TONY MANDARICH was never supposed to be the answer to the trivia question: name the only player picked in the top five of the 1989 draft with no shot at the Hall of Fame. Mandarich was called the b… ...

The only thing wrong with Tony Mandarich is he`s too big, too fast, too strong to be true. The Michigan State offensive tackle broke the mold, the scale, the stopwatch. ”You look at him, and you ...

The other top-5 pick was #2 Michigan State OT Tony Mandarich to the Packers. He was universally regarded as a generational offensive lineman, ...

Talk about a kid with a new toy, Tony Mandarich is a man who turned a nightmare into a dream. It is a surprise Christmas gift to himself that is still being unwrapped.A year after glancing at the ...

When it comes to NFL Draft busts, Tony Mandarich is right up there with the biggest ones of all-time. He certainly is the largest. Once an all-world offensive lineman at Michigan State, Mandarich ...

Tony Mandarich was a bust in the NFL, but one of his old teammates says the former offensive lineman remains as "genuine" as he was at Michigan State.

ESPN this week aired "Mandarich," a 44-minute documentary looking back at that '89 draft and the story of No. 2 overall choice Tony Mandarich, whom the Green Bay Packers selected out of Michigan ...

Tony Mandarich said he turned his life around in Indianapolis, starting 32 games there in the final three years of his career before injuries forced him to retire. Jonathan Daniel/Allsport.

Tony Mandarich was supposed to be a lock as an All-Pro offensive tackle. It was a given. He was picked second in the '89 draft, right after Troy Aikman, right before Barry Sanders.

Tony Mandarich has been called everything from "the incredible bulk" to "the incredible bust" and anything in between over the last 25 years, but there's one thing you never thought you'd hear the ...

Drafting Tony Mandarich in 1989 remains a mistake that would be tough for the Packers to top.