It’ll never reach that level. It sucks for Denver, but they didn’t lose as much as Minny did for Walker.Russell Wilson trade is on a trajectory to be up there with Herschel Walker.
It can only reach that level if the Seahawks build a dynasty out of it. That’s what sets the Walker trade apart when it gets brought up.The Wilson trade deserves to be on this list. It might even be the worst already.
It’s the Lindros trade of Football.It can only reach that level if the Seahawks build a dynasty out of it. That’s what sets the Walker trade apart when it gets brought up.
I don't think people see the Lindros trade as lopsided, just that the Nordiques/Avalanche got the better of it, and because of it, got the better of later trades. The Vikings never were close to winning, but the Flyers were, and it only set back the franchise in the immediate and while it turned out that he wasn't even the best player in the trade, he was still a Hall of Famer, and for a time was still the best player in the league. Herschel was never any of those things.I’ve brought this one up before:
Russ Washington made Five Pro Bowls. Fred Carr, Larry Csonka and Haven Moses were other notables who went in the next Five picks.
Domres didn’t amount to anything but Fred Dryer, Bill Stanfil and Rufus Mayes went in the next 5.
There’s a reason you’ve never heard of Steve Tensi.
Some other bad QB trades:
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Jones had been carrying awful Colts teams and battling injuries for the past four years and fed up with Irsay (notice a pattern?)
Jones played four games for the Rams before injury forced him to retire.
Schliester was a high profile disaster thanks to his gambling addiction, but Jim McMahon, Mike Munchak, Gerald Riggs and Marcus Allen went in the top ten.
Stark had the most impact out of the trade: 6 time Pro Bowl punter.
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Having lost the QB battle to Roger Staubach, the Giants trade in season for Craig Morton who leads the Giants to a 1-7 record down the stretch and hands an already contending Cowboys the #2 pick.
Morton stinks it up in the Meadowlands for two more seasons before the Giants just dump him on the Broncos where he turns it around and leads the Broncos to the Super Bowl and becomes the best QB and #7 in team history…to that point.
Randy White is a HOF DT with the Cowboys. Walter Payton, Robert Brazile and Gary Johnson go in the Top Ten as well.
It’s the Lindros trade of Football.
Well it’s the only trade that compares.I don't think people see the Lindros trade as lopsided, just that the Nordiques/Avalanche got the better of it, and because of it, got the better of later trades. The Vikings never were close to winning, but the Flyers were, and it only set back the franchise in the immediate and while it turned out that he wasn't even the best player in the trade, he was still a Hall of Famer, and for a time was still the best player in the league. Herschel was never any of those things.
But it's probably the best example of a trade involving one side getting an obscene amount of pieces and making them count.
The Wilson trade deserves to be on this list. It might even be the worst already.
He wasn't a white elephant at all. He was arguably the best player in the league over a 5 year period and led them to a cup final. How is that a white elephant?Well it’s the only trade that compares.
Lindros went to Philly which is exactly the one place that would overrate a player like him. He was absolutely a white elephant who metastasized into a team cancer. The Flyers were never able to surround with enough talent even with an absolute highway robbery of the LeClaire-Dejardin trade.
No but they still passed up much better offers cause their organization was in chaos.I think its a tad unfair to list the Elway trade. He flat out refused to play for the Colts, its not like they wanted to trade him.
It’s the Walker trade in part for the stupidity of the Vikings throwing in all those conditional picks naively thinking Dallas would keep all their players and not take the picks lol
Personally I will never understand why the Bears traded up for Tribusky. I watched him a little at UNC and he wasn't anything special. It looks even worse now that Mahomes was there waiting to be selected.
Personally I will never understand why the Bears traded up for Tribusky. I watched him a little at UNC and he wasn't anything special. It looks even worse now that Mahomes was there waiting to be selected.
Kelvin Benjamin was terrible…but the Bills did break a 17 year playoff drought with him as their biggest name receiver…so I feel like it deserves a pass.