To quote my late father, "you could get Matt Millen a time machine that sees into the future to draft future hall of famers and the f**ker would still get them wrong"
Colts fan here - Grigson put us in a hole that Ballard's only dug us out of recently: refusing to draft O-line until it was too late in favor of doing shit like trading a first-rounder for Trent Richardson and blowing a first on Philip Dorsett, alienating some of the best players on the team, etc.
@@uhhhmaeve I disagree with that assessment. He did draft offensive linemen, they were just all bad, Signed a lot of OL in free agency too, they were just all terrible. He was awful at the whole process of identifying talent and team construction. Drafted so many players that had no talent at high draft positions. You can't judge a player on combine measureables alone, but many of the guys he did draft had terrible combine numbers. He overpaid for mediocre FAs. He picked players who were 5th round guys in the 2nd round. He had no clue about what he was doing
@@meda3791 Pagano certainly played a part in Luck's demise too. He forced him to play in meaningless games that put his health under further risk. His philosophy "run the ball, stop the run" ultra conservative philosophy hurt Luck's development and he constantly threw him and many others under the bus to save his own worthless hide. Was terrible with player development, too. Never saw growth from the team, just relied on Lucks golden right arm to bail him out
Trent Balkee cost the 49ers years of being contenders cause he thought he knew more than his head coach and now he’s doing the same thing in Jacksonville
Rich Kotite - Jets had were 3-13 and 1-15 under him. He has infamously skipped on Warren Sapp, Ty Law, Derrick Brooks to draft Hugh Douglas and Kyle Brady who was only with the Jets for two season. Queue up the video "we Want Sapp". Another Jets GM that was consider the worst was Jim Kensil since he was trying to big brain the draft. Jim Kensil prioritized character over talent which led him to miss on Dan Marino. Other GM that has the title for the worst is Jim Kensil. List of Jim Kensil failed 1st Rounders - Roger Vick, Mike Haight, Ron Faurot, Ken O' Brien, Bob Crable, Lam Jones, etc....
Can you really consider a Decent QB like Ken O'Brien a Failure though? Dude started a lot of games for the Jets and had some VERY good years. The problem wasn't O'Brien...it was The Jets. His Second Season, 1984: 3888 Yards, 25 TDs, 8 INTS. Had the league's lowest INT% and highest Yards Per Attempt with a 96.2 Rating that led the League while also being Sacked a League Leading 62 Times. Ken O'Brien Career Line 25,094 Yards, 128 TDs, 98 INTs, 80.4 Rating. All in All, Above Average in a Time with some of the Best Defenses in NFL History.
Five I'm surprised you did not include Dave Gettleman in this video after he ran your Giants into the ground by signing Nate Solder, Blake Martinez, and James Bradberry as free agents, and then drafted Saquon Barkley 2nd overall, Daniel Jones 6th overall, and KaDarius Toney 20th overall, all of these moves made within 4 years. Oh, and he also hired Pat Shurmur and Joe Judge as head coaches.
Blake Martinez and Bradbury were not bad signings at all. Far far worse is the Galloday signing. Plus missing on all OL players not named Andrew Thomas. Nate Solder was unfortunately a forced signing he had to do. Giants O-line looked even worse than after 2017. Bobby Hart? Flowers? Maybe he could have resigned Pugh instead of Solder but we all knew Pugh has a long injury history list.
No. A RB that early is never worth it unless you are getting a tomlinson or peterson. Also, Barkley is good but he is playing in the wrong era. He comes out before 08 he probably has a different career.
The reality is Cleveland was in a 2-3 season complete tear down and rebuild phase and they knew it but yoh can't go out and say hey were gonna suck for the next few seasons as we shed salaries and acquire draft capital and cap space. Sashi Brown started that process with Paul depodesta who still works for Cleveland. So they hit the big red button imploded it and started the rebuild which took the long way around but has seen some success and a roster that's been competitive when not absolutely destroyed by injuries and terrible officiating.
@@hulkkrogan420Sashi Brown is directly responsible for Myles Garrett and David Njoku and indirectly responsible for Denzel Ward and Nick Chubb due either him drafting them or the stockpile of picks he got when he decided not to draft Carson Wentz in 2016 and move down to 9th and then trade again with Houston and drop down to 15th. The 4 best players on the Browns are because of Sashi
Lions fan here. As bad as Matt Millen was I always felt William Clay Ford was far more culpable. The fact that he gave him EIGHT years to completely run a franchise into the ground is incomprehensible. EIGHT years. EIGHT. That’s insane in any league, let alone the NFL where the leash is generally much shorter and the sense of urgency is much greater. I just remember my childhood being ruined by Joey Harrington and the Lions drafting a WR in the first round every year. Not to mention Millen had no business being hired in the first place. He literally admitted to not being qualified for the job, to which WCF infamously replied, “You’re a smart guy. You’ll figure it out.” MAN those were some DARK days.
If I remember right, the Lions were good in the late 50's just prior to him owning the team. Then they went 50+ years with one playoff win under his ownership. I believe he was a good owner in terms of fan service, "running the business", business ethics and being on the right side of history regarding minority employment, (you don't have to look far to see how rare those things can be in the ranks of NFL owners) but in terms of hiring and supervising the people who ran the team, the record speaks for itself.
@@charlesclark3840 100%. Interestingly enough the issue with WCF was never being a cheapskate. He just, as you said, was incapable of putting the right people in place.
Dishonourable Mention: Chip Kelly when the Eagles handed him the keys. His system seemed to work for... most of a season. Then other teams started to catch on to the fact that going at that pace mean the playbook was very simple. Anyway, for a guy building his whole philosophy around speed... Why the hell are you running DeSean Jackson, Jeremy Maclin AND LeSean McCoy out of town? He wasn't GM of the team for long, but teh damage lasted a good, long while.
You beat me to it ... Chip Kelly was an outright fiasco. Gotta say, though, his ouster led to Howie Roseman taking back the reigns, where he undid practically every move Kelly made and was the main impetus of the team claiming its first SB three years later.
The crazy thing is, the offense does work. Spreading the field and getting the ball down the field into a fast WR hands, running quick WR bubble, screens, getting the ball into a fast RBs hands behind the line. You can do all that stuff. The problem was, they only had one speed. Fast! That wore out the offense. They were so tired they couldn't execute. Not to mention they didn't have any beef. Everyone was a small fast player. Nobody was a bruiser or just big.
As an eagles fan, I honestly don’t think the NFL caught up to chips offense that quickly. It really came down to he got rid of 3 ELITE key guys that made his offense go, especially lesean mccoy. Shady was a perfect east to west runner, but chip foolishly tried to replace him with Murray, a north/south runner. Personally, I think chips ego did not want to win with Andy Reid’s guys, which is why he made it his mission to get rid of as many of them as he could.
honorable mention: AJ Smith. He drove marty schottenheimer out and completely ruined the team. He is a part of the reason why the chargers are no longer in san diego anymore.
The Chargers was ruined by everyone involved, including the City. San Diego refused to do anything with Qualcomm or allow the Chargers to do anything to update it....then when the Chargers leave, SnapDragon Stadium gets approved where Qualcomm used to stand. SnapDragon is horrible, and a horrible waste of money. It's so dumb they have a Lawn Area right next to the Stadium. A Grass Field. Wanna know what it's used for? It's a Parking Lot on Game Day. They keep the Lights on almost 24/7. It's seriously inept. One Man is to blame for the Chargers Leaving...Now Current Left Mayor Todd Gloria who everyone hates. He's the Democrat Leader in San Diego and spent his time running the City Council playing Big Dick with Spanos and losing. That's who is to blame for the Chargers Leaving. Not Spanos, not Smith, not former Mayor Faulkner...but Far Leftist Idiot Todd Gloria who has damn near ruined San Diego as a whole in less than 3 years as Mayor.
Yes he also somehow convinced ralph wilson he could do better than Bill Polian! Polian goes to the Colts builds a contender wins SB Chargers are still choking The rest is history
Giants fans tend to rip on every other team expect the giants and act like Daniel Jones is elite and get triggered when anyone roast Danny Dimes Eli Manning winning two Superbowls has made them delusional
NFL is what have you done for us lately? The Giants haven't done much. They win enough games to take out of the too 5 in the draft. They're not bad enough to take a top QB in the draft.
Sashi Brown drafted Myles Garrett, moved back up into the first round of that draft to get David Njoku in 2017 and him backing out of their number 2 spot in 2016 allowed John Dorsey to get Denzel Ward and Nick Chubb in 2018 with the extra picks for moving back and convincing Houston to give him a 2nd round pick to take Brock Osweiler off their books. Sashi is responsible for the Browns best players, maybe you should do a little digging on what that dude was doing. He wasn’t brought to Cleveland to win, he was brought there to get assets. Cleveland is not in the playoffs in 2020 or right now if not for Sashi Brown
"Who did I miss" I'm just impressed that all these GMs were GMing post 2000 and that nobody worse could be found from the previous century's history. I'd suggest a title change on the video, lol
Somehow his overpay of Christian Kirk collapsed the WR market causing AJ Brown, Davante Adams, Tyreek, Hollywood and Cooper to demand trades. Can’t tell if that was a chess move since the Jags made the playoffs
I was about to say Trent Balke haha this joke blamed everything on Harbaugh (granted he is a hardass & probably more suited to college but he was a winning coach) until they fired Harbaugh & he had a hard time hiding how terrible he actually was
@@junkyarddanubis3116Christian Kirk has been amazing. He’s a legit WR1. Travon Walker, Travis Etienne, Devin Lloyd and Anton Harrison have been great so far as 1st rounders too. But still want him fired
Even though he wasn’t GM, but rather President of Football Operations, John Spanos of the Chargers should be shamed. Only got the position because he’s the son of the owner.
@@KreativeKngI was just about to mention that. He not only ran Marty out of town but also destroyed the team. He is a part of the reason why the chargers are no longer in San Diego. Of course the big reason is DEAN SPANOS.
Mike Lombardi trying to hire Josh McDaniel's makes him defending the Raiders/Josh constantly make even more sense. I thought it was just cause his son was a coach on the team but no, hes also got a football boner for McDaniel's for some reason.
2009-2016 really was a lost period for the Browns. I remember my dad had the game on one Christmas Eve when Shurmer was the coach and I asked “why the f*ck are you subjecting us to this?” While things can still seem like a sh*t show from season to season, at least it has been a relatively stable sh*t show defined by mediocrity instead of outright ineptitude, though this season has been fun.
What gets me the most about Pace is the interviews that everyone else in the front office says that the plan was 1.Watson 2.Mahomes 3.Mitch (as any sane person would have went) but then he just got up the morning of and changed plans out of nowhere. We were so close to having a good QB. So damn close
The fact that Millen topped this list was no surprise … the fact that he was allowed to do that job for eight years was the most pathetic example of how bad of an owner WCF was for the Lions.
And now we've got Sheila, who actually wants to win and brought on the right guys to make that happen. It's a good time to be a Lions fan. Now if we can just figure out a way yo best our biggest rivals: The Refs.
@@MrSpriggPacker fan here, we’re all rooting for you in the playoffs this year, you guys deserve a good run… as long as you don’t play us in the first round.
As a Chargers fan I want to say AJ Smith but that would be unfair. He was a good GM for a decent amount of time, he just should've been canned sooner. Firing Marty after a 14-2 season, repeatedly having an ego clash with players like Junior and Vincent Jackson, trading sproles, turner, and LT, sticking with Norv for that long... all bad. But there was plenty of good too
Don't forget AJ Smith who took what would have been a Dynasty level Chargers team in the late 90/early 2000 and ran them into the ground to where they are today, just bad on all levels.
Matt Millen's masterpiece makes fans forget about the awfulness of his predecessors, Chuck " We don't need Joe Montana or Warren Moon' Schmidt and Russ Thomas.
As a Broncos fan love him as a player but GM John Elway not so much. After Peyton Mannings retirement , the team went through so many qbs drafted that didn’t make it Brock Oswalder , Paxton Lynch etc. The team still haven’t made the playoffs since the SB win . (And could add current GM Paton with Russ Wilson most likely gone too)
Ryan Pace wasn't really that terrible of a GM if you exclude the Trubisky debacle. He wasn't great, but he was decent enough that he shouldn't be on this list. He may have sucked at evaluating QBs, but he drafted pretty well at pretty much every other position.
@@anthonymendez1997 I literally said he sucked at evaluating QBs. It's in my comment. As far as O linemen, Teven Jenkins is good when he's healthy. Never said he had a 100% success rate at drafting as well. If that's the bar then no GM can be considered good at drafting since no GM has ever or will ever have a 100% success rate.
@@davidmartinez52420 I should’ve capitalized AND in my previous comment to acknowledge that you covered the fact that he sucked at evaluating QBs. It’s hard to depict tone in writing.
@@anthonymendez1997 Ok, gotcha. I would've understood what you meant if you had. No problem then. He wasn't great at drafting O linemen for sure, but some of the ones he drafted were destined to fail anyway. I forgot that he also drafted Braxton Jones, whose another quality lineman.
Idzik and mac back to back was crippling. Jets have the longest playoff drought in pro sports bc of those two. All of pro sports. Mac imo was the single worst jet at any position from coach to player to front office. Everything he touched died except quinnen Williams who probably quits on us if Mac had stuck around
Dishonorable mention, Green Bay Packers Mike Sherman, also a head coach (2000-05), he was GM for the Packers from 2001-04, his management of the defense is legendary bad as well as his drafting, though he drafted Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila in the 3rd round, he whiffed on Jamal Reynolds, Javon Walker thought he was Terrell Owens, Nick Barnett was meh, and then in 2004 he got Pass Interference magnet Ahmad Carroll. He also signed DE Joe Johnson who was a pro bowler for the Saints only to be constantly injured for the Packers, Terry Glenn lasted 1 season before Sherman reluctantly brought back fan favorite Antonio Freeman, and like I said, the defense never got good under his tenure (what else is new?) which led to the 2005 4-12 season and Sherman's eventual firing as coach. Which really sucks cuz his offense and Favre were very good! Ahman Green ran for 1800 yards one season and had a 98 TD run against the Broncos, Favre had that historic MNF game vs the Raiders in 2003 when his father passed away, Najeh Davenport and Tony Fisher were underrated RB's, DONALD FREAKING DRIVER (though he was drafted in 1999), Chad Clifton and Mark Tauscher got picked in 2000 but thanks to Sherman became mainstays at OT and thankfully won SB's! Also mentioning Dan Devine, another HC GM 2 jobber, in the early 70's he traded a king's ransom of draft picks for 34 year old QB John Hadl (RIP he passed away recently), the guy was having a hall of fame career but would end up throwing almost 20 picks in one season and never got more than 10 TD passes in a season, a trade so bad it set forth the Packers into the 70's and 80's Packers that were the definition of futility, WAY worse than drafting Tony Mandarich.
I was going to say Sherman, thanks for covering that one. I wouldn’t have thought of Devine, but certainly agree. Also, while I love Bart Starr the player, he was also a lousy gm. If I’m not mistaken, Forrest Gregg was also coach/gm. The Packers were mismanaged for so many years by their board, allowing mediocre coaches to double as gm. A point that is easily made by pointing out how they finally found success when they hired Ron Wolf, a legitimate NFL gm. Although they sure tried to backslide by letting Sherman be gm and wasting a lot of good Favre years. Luckily they did correct that by hiring Ted Thompson, who did well early. But then they wasted a lot of good Rodgers years by letting Thompson hang on too long after his health issues arose. It’s almost like they sometimes don’t fully remember the mistakes made in the past. Green Bay is different by not having a team owner. There can be a lot of loyalty extended to guys associated with championships.
49ers Trent Baalke . his Draft picks were okay at best. Arik Armstead is the only Niner left from the Baalke years. Odd to draft a punter (Pinion) in the 5th round. Did get Kaepernick, Buckner, A Smith (when he was sort of sane), & Hyde. But a huge head scratcher is A.J. Jenkins (WR) First round pick. who appeared in 3 games and only targeted once for the Niners (No Injuries to my knowledge). Coach picks were awful as well
A little surprised that none of Buffalo’s GMs were there but then looking at the record of their tenures, they were more mediocre than outright terrible. The worst one was the guy who was there right before Polian
Ryan Grigson needs to be on this list. Listen to any former Colt about his time as GM and they all have horrible things to say about him. He wanted to paint over all the images of past Colts in the facilities, because the past doesn't matter. They say he shouted and tried bullying anyone he came in contact with. Plus he only drafed fast WRs that couldn't catch the ball the whole time he was there and refused to build a line to protect Andrew Luck.
I think you missed Steve Keim. Worst GM imo. He was promoted from within as well. Terrible draft history, very few bright spots. Terrible contract signings and controversy with star players. Got a DUI and maybe even SA’d someone in Mexico and stepped down to take care of his “health”… Left the Cardinals in shambles.
@@mangrove Am I correct in remembering that when WCF died, a) his mom did NOT let him run the team, b) eventually she let his sister run the team, and c) his mom and sister have run the team better than the males ever did? That has to smart.
Doug Whaley was my personal Bills boogeyman growing up. He took E.J. Manuel with the sixteenth pick in the 2013 draft (you know, the one DeAndre Hopkins was in?)
I will give former Vikings GM Rick Spielman a dishonorable mention, cause he was the one who singlehandedly inflated the QB market with the Kirk Cousins deal. Don't get me wrong, Cousins earned his payday, but is he really worth a fully guaranteed deal? Again, I am not faulting Cousins, this was literally the best deal he would ever get, but by even drafting the terms in the first place, Spielman is directly responsible for the "poisoning of the well" effect on the QB market. Without this precedence, Watson probably never gets that fully guaranteed deal from the Browns, and without Watson's deal, there would have been no drama from Lamar Jackson or other QBs once they start bargaining for their big payday.
Spielman could never draft QB, and he neglected our Offensive Line far too often. Plus he drafted over half a dozen CB's with Zimmer as HC, and each one either flamed out or flopped outright.
As bad as Matt Milan was, he at least owned up to how bad he was and he did draft Megatron. Gene Smith always acted like he was smarter than everyone else in the league (as well as his own staff) and he doesn’t have a single pro-bowler, let alone HoFer, to his name.
Everyone in Detroit was so excited about Millen. This great player and beloved analyst. He appeared to know the game even before the game happened. He seemed to have a knack for talent and his knowledge was impressive. However, I knew in my heart we were in trouble right off the bat. First, he got rid of what few good players we did have and boasted about our cap space. Umm yeah, when you get rid of your players you are gonna have cap space. Then he quickly realized no one wanted to play for the Lions so he grossly overpaid for any FAs we got. Those guys were clearly going thru the motions. People talk about how bad his first round picks were (and they were). But the real damage was what he did after the first. He loved to trade up to get guys slotted for later rounds. He felt he was smarter than everyone else. He also carried on that Detroit tradition of…who cares about players, you need the right coach. No dummy, you gotta have talent. He tried to recreate the 49ers glory days and forced the WC offense in when teams had long figured it out. Detroit would repeat this failed system by trying to recreate the Patriots sans Brady. He also was, as far as the information I got, very lazy. He did not even reside in Detroit or even Michigan. Choosing to fly his private plane home daily to Pennsylvania. He rarely went and evaluated talent and it was rumored he thought being a GM was a 9-5 job with lots of family time. He would openly criticize players in the media and his HC choices were laughable. These arrogant yes men who worked under successful coaches who thought all they had to was exist (and hire their inept children). It was during those years I realized how important a good OL is. We never had one. We couldn’t throw, we couldn’t run and our defense sat on the field all game battered and bruised. Then as a final insult, the Ford family refused to fire him because they couldn’t admit they made a mistake.
William Clay Ford Sr. is solely responsible for hiring Millen. Only when WCF Sr. children object to Millen a contract extention was Millen fired. William Clay Ford Jr. said to reporters that "If I had my way, I would fire him".
Dave Gettleman with the Giants - you did your best to avoid that one, Five. ;) Don McKay made a bunch of terrible trades to continually trade draft picks for washed players with the early Buccaneers, picks that were regularly in the top few. Mike Ditka trading the entire Saints 2000 draft to get Ricky Wiliams. Trent Baalke ruined the 49ers for years with his infamously bad 2012 draft alone, let alone subsequent years - and arguably hasn't excelled with the Jaguars either.
The architects of the Drought: John Butler: Great talent evaluator, especially of free agents and small college picks but his drafts were hit or miss and he gave the Bills Robosack v Flutie and cap hell that caused them to cut Bruce, Thurman, and Andre. He sowed the seeds for 17 years of football purgatory. Great talent scout, lousy gm Tom Donahoe: Ralph was getting up there in years, and wanted a Superbowl. He hired longtime Steeler front office guy Tom Donahoe. He built the team wrong. He kept Robosack over Flutie, went for a washed up Drew Bledsoe and strengthened the empire of evil while doing so. Then in 2004 he traded picks for JP Losman that could have been used to draft Aaron Rodgers. His drafts sucked, his coaching hires were awful, and the Bills were terrible. Oh and he alienated the fanbase too. Remember the orange out v Denver in 2005? Marv Levy: Great coach, awful gm. A publicity stunt if there ever was one Buddy Nix- nice guy bad gm Doug Whaley. To be fair he did hire Sean McDermott, but before that there was Doug Marrone and Buddy Ryan. Oh and while Tre White was great before injury lets not forget the pick he traded literally could have been Pat Mahomes. end rant. . . .
How the hell did John Idzick and Mike Maccagnan of the Jets not make this list? They set the Jets back 2 decades with their terrible drafts and signings!!!
Great list and you make fun of Deshaun Watson is hilarious. Honourable mention should go to former Tennessee, Titans, GM John Robinson, because while he did make some good moves and good draft picks, I think what ultimately did him in was the lack of options of line help which were still struggling with now and the fact that he treated AJ Brown for a hot pocket and peanuts.
I remember the Millen Man March. Me and my dad got cheap tickets to see the Bengals play in Detroit to clinch the division that year. The crowd of people going through downtown Detroit chanting "Fire Millen Bill Ford sucks." Will always stick with me as simultanously one of the funniest and saddest moments. I echo your sentiments that he is a good broadcaster and his health issues suck, but man he ruined that team for those 8 years.
Scott Pioli was atrocious as Chiefs GM. Traded for Cassel and gave him a payday before even taking a snap for the team. Traded away Tony Gonzalez for a 2nd round pick where he chose a failure of a CB. He never had a good draft, and created a culture of Fear at 1 Arrowhead Drive. Was responsible for the Chiefs Franchise worst season in 2012.
How about a forgotten great gm...Ladd Herzeg in the 1980's for Houston. Just about everything he did turned to gold when he had to clean up the mess left behind by Bum Phillips. Drafted two Hall of famers in successive drafts(Munchak and Matthews), convinced Warren Moon to sign with Houston, traded Jim Everett to LA for a boatload of picks and players which were all hits.
Back when he was still frequently making written posts on SB Nation, Jon Bois did a post called "NFL Daft" which he ended by showcasing Matt Millen's history, and then he hosted a contest in the comments section where the next ten random commentors would reply with totally random numbers and see if they could do better than one of Matt Millen's draft classes (can't remember which one) based on the player's approximate value. The random numbers beat Matt Millen 6 out of 10 times.
Idk how Ryan Grigson isn’t on this list when his ineptitude was so bad he literally broke a generational talent in Andrew Luck to the point he had to retire early in his prime to protect his physical and mental health. Almost a decade later we’re still trying to rebound from the destruction he caused smh
I actually think Sache Brown wasn't a bad GM. He got the team a lot of picks, needed better scouting, but wasn't scared to tank and rebuild, team got better from his picks as soon as he left.
Unfortunately he's still the genius that decided to spend a 2nd rounder on Deshone Kizer and a 1st rounder on Corey Coleman those were on him and both were the faces of the 0-16 team
Scott Shitterer, I mean Fitterer is the worst GM in the league today. Every roster and personnel move made has been the incorrect decision. Got fleeced by the Bears too.
8:11 in defense of the Brock Osweiler trade, it was a salary dump, and the whole point was the Browns would get more in draft capital than they would give up
Mark Dominik could be on the list. .350 winning %. Wasted picks on Josh Freeman, Adrian Clayborn, Mark Barron, trading a first for an injured Revis, and so many others.
You forget WCF's other mistakes. Russ Thomas, Martin Mayhew, and Bob Quinn. WCF was a drunk who didn't know anything about running a team but kept meddling in it anyway. After his death, he was replaced in Carolina by David Tepper.
Surprised at no mention of Trent fucking Baalke, dude loves drafting guys with torn up knees and was willing to sink the entire 49ers franchise all because he didn't get along with Jim Harbaugh.
Surprised Ryan Grigson didn’t make the cut. Dude was handed a perennial contender and HOF shoo-in at QB, and proceeded to squander each year of his tenure worse than the last.
George Paton. The Russell Wilson trade coupled with the fact that they gave him that extension without him playing a single down of even preseason football. This is the very same extension under which Wilson will never play a single down. Last season and this season, he was playing the last two years of the contract he signed with Seattle. These two connected decisions will likely cripple the Broncos for a minimum of another 3 to 4 years. If Deshaun Watson comes back and leads the Browns to a Super Bowl appearance , let alone victory, the Wilson trade will without a doubt be the worst trade in history. Even over the Walker trade.
Bears fan here. Lovie had to go. After the '06 Super Bowl run it was nothing but inconsistency and underachieving. Yes the Bears finished 10-6 in his final year, but they started 7-1. That Super Bowl run is why he even lasted as long as he did, and I say that as someone that loves Lovie Smith.
@@randalwhite1806 No argument there, I just don't like the inclusion of firing Lovie as a reason why because Lovie needed to go as sad as I am saying that.
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To quote my late father, "you could get Matt Millen a time machine that sees into the future to draft future hall of famers and the f**ker would still get them wrong"
I would always say his ‘scouting staff’ was the spring issue of Grogan’s he kept in his private john.
Your father was a smart man.
*drafted a hall of famer*
😂
Matt Millen couldn’t pour piss out of a boot if the instructions were written on the heel.
Its amazing you didn't mention Ryan Grigson, the many who was instrumental in destroying Andrew Luck's career
Colts fan here - Grigson put us in a hole that Ballard's only dug us out of recently: refusing to draft O-line until it was too late in favor of doing shit like trading a first-rounder for Trent Richardson and blowing a first on Philip Dorsett, alienating some of the best players on the team, etc.
Another Colts fan here. I completely agree that he should’ve been on this list. He was so inept as GM
I commented “Grigson” before I saw this. Let’s go Minshoe! Let’s get these playoffs.
@@uhhhmaeve I disagree with that assessment. He did draft offensive linemen, they were just all bad, Signed a lot of OL in free agency too, they were just all terrible. He was awful at the whole process of identifying talent and team construction. Drafted so many players that had no talent at high draft positions. You can't judge a player on combine measureables alone, but many of the guys he did draft had terrible combine numbers. He overpaid for mediocre FAs. He picked players who were 5th round guys in the 2nd round. He had no clue about what he was doing
@@meda3791 Pagano certainly played a part in Luck's demise too. He forced him to play in meaningless games that put his health under further risk. His philosophy "run the ball, stop the run" ultra conservative philosophy hurt Luck's development and he constantly threw him and many others under the bus to save his own worthless hide. Was terrible with player development, too. Never saw growth from the team, just relied on Lucks golden right arm to bail him out
Trent Balkee cost the 49ers years of being contenders cause he thought he knew more than his head coach and now he’s doing the same thing in Jacksonville
Lmao Groper Cleveland! Lmao that is classic!
That had me spitting my drink out. That needs to stick
@@johnepantsGroper Cleveland already has. Desharvy Watstein was new though. 😂
Rich Kotite - Jets had were 3-13 and 1-15 under him. He has infamously skipped on Warren Sapp, Ty Law, Derrick Brooks to draft Hugh Douglas and Kyle Brady who was only with the Jets for two season. Queue up the video "we Want Sapp". Another Jets GM that was consider the worst was Jim Kensil since he was trying to big brain the draft. Jim Kensil prioritized character over talent which led him to miss on Dan Marino. Other GM that has the title for the worst is Jim Kensil. List of Jim Kensil failed 1st Rounders - Roger Vick, Mike Haight, Ron Faurot, Ken O' Brien, Bob Crable, Lam Jones, etc....
Can you really consider a Decent QB like Ken O'Brien a Failure though? Dude started a lot of games for the Jets and had some VERY good years. The problem wasn't O'Brien...it was The Jets.
His Second Season, 1984: 3888 Yards, 25 TDs, 8 INTS. Had the league's lowest INT% and highest Yards Per Attempt with a 96.2 Rating that led the League while also being Sacked a League Leading 62 Times.
Ken O'Brien Career Line 25,094 Yards, 128 TDs, 98 INTs, 80.4 Rating. All in All, Above Average in a Time with some of the Best Defenses in NFL History.
@justinlast2lastharder749 in the lengthy and horrible history of the jets, all considered... Ken O'Brien is among their top 5 QBs ever
John Idzik and the Idzik 12 tho...
I don't know what's funnier. The Jets passing on Ty Law, or that ends up on the Patriots because of their stupidity.
Don't forget how he ruined the eagles too
Chip Kelly was not a good GM. I think a lot of people (especially some Eagles fans) forget he was GM for a minute and gutted a good team.
I still remember when he ran two All-Pro linemen out of the team. I'm still baffled by that move to this day
Gutted the underperforming "Dream Team"?
Five I'm surprised you did not include Dave Gettleman in this video after he ran your Giants into the ground by signing Nate Solder, Blake Martinez, and James Bradberry as free agents, and then drafted Saquon Barkley 2nd overall, Daniel Jones 6th overall, and KaDarius Toney 20th overall, all of these moves made within 4 years. Oh, and he also hired Pat Shurmur and Joe Judge as head coaches.
Barkley is a great pick. The giants are ruining him not the other way around, but year overall gettleman was awful. (I am also a Giants fan)
Blake Martinez and Bradbury were not bad signings at all. Far far worse is the Galloday signing. Plus missing on all OL players not named Andrew Thomas. Nate Solder was unfortunately a forced signing he had to do. Giants O-line looked even worse than after 2017. Bobby Hart? Flowers? Maybe he could have resigned Pugh instead of Solder but we all knew Pugh has a long injury history list.
DG was,... okay at drafting (DJ and picking SB at #2 overall notwithstanding), but was horrendous at free agency.
I've seen worse...I'm a Jets Fan after all.
No. A RB that early is never worth it unless you are getting a tomlinson or peterson. Also, Barkley is good but he is playing in the wrong era. He comes out before 08 he probably has a different career.
Any GM that has his team go 0-16 is by far the worst
Yeah, because one awful season would be worse than say a number of GM's that have spent years running franchises into the ground 🤦♂️
@@jimbo_1312 Matt Millen did both
Namely when the team they GMed went 1-15 the year before and went “well it can’t get worse.”
The reality is Cleveland was in a 2-3 season complete tear down and rebuild phase and they knew it but yoh can't go out and say hey were gonna suck for the next few seasons as we shed salaries and acquire draft capital and cap space. Sashi Brown started that process with Paul depodesta who still works for Cleveland. So they hit the big red button imploded it and started the rebuild which took the long way around but has seen some success and a roster that's been competitive when not absolutely destroyed by injuries and terrible officiating.
@@hulkkrogan420Sashi Brown is directly responsible for Myles Garrett and David Njoku and indirectly responsible for Denzel Ward and Nick Chubb due either him drafting them or the stockpile of picks he got when he decided not to draft Carson Wentz in 2016 and move down to 9th and then trade again with Houston and drop down to 15th. The 4 best players on the Browns are because of Sashi
Lions fan here. As bad as Matt Millen was I always felt William Clay Ford was far more culpable. The fact that he gave him EIGHT years to completely run a franchise into the ground is incomprehensible. EIGHT years. EIGHT. That’s insane in any league, let alone the NFL where the leash is generally much shorter and the sense of urgency is much greater. I just remember my childhood being ruined by Joey Harrington and the Lions drafting a WR in the first round every year.
Not to mention Millen had no business being hired in the first place. He literally admitted to not being qualified for the job, to which WCF infamously replied, “You’re a smart guy. You’ll figure it out.”
MAN those were some DARK days.
Facts bro lived through all 8 years it was definitely a sad time to be a lions fan but we up now
If I remember right, the Lions were good in the late 50's just prior to him owning the team. Then they went 50+ years with one playoff win under his ownership. I believe he was a good owner in terms of fan service, "running the business", business ethics and being on the right side of history regarding minority employment, (you don't have to look far to see how rare those things can be in the ranks of NFL owners) but in terms of hiring and supervising the people who ran the team, the record speaks for itself.
@@goochfitness26 yessir. Sheila is NOTHING like her father. She genuinely cares and tries her hardest to put the right people in place.
@@charlesclark3840 100%. Interestingly enough the issue with WCF was never being a cheapskate. He just, as you said, was incapable of putting the right people in place.
@@LogicOverEmotion yessir I’ve loved what she’s done so far she got so much shit when she started. But Dan and Holmes have done wonders so far
I was waiting for Gettlemen lmfao
Dishonourable Mention: Chip Kelly when the Eagles handed him the keys. His system seemed to work for... most of a season. Then other teams started to catch on to the fact that going at that pace mean the playbook was very simple. Anyway, for a guy building his whole philosophy around speed... Why the hell are you running DeSean Jackson, Jeremy Maclin AND LeSean McCoy out of town? He wasn't GM of the team for long, but teh damage lasted a good, long while.
You beat me to it ... Chip Kelly was an outright fiasco. Gotta say, though, his ouster led to Howie Roseman taking back the reigns, where he undid practically every move Kelly made and was the main impetus of the team claiming its first SB three years later.
There was no good reason whatsoever to make Chip Kelly the de facto GM of the Eagles. Even to this day, I’m scratching my head over the move
The crazy thing is, the offense does work. Spreading the field and getting the ball down the field into a fast WR hands, running quick WR bubble, screens, getting the ball into a fast RBs hands behind the line. You can do all that stuff. The problem was, they only had one speed. Fast! That wore out the offense. They were so tired they couldn't execute. Not to mention they didn't have any beef. Everyone was a small fast player. Nobody was a bruiser or just big.
@@Coyotek4
he was the shittier version of Steve Spurrier (at least he was an actually good person and player's coach)
As an eagles fan, I honestly don’t think the NFL caught up to chips offense that quickly. It really came down to he got rid of 3 ELITE key guys that made his offense go, especially lesean mccoy. Shady was a perfect east to west runner, but chip foolishly tried to replace him with Murray, a north/south runner. Personally, I think chips ego did not want to win with Andy Reid’s guys, which is why he made it his mission to get rid of as many of them as he could.
Desharvey Watstein 😂😂😂
Five Points gets straight savage with Groper. It’s deserved, but still….it’s merciless.
honorable mention: AJ Smith. He drove marty schottenheimer out and completely ruined the team. He is a part of the reason why the chargers are no longer in san diego anymore.
The Chargers was ruined by everyone involved, including the City. San Diego refused to do anything with Qualcomm or allow the Chargers to do anything to update it....then when the Chargers leave, SnapDragon Stadium gets approved where Qualcomm used to stand. SnapDragon is horrible, and a horrible waste of money. It's so dumb they have a Lawn Area right next to the Stadium. A Grass Field. Wanna know what it's used for? It's a Parking Lot on Game Day. They keep the Lights on almost 24/7. It's seriously inept.
One Man is to blame for the Chargers Leaving...Now Current Left Mayor Todd Gloria who everyone hates. He's the Democrat Leader in San Diego and spent his time running the City Council playing Big Dick with Spanos and losing. That's who is to blame for the Chargers Leaving. Not Spanos, not Smith, not former Mayor Faulkner...but Far Leftist Idiot Todd Gloria who has damn near ruined San Diego as a whole in less than 3 years as Mayor.
Yes he also somehow convinced ralph wilson he could do better than Bill Polian!
Polian goes to the Colts builds a contender wins SB
Chargers are still choking
The rest is history
Gettleman? I’m shocked you didn’t include him.
Giants fans tend to rip on every other team expect the giants and act like Daniel Jones is elite and get triggered when anyone roast Danny Dimes
Eli Manning winning two Superbowls has made them delusional
Giants fan here... Gettleman absolutely belongs on this list. Every year I wanted him fired
NFL is what have you done for us lately? The Giants haven't done much. They win enough games to take out of the too 5 in the draft. They're not bad enough to take a top QB in the draft.
Sashi Brown drafted Myles Garrett, moved back up into the first round of that draft to get David Njoku in 2017 and him backing out of their number 2 spot in 2016 allowed John Dorsey to get Denzel Ward and Nick Chubb in 2018 with the extra picks for moving back and convincing Houston to give him a 2nd round pick to take Brock Osweiler off their books. Sashi is responsible for the Browns best players, maybe you should do a little digging on what that dude was doing. He wasn’t brought to Cleveland to win, he was brought there to get assets. Cleveland is not in the playoffs in 2020 or right now if not for Sashi Brown
Matt Millen is definitely the worst GM in NFL history.
Not really a hot take there, my friend lol
"Who did I miss"
I'm just impressed that all these GMs were GMing post 2000 and that nobody worse could be found from the previous century's history.
I'd suggest a title change on the video, lol
Trent Baalke is a bad GM over here in SF how the hell did the Jags hire him. I will never know.
How was Ran Carthon? I know he didn't serve as your GM, but he is ours.
Somehow his overpay of Christian Kirk collapsed the WR market causing AJ Brown, Davante Adams, Tyreek, Hollywood and Cooper to demand trades. Can’t tell if that was a chess move since the Jags made the playoffs
I was about to say Trent Balke haha this joke blamed everything on Harbaugh (granted he is a hardass & probably more suited to college but he was a winning coach) until they fired Harbaugh & he had a hard time hiding how terrible he actually was
No idea. As a Jags fan please fire this bozo
@@junkyarddanubis3116Christian Kirk has been amazing. He’s a legit WR1. Travon Walker, Travis Etienne, Devin Lloyd and Anton Harrison have been great so far as 1st rounders too. But still want him fired
Steve Keim definitely deserves honorable mention here. Soooo many of his picks didn't pan out. Occasional great trade, but terrible drafter
As a Cardinals fan, I couldn’t agree more.
As a Cardinals fan, I disagree.
He had good drafts. He just didnt know how to run things as a whole and was far too egotistical.
Even though he wasn’t GM, but rather President of Football Operations, John Spanos of the Chargers should be shamed. Only got the position because he’s the son of the owner.
you mean Dean Spanos?
@@frenchfrey65John is the son of Dean
GM AJ Smith also killed the Bolts
@@KreativeKngI was just about to mention that. He not only ran Marty out of town but also destroyed the team. He is a part of the reason why the chargers are no longer in San Diego. Of course the big reason is DEAN SPANOS.
@@KreativeKngdang I forgot about that name. But you’re right he was so full of himself. The best gm we ever had was John butler. Rip.
Mike Lombardi trying to hire Josh McDaniel's makes him defending the Raiders/Josh constantly make even more sense. I thought it was just cause his son was a coach on the team but no, hes also got a football boner for McDaniel's for some reason.
Shoutout to Ryan Grigson for being considered as the ruiner of Luck with his antics.
As a Lions fan I would like to say that I despise Matt Millen for his time as GM but I pray he gets through his health issues and is healthy soon
2009-2016 really was a lost period for the Browns. I remember my dad had the game on one Christmas Eve when Shurmer was the coach and I asked “why the f*ck are you subjecting us to this?” While things can still seem like a sh*t show from season to season, at least it has been a relatively stable sh*t show defined by mediocrity instead of outright ineptitude, though this season has been fun.
As a former fan of the Carolina Panthers, I can totally second that last statement of this video.
I rather have him over Scott Fitterer
What gets me the most about Pace is the interviews that everyone else in the front office says that the plan was 1.Watson 2.Mahomes 3.Mitch (as any sane person would have went) but then he just got up the morning of and changed plans out of nowhere. We were so close to having a good QB. So damn close
Doesn't matter Bears would have screwed them both up😮
@@richardreger6026 Watson survived Bill O’Brien I think he can work with Nagy
The fact that Millen topped this list was no surprise … the fact that he was allowed to do that job for eight years was the most pathetic example of how bad of an owner WCF was for the Lions.
And now we've got Sheila, who actually wants to win and brought on the right guys to make that happen.
It's a good time to be a Lions fan. Now if we can just figure out a way yo best our biggest rivals: The Refs.
@@MrSpriggPacker fan here, we’re all rooting for you in the playoffs this year, you guys deserve a good run… as long as you don’t play us in the first round.
@@nathangoergen8496 It looks like the NFL wants a Detroit-LA matchi0 for the Srafford storyline. I'm sure they'll rig it that way.
Kotite should get a mention sheerly for the fact he ran TWO franchises, the Jets and the Eagles, into the ground so hard they left matching craters.
As a Chargers fan I want to say AJ Smith but that would be unfair. He was a good GM for a decent amount of time, he just should've been canned sooner. Firing Marty after a 14-2 season, repeatedly having an ego clash with players like Junior and Vincent Jackson, trading sproles, turner, and LT, sticking with Norv for that long... all bad. But there was plenty of good too
Don't forget AJ Smith who took what would have been a Dynasty level Chargers team in the late 90/early 2000 and ran them into the ground to where they are today, just bad on all levels.
A part 2 should be made if theres more out there like the terrible bob quinn
Matt Millen's masterpiece makes fans forget about the awfulness of his predecessors, Chuck " We don't need Joe Montana or Warren Moon' Schmidt and Russ Thomas.
As a Broncos fan love him as a player but GM John Elway not so much. After Peyton Mannings retirement , the team went through so many qbs drafted that didn’t make it Brock Oswalder , Paxton Lynch etc. The team still haven’t made the playoffs since the SB win . (And could add current GM Paton with Russ Wilson most likely gone too)
Ryan Pace wasn't really that terrible of a GM if you exclude the Trubisky debacle. He wasn't great, but he was decent enough that he shouldn't be on this list. He may have sucked at evaluating QBs, but he drafted pretty well at pretty much every other position.
except QBs and also offensive lineman, oh and Phil Emery was worse than Ryan Pace
@@anthonymendez1997 I literally said he sucked at evaluating QBs. It's in my comment. As far as O linemen, Teven Jenkins is good when he's healthy. Never said he had a 100% success rate at drafting as well. If that's the bar then no GM can be considered good at drafting since no GM has ever or will ever have a 100% success rate.
@@davidmartinez52420 I should’ve capitalized AND in my previous comment to acknowledge that you covered the fact that he sucked at evaluating QBs. It’s hard to depict tone in writing.
@@anthonymendez1997 Ok, gotcha. I would've understood what you meant if you had. No problem then. He wasn't great at drafting O linemen for sure, but some of the ones he drafted were destined to fail anyway. I forgot that he also drafted Braxton Jones, whose another quality lineman.
@@davidmartinez52420 Change your tampon.
Not mentioning John Idzik with the Jets is a sin. Man missed on 12 picks in one year.
Idzik and mac back to back was crippling. Jets have the longest playoff drought in pro sports bc of those two. All of pro sports. Mac imo was the single worst jet at any position from coach to player to front office. Everything he touched died except quinnen Williams who probably quits on us if Mac had stuck around
@@gwell66v2AnimeReviews I am no fan of Mr. MacCagnan but missing on 12 picks like Johnny boy did AND screwing over Rex Ryan is just too much for me
Vinny Cerrato. Redskins GM 1999-01, 2003-09.
Making Adam Archuleta the highest paid safety in the league, deserves special recognition.
Snyder puppet
Dishonorable mention, Green Bay Packers Mike Sherman, also a head coach (2000-05), he was GM for the Packers from 2001-04, his management of the defense is legendary bad as well as his drafting, though he drafted Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila in the 3rd round, he whiffed on Jamal Reynolds, Javon Walker thought he was Terrell Owens, Nick Barnett was meh, and then in 2004 he got Pass Interference magnet Ahmad Carroll. He also signed DE Joe Johnson who was a pro bowler for the Saints only to be constantly injured for the Packers, Terry Glenn lasted 1 season before Sherman reluctantly brought back fan favorite Antonio Freeman, and like I said, the defense never got good under his tenure (what else is new?) which led to the 2005 4-12 season and Sherman's eventual firing as coach.
Which really sucks cuz his offense and Favre were very good! Ahman Green ran for 1800 yards one season and had a 98 TD run against the Broncos, Favre had that historic MNF game vs the Raiders in 2003 when his father passed away, Najeh Davenport and Tony Fisher were underrated RB's, DONALD FREAKING DRIVER (though he was drafted in 1999), Chad Clifton and Mark Tauscher got picked in 2000 but thanks to Sherman became mainstays at OT and thankfully won SB's!
Also mentioning Dan Devine, another HC GM 2 jobber, in the early 70's he traded a king's ransom of draft picks for 34 year old QB John Hadl (RIP he passed away recently), the guy was having a hall of fame career but would end up throwing almost 20 picks in one season and never got more than 10 TD passes in a season, a trade so bad it set forth the Packers into the 70's and 80's Packers that were the definition of futility, WAY worse than drafting Tony Mandarich.
I was going to say Sherman, thanks for covering that one. I wouldn’t have thought of Devine, but certainly agree. Also, while I love Bart Starr the player, he was also a lousy gm. If I’m not mistaken, Forrest Gregg was also coach/gm. The Packers were mismanaged for so many years by their board, allowing mediocre coaches to double as gm. A point that is easily made by pointing out how they finally found success when they hired Ron Wolf, a legitimate NFL gm. Although they sure tried to backslide by letting Sherman be gm and wasting a lot of good Favre years. Luckily they did correct that by hiring Ted Thompson, who did well early. But then they wasted a lot of good Rodgers years by letting Thompson hang on too long after his health issues arose. It’s almost like they sometimes don’t fully remember the mistakes made in the past. Green Bay is different by not having a team owner. There can be a lot of loyalty extended to guys associated with championships.
49ers Trent Baalke . his Draft picks were okay at best. Arik Armstead is the only Niner left from the Baalke years. Odd to draft a punter (Pinion) in the 5th round. Did get Kaepernick, Buckner, A Smith (when he was sort of sane), & Hyde. But a huge head scratcher is A.J. Jenkins (WR) First round pick. who appeared in 3 games and only targeted once for the Niners (No Injuries to my knowledge). Coach picks were awful as well
I'm still mad about AJ Jenkins... Aaaghh
A little surprised that none of Buffalo’s GMs were there but then looking at the record of their tenures, they were more mediocre than outright terrible. The worst one was the guy who was there right before Polian
I gotta give Bill O’Bootychin credit for one trade that did go well for my Texans. Laremy Tunsil has been excellent for us.
If he can stay healthy
Carlos Hyde as well. Turning Martinas Rankin into a 1,000 yard rusher for a year is a pretty good deal.
OMG never noticed the bootychin, and now I can't unsee it 😂😂😂
Ryan Grigson needs to be on this list.
Listen to any former Colt about his time as GM and they all have horrible things to say about him.
He wanted to paint over all the images of past Colts in the facilities, because the past doesn't matter. They say he shouted and tried bullying anyone he came in contact with. Plus he only drafed fast WRs that couldn't catch the ball the whole time he was there and refused to build a line to protect Andrew Luck.
Fucking hate Grigson. Set us back a decade. Who the fuck drafts Phillip Dorsett in the first round 🤦🏻♂️
That pick that the Browns traded to the Chiefs for the pick to draft Phil Taylor was used on a man by the name of Justin Houston.
I think you missed Steve Keim. Worst GM imo. He was promoted from within as well.
Terrible draft history, very few bright spots. Terrible contract signings and controversy with star players. Got a DUI and maybe even SA’d someone in Mexico and stepped down to take care of his “health”… Left the Cardinals in shambles.
😂 bruh had me rolling with the Texans
As a Lions fan, it's nice to see that after 60+ years we finally seem to have found a medium of success.
All we needed was for WCF to let his daughter run the team.
@@charlesclark3840 Junior blew his chance at running things after he suggested Millen TWICE.
@@mangrove Am I correct in remembering that when WCF died, a) his mom did NOT let him run the team, b) eventually she let his sister run the team, and c) his mom and sister have run the team better than the males ever did? That has to smart.
Jimmy Graham was actually really good for the Bears in the 2020 season
Doug Whaley was my personal Bills boogeyman growing up. He took E.J. Manuel with the sixteenth pick in the 2013 draft (you know, the one DeAndre Hopkins was in?)
I will give former Vikings GM Rick Spielman a dishonorable mention, cause he was the one who singlehandedly inflated the QB market with the Kirk Cousins deal. Don't get me wrong, Cousins earned his payday, but is he really worth a fully guaranteed deal? Again, I am not faulting Cousins, this was literally the best deal he would ever get, but by even drafting the terms in the first place, Spielman is directly responsible for the "poisoning of the well" effect on the QB market. Without this precedence, Watson probably never gets that fully guaranteed deal from the Browns, and without Watson's deal, there would have been no drama from Lamar Jackson or other QBs once they start bargaining for their big payday.
Spielman could never draft QB, and he neglected our Offensive Line far too often.
Plus he drafted over half a dozen CB's with Zimmer as HC, and each one either flamed out or flopped outright.
The Vikings were fuct that year. Your choices were Sam Splodeybones, Teddy Bridgewater post injury, or Kirk Cousins. There was no true winning path.
@@Hiei2k7 "B-but Case Keenum!!!"
*Proceeds to flop on his future teams.
Mike Brown, for like 25 years, played owner and GM and the Bengals didn't win a si gle play off game, until he handed the reigns to Duke Tobin
As bad as Matt Milan was, he at least owned up to how bad he was and he did draft Megatron. Gene Smith always acted like he was smarter than everyone else in the league (as well as his own staff) and he doesn’t have a single pro-bowler, let alone HoFer, to his name.
Everyone in Detroit was so excited about Millen. This great player and beloved analyst. He appeared to know the game even before the game happened. He seemed to have a knack for talent and his knowledge was impressive. However, I knew in my heart we were in trouble right off the bat. First, he got rid of what few good players we did have and boasted about our cap space. Umm yeah, when you get rid of your players you are gonna have cap space. Then he quickly realized no one wanted to play for the Lions so he grossly overpaid for any FAs we got. Those guys were clearly going thru the motions. People talk about how bad his first round picks were (and they were). But the real damage was what he did after the first. He loved to trade up to get guys slotted for later rounds. He felt he was smarter than everyone else. He also carried on that Detroit tradition of…who cares about players, you need the right coach. No dummy, you gotta have talent. He tried to recreate the 49ers glory days and forced the WC offense in when teams had long figured it out. Detroit would repeat this failed system by trying to recreate the Patriots sans Brady. He also was, as far as the information I got, very lazy. He did not even reside in Detroit or even Michigan. Choosing to fly his private plane home daily to Pennsylvania. He rarely went and evaluated talent and it was rumored he thought being a GM was a 9-5 job with lots of family time. He would openly criticize players in the media and his HC choices were laughable. These arrogant yes men who worked under successful coaches who thought all they had to was exist (and hire their inept children). It was during those years I realized how important a good OL is. We never had one. We couldn’t throw, we couldn’t run and our defense sat on the field all game battered and bruised. Then as a final insult, the Ford family refused to fire him because they couldn’t admit they made a mistake.
William Clay Ford Sr. is solely responsible for hiring Millen. Only when WCF Sr. children object to Millen a contract extention was Millen fired. William Clay Ford Jr. said to reporters that "If I had my way, I would fire him".
Dave Gettleman with the Giants - you did your best to avoid that one, Five. ;) Don McKay made a bunch of terrible trades to continually trade draft picks for washed players with the early Buccaneers, picks that were regularly in the top few. Mike Ditka trading the entire Saints 2000 draft to get Ricky Wiliams. Trent Baalke ruined the 49ers for years with his infamously bad 2012 draft alone, let alone subsequent years - and arguably hasn't excelled with the Jaguars either.
Bob Quinn (Lions) not being on this list is a travesty!!
Russ Thomas, Chuck Schmidt, Millen, and Quinn.
@@mangrove I'd give Chuch Schmidt a pass because he at least got good players. The head coach on the other hand....
Plot twist to Sashi Brown as he is now the President of Football Operations of the Ravens and the team is now the best team in the NFL this season.
Bro as a Washington fan how does Bruce Allen not make the list
You know the culture is actually damn good
I’m surprised Dave Gettleman didn’t even get an honorable mention from the Giants fan.
He mentions Gettlepoop at the end - should simply have added that doofus to the list - singlehandely set back the Giants 10 plus years.
The architects of the Drought:
John Butler: Great talent evaluator, especially of free agents and small college picks but his drafts were hit or miss and he gave the Bills Robosack v Flutie and cap hell that caused them to cut Bruce, Thurman, and Andre. He sowed the seeds for 17 years of football purgatory. Great talent scout, lousy gm
Tom Donahoe: Ralph was getting up there in years, and wanted a Superbowl. He hired longtime Steeler front office guy Tom Donahoe. He built the team wrong. He kept Robosack over Flutie, went for a washed up Drew Bledsoe and strengthened the empire of evil while doing so. Then in 2004 he traded picks for JP Losman that could have been used to draft Aaron Rodgers. His drafts sucked, his coaching hires were awful, and the Bills were terrible. Oh and he alienated the fanbase too. Remember the orange out v Denver in 2005?
Marv Levy: Great coach, awful gm. A publicity stunt if there ever was one
Buddy Nix- nice guy bad gm
Doug Whaley. To be fair he did hire Sean McDermott, but before that there was Doug Marrone and Buddy Ryan. Oh and while Tre White was great before injury lets not forget the pick he traded literally could have been Pat Mahomes.
end rant. . . .
How the hell did John Idzick and Mike Maccagnan of the Jets not make this list? They set the Jets back 2 decades with their terrible drafts and signings!!!
“He was fired for substance abuse & couldn’t keep his Kokinis in his pants.” 😂😂😂
Great list and you make fun of Deshaun Watson is hilarious. Honourable mention should go to former Tennessee, Titans, GM John Robinson, because while he did make some good moves and good draft picks, I think what ultimately did him in was the lack of options of line help which were still struggling with now and the fact that he treated AJ Brown for a hot pocket and peanuts.
David “temper” is #1 and easily the worst owner since synder
I wasn't even thinking about Millen when I clicked this video. I think I had blocked out that part of my life. Thanks for making me remember.
@Five Points Vids. Fire commentary bro. Great vid.
I remember the Millen Man March. Me and my dad got cheap tickets to see the Bengals play in Detroit to clinch the division that year. The crowd of people going through downtown Detroit chanting "Fire Millen Bill Ford sucks." Will always stick with me as simultanously one of the funniest and saddest moments.
I echo your sentiments that he is a good broadcaster and his health issues suck, but man he ruined that team for those 8 years.
Scott Pioli was atrocious as Chiefs GM. Traded for Cassel and gave him a payday before even taking a snap for the team. Traded away Tony Gonzalez for a 2nd round pick where he chose a failure of a CB. He never had a good draft, and created a culture of Fear at 1 Arrowhead Drive. Was responsible for the Chiefs Franchise worst season in 2012.
Don’t remind me of him…absolutely God awful GM. Sank the team to the point where I didn’t know if they’d ever get out of the hole.
We also remember BOB for that 0-4 start to the regular season before he got fired as a result.
How about a forgotten great gm...Ladd Herzeg in the 1980's for Houston. Just about everything he did turned to gold when he had to clean up the mess left behind by Bum Phillips. Drafted two Hall of famers in successive drafts(Munchak and Matthews), convinced Warren Moon to sign with Houston, traded Jim Everett to LA for a boatload of picks and players which were all hits.
Never forget Mike Lombardi drafted JaMarcus Russell
Back when he was still frequently making written posts on SB Nation, Jon Bois did a post called "NFL Daft" which he ended by showcasing Matt Millen's history, and then he hosted a contest in the comments section where the next ten random commentors would reply with totally random numbers and see if they could do better than one of Matt Millen's draft classes (can't remember which one) based on the player's approximate value.
The random numbers beat Matt Millen 6 out of 10 times.
Idk how Ryan Grigson isn’t on this list when his ineptitude was so bad he literally broke a generational talent in Andrew Luck to the point he had to retire early in his prime to protect his physical and mental health. Almost a decade later we’re still trying to rebound from the destruction he caused smh
"Desharvey Watstein"... That's Immaculate
2013-15 Chip Kelly, he had more leverage than Howie Roseman at the time, getting rid of McCoy and DJax
I actually think Sache Brown wasn't a bad GM. He got the team a lot of picks, needed better scouting, but wasn't scared to tank and rebuild, team got better from his picks as soon as he left.
Unfortunately he's still the genius that decided to spend a 2nd rounder on Deshone Kizer and a 1st rounder on Corey Coleman those were on him and both were the faces of the 0-16 team
How Bruce Allen isnt in this video, I have no damn clue.
"The culture, is actually damn good"
I was like where the hell is dave gentleman 😂 i was not disappointed
"Look, I deserve what Kelce said, I was wrong and he is right."
-Mike Lombardi
Sounds like a smart guy who takes accountability at least.
Scott Shitterer, I mean Fitterer is the worst GM in the league today. Every roster and personnel move made has been the incorrect decision. Got fleeced by the Bears too.
No one probably noticed because it’s the Titans, but the run by Jon Robinson post 2019 is a site to behold.
Jeff Ireland? I think he needs at least honorable mention
you forgot about Steve Keim, dude got a dui and got suspended for it, not sure if there was another GM thats been suspended before...
THIS
10:19 I was going to say but thank you for covering that
The Brock lobster trade was a good one in retrospect it got the browns nick chubb
Desharvey Watstein made me pee my pants
Most of those fields sacks are him holding on to the ball wayyyy too long lol
“A fucking asshole and idiot” I don’t know I’m fucking dying, I feel like I can imagine how he sounded saying it hahaha
Honarable mention Ryan Grigson. Refused to put a line in front of Andrew Luck. When the colts finally moved off of him luck was already checked out
Only in the movie Draft Day do Browns have a semi competent GM and Wisconsin Badgers a QB worthy of being drafted in 1st round
8:11 in defense of the Brock Osweiler trade, it was a salary dump, and the whole point was the Browns would get more in draft capital than they would give up
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Mark Dominik could be on the list. .350 winning %. Wasted picks on Josh Freeman, Adrian Clayborn, Mark Barron, trading a first for an injured Revis, and so many others.
Nice list. But Ryan Grigson and Phil Emory needs to be on this list.
As a giants fan I was like Dave Gettleman? And then you immediately gave him his proper shout out
You forget WCF's other mistakes. Russ Thomas, Martin Mayhew, and Bob Quinn. WCF was a drunk who didn't know anything about running a team but kept meddling in it anyway. After his death, he was replaced in Carolina by David Tepper.
Great video, thank you
Surprised at no mention of Trent fucking Baalke, dude loves drafting guys with torn up knees and was willing to sink the entire 49ers franchise all because he didn't get along with Jim Harbaugh.
Surprised Ryan Grigson didn’t make the cut. Dude was handed a perennial contender and HOF shoo-in at QB, and proceeded to squander each year of his tenure worse than the last.
George Paton.
The Russell Wilson trade coupled with the fact that they gave him that extension without him playing a single down of even preseason football.
This is the very same extension under which Wilson will never play a single down. Last season and this season, he was playing the last two years of the contract he signed with Seattle.
These two connected decisions will likely cripple the Broncos for a minimum of another 3 to 4 years.
If Deshaun Watson comes back and leads the Browns to a Super Bowl appearance , let alone victory, the Wilson trade will without a doubt be the worst trade in history. Even over the Walker trade.
Honorable mention: Steve Keim
Phil Emory. Fired a 10-6 Lovie Smith for Marc Trestman. Extended Jay Cutler, terrible draft picks.
Bears fan here. Lovie had to go. After the '06 Super Bowl run it was nothing but inconsistency and underachieving. Yes the Bears finished 10-6 in his final year, but they started 7-1. That Super Bowl run is why he even lasted as long as he did, and I say that as someone that loves Lovie Smith.
@@davidmartinez52420 Either way Emory was a nightmare as a GM
@@randalwhite1806 No argument there, I just don't like the inclusion of firing Lovie as a reason why because Lovie needed to go as sad as I am saying that.