially with all the law-breakers drafted during the Marvin Lewis Era -- but I'd like to nominate running back Chris Perry. He's not in Ki-Jana Carter territory -- yet -- but he's been injured for most of this three-year career. And what about Peter Warrick, the 4th-overall pick in the 2000 draft. Anybody know what he's up to these days?

To be fair, the the Bengals have landed some great player too -- particularly later in the draft: Chad and Rudi Johnson, T.J. Houshmandzadeh, Madieu Williams. And, of course, the first-round hits: Carson Palmer, Levi Jones, and Takeo Spikes.

Oh, in case you're wondering, Akili Smith is running away at the polls -- he's garnered 54 percent of the vote; David Klingler is second with just 22.9 percent. Smith was that bad.