I’d argue that the Jamal Adams trade was worse for the Seahawks. Adams hasn’t done much in Seattle and the Hawks traded two firsts and a third and fourth for Adams while the Jets picks eventually turned into Garrett Wilson, Breece Hall and more
As a Seahawks fan, usually I dread hearing the word "Trade". Except for the Wilson one (but only after it became obvious in Denver things weren't working out very well)
@@ilznidioticTruth is, Russ's inability to find Jimmy Graham over the middle was when a lot of us realized Russ wasn't the hall of famer everybody thought he was (including Russ).
I know some of you will bring up "that trade" that Carolina made last year. That could very well end up as another candidate for the worst trade ever. But I don't trust Chicago to do jack with it.
I almost feel for Bears fans. As a franchise they have NEVER proven they can develop a QB. If they pass in Caleb he’s going to be every bit the star people think…if they take him he will be a bust. Could be worse, could be the browns passing on Josh Allen and Lamar TWICE in the first round lol
Right now I would put the Broncos Russell Wilson trade above the Browns Deshaun Watson trade as worse. The Watson trade still has a chance to be redeemed. It may not happen, but it still has a chance to.
@@JABoyle3875 So what has Seattle done with the Wilson trade? Two 9-8 seasons, no playoff wins, and the defense that they tried to shore up using Denver's picks still ended up being porous. I mean yes, Seattle got Boye Mafe and Devon Witherspoon out of the trade, who are good players. But their success hasn't resulted in much team success (at least not yet). If I'm being honest, we probably wouldn't be talking about this trade so much if Denver didn't sign Wilson to that bloated contract before he even played a down for them, which was a huge problem separate from the trade itself. Meanwhile, Houston has netted Will Anderson, Tank Dell, and Christian Harris from the trade, who all contributed to the Texans' turnaround this season. You'll tell me that Cleveland made the playoffs this season, but that was all in spite of Deshaun Watstein.
@@johnnydepp4866 Man made the playoffs without Russ, had another solid season and the retired. Broncos got a QB they're forcing to leave the team next season unless he gives up his cash, Seahawks won 100%
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Even tho the Herschel Walker trade turned out to be the worst, I still think Ditka trading his ENTIRE 1999 draft for Ricky Williams is the DUMBEST trade ever. Worse yet, the bengals declined Ditka’s offer and used their pick to draft all time bust QB Akili Smith
Wasn't really that bad to be honest based on Ricky William's Career. What makes it bad was New Orleans moving on from Ricky to try a rebuild. Ricky Williams was otherworldly. He was the second coming of Bo Jackson. That was his NFL Comp during draft lead up, that's how hyped he was. The Picks they traded? The only one "worthwhile" was LaVar Arrington and even that, Arrington was always injured (but great when healthy).
There's one more thing about the Curse of Bobby Lane you didn't mention. Lane said his curse would last for 50 years. The final year of the curse? 2008, AKA, the year Detroit went 0-16.
The curse is still in effect as of 2021, with Stafford leaving and immediately winning the Super Bowl. Things are starting to look up now that Campbell is in charge, though
Worst for me for the Jags has to be the 2008 NFL Draft. Traded the farm to move up to the top 10 and draft Derrick Harvey, who had 8 sacks and was a massive bust. Meanwhile, the Ravens, with their boatload of picks, basically rebuilt their entire team as a result
I mean, the Louisiana Purchase was something of a win-win for both sides. The United States got to start expanding westward more or less unimpeded, and France got to get rid of a territory they had no ability (or desire) to settle, let alone control against the British. And in return, they got a sizable amount of money for the wars they were waging at the time.
Counterpoint on not trading to move up for a QB: KC traded 2 first round picks and a 3rd round pick to move up to get Patrick Mahomes in 2017. I think that has worked out pretty well.
Since it was a trade of first round picks, it was really only amounted to one first & one 3rd, which is one helluva deal. KC fans should thank the Bills organization every chance they get.
There is a far worse Giants trade, in 1974 Giants traded for Dallas Cowboys backup QB Craig Morton midseason: 1. They traded a 1975 1st rounder and a 1976 second rounder 2. That 1975 1st rounder became the 2nd overall pick in the 1975 draft 3. Dallas drafted HOFer Randy White with that pick!
The Walker trade was almost as one sided at the trade George Lucas made, he sacrificed his director salary, in exchange for the Star Wars merchandising rights.
The Boller trade stings even more when you realize that Boller played during the prime years of Ray Lewis and Ed Reed. While Reed would eventually win a ring with the victory at Super Bowl 47, it makes you wonder if the Ravens had stability under center, they would have been a more competitive team (and consequently, a shorter wait). Everyone mocks the Browns for their QB carousel, but the Ravens also had that same problem until Flacco stabilized that position, and Boller was just one of the QBs given a chance under center.
I mean as soon as McNair came in we went 13-3. A solid QB and not being inept at finding WRs more than likely wouldve seen The Ravens at least get to a super bowl.
When Jim Fassel was fired from the Giants after 2003, he went on to fill in offensive roles with his friend Billick. Kerry Collins was also a free agent at that time and it was surprising that they didn't try and sign a cold weather, ball control QB who could go bizzaro mode at times. Instead they languished with junk QBs until McNair and then Flacco
As a Raiders fan, I would say trading Jon Gruden to Tampa in 2002 was our worst trade. That trade destroyed the early-2000s greatness and none of the draft picks panned out.
Patriots worst trade is NOT Jimmy G. That belongs to 2019 when they traded a 2nd round pick to the Falcons for Mohamed Sanu. He did less than nothing with the team, I'm surprised you didn't mention that
Honorable Mention for the Giants: Trading 2nd overall to the Cowboys for Craig Morton, who did jack and shit in NY and was gone soon after. The Cowboys took Randy White with that pick.
"Serviceable cornerback Patrick Chung" He was our starting SS for 3 Super Bowl wins and a key part of the elite secondary that almost singularly carried the team to that last ring. Criminally underrated.
Also, terrible gm Bill Belichek fleecing half of the NFL. Chung was one of my favorite Patriots. Im a bit younger so when I think Pats defense, I think Chung, Mayo, McCourty, Ninkovich, Wilfork, and my personal fave, Jamie Collins
McCourty(s) will always be my favourite players. Devin for being captain of the greatest secondary I've ever seen and Jason for that one play.@@samuelweymouth4431
I have also read that on the Herschel Walker trade, Jimmy Johnson was originally going to trade Michael Irvin, but Al Davis in a weird moment of lucidity told him not to because Troy Aikman wouldn't have a receiver.
Ironically, the thing most people fail to mention about the Herschel Walker trade is that not only did Minnesota not ever win a playoff game with him, but he resigned with the Cowboys in 1996 winning a playoff game with the team, something he didn't ever manage in Minnesota. The team they beat that year in the playoffs? The Minnesota Vikings.
The only Colts trade I can think of that rivals the Elway debacle was when Ryan Grigson sent Cleveland a first round pick for Trent Goddamn Richardson - only reason this doesn't get brought up more as a bad trade is because the Browns ended up using that pick on Johnny Football
My favorite bad trade of all time is the infamous 1982 bucs draft day trade. Where they accidentally selected offensive lineman Sean Farrell in the 1st rd instead of edge rusher booker reese. They then got desperate and traded away a 1st rd pick in the legendary 1983 draft to get Reese in the 2nd rd of the 1982 draft. After botching doug Williams and losing him to free agency they needed a qb in 1983 where they could’ve selected Dan Marino (or any other hof in 83 draft) at the 18th spot instead of where he actually went 27th overall to the dolphins but because of their blunder the year before they lost their pick to the bears who selected Willie gault.
I'd like to throw "Deion Branch for a First Round Pick" into the conversation. Became very good Safety Brandon Meriweather...4 Mediocre years in Seattle for Big Money, then traded BACK to New England for a 4th rounder where he promptly gives New England two years of a bit better production before falling off a cliff and retiring.
18:38 In 1982 Trading the #1 pick in the 1983 draft to Chicago to draft Booker Reese who had a cocaine habit, the pick they traded turned in to Willie Gault.
Funny thing about the Detroit Lions, the QB they replaced Layne with was none other than Tobin Rote, who just came from THE GREEN BAY PACKERS! He would win them their last NFL title to date in 1957 (the year my parents were born, and the year Lambeau Field opened), and on the 50th anniversary of Bobby Layne's trade in 2008, the Lions went 0-16. You also really understated how BAD the John Hadl trade was, because it literally led to the 70's and 80's Packers, it got Dan Devine to force himself to resign from coaching and GM, and put the Packers into the Shadow of Lombardi which they didn't get rid of until 1992. Bart Starr and Forest Gregg would coach the Packers for a combined 13 seasons from starting in 1975 through 1987 never getting over 8 wins. Worse the trade was made because Devine thought he could do better at QB than Scott Hunter who was the last QB to win a division for the Packers as well as win 10 games, he was also one of just 5 QB's to start a full season for the Packers between Bart Starr and Favre. To me, this offseason move was FAR worse than drafting Tony Mandarich because of its effects, Mandarich was a silver lining where he was so bad it finally forced the Packers to get with the times and CHANGE! Speaking of Favre, according to Favre himself when talking to the GM (iirc) after he got drafted, the GM asked which Mississippi school did he go to? Favre answered Southern Miss, and the GM realized he fucked up by saying they drafted the wrong MS QB cuz they wanted the QB from Miss St.. Favre realized they didn't want him to begin with and partied his way out of Atlanta to GB, and the rest is history.
@@frenchfrey65 Don't. We all accomplish dying. Some of us are too good at it (Jimi Hendrix,) and some of us are so remarkably incompetent that we can't even properly accomplish dying (William Clay Ford.)
@@kellykloss4653 see that's the problem, what if Sanders was a bust? or what if he was so great like he was that we wouldn't have needed to trade for Favre? Packers fortunes could've gone anywhere but how it did between 1989 and 92. So yeah we could've had Sanders, but it was for the best for us to get Mandorich and finally learn our lesson to be a better organization so we could get Favre and Reggie.
The worst Jets trade(s) came in the 1997 draft when they traded down from #1 to #6 and then from #6 to #8 to eventually get James Farrior. Orlando Pace went #1 and Walter Jones went #6 while Farrior's best years were in Pittsburgh
Seahawks worst trade is Adams hands down. Followed by a forced and huge payday which was the salt. 1b and 1c could be Harvin and Graham interchangeably depending on how one might feel.
Th worst part of the Blaine Gabbert trade was that JJ Watt went to the Texans with the next pick. Started what I consider to this day to be the worst season in Jaguars history.
Within 4 years the Panthers trade for young will be in the top 5 worst of all time. Tepper making the call on Young and his insistence to prove he was “right” will set the franchise back 5 years.
I don't see the Panthers being relevant for a long time. I've pretty much given up on them. That, plus the fact that the population of the city they play in are such discourteous assholes make me hate the Carolina Panthers as well as the Charlotte Hornets and make me hope that neither team ever wins a single game.
I still will never understand how like every major national sports talk show predicted that the bears would pick Trubisky...and yet...nobody cared until AFTER he was drafted???
Funny how two Texas grand juries couldn't even indict Deshaun much less convict huh ? Funny how most of the women went back multiple times and sent friends when they couldn't make it isnt it ? They must have just assumed Deshaun was paying 500$ for a massage out of extreme generosity huh ?
Not only did Herschel Walker not play much for the Viks but the Cowboys eventually got him back and he got a 22 yard run on the Vikings in a playoff game that helped shut the door on the Viks from winning that game. Worst trade in NFL history
The Colts trade with Elway wasn't the worst trade. Their worst trade was with the browns where they wanted a RB so bad they gave up a first round for a guy that couldn't run at all. The Elway trade wasn't really the Colts as we know them now. Either way the Elway trade was dumb but it sucked when a player just doesn't want to play for your team. Even if they want to build around the player. It would've been easier to send him to a team that had a QB where he would've just become nothing but a backup. Yet the Colts never had a smart GM.
Gotta disagree on the Giants trade, you can’t tell me a trade that nets you a draft pick you use on a future all-pro is the all time worst trade unless there’s literally no other trades to choose from. I think the Jeremy Shockey trade was definitely worse in that we traded an all-pro tight end and did nothing with the picks
The Bills' worst trade was clearly trading down in the 2017 draft. Not because of anyone the Bills picked. But rather because it let Kansas City pick Patrick Mahomes, who's now ripped the hearts out of Bills fans in the playoffs three separate years.
I would argue that SF’s trade is less about Lance and more about how they thought he would fit in their system. Lance could have been drafted elsewhere and probably had a good start to his career.
Even worse Chiefs trade: Curley Culp and a first-round draft pick for John Matuszak. Culp and the Tooz both signed with World Football League teams leading to their being traded. Culp went to the Houston Oilers where he would become one of the game's first great nose tackles in the Oilers' 3-4 defense while Matuszak lasted 20 games before being traded to the Washington Reeskins before being cut and later signing with the Oakland Raiders. Culp would go on to the Pro Football Hall of Fame while Tooz helped the Chiefs' arch enemy win two Super Bowls in Oakland. The first-round pick the Oilers received from the Chiefs was used to pick Pro Football Hall of Fame linebacker Robert Brazile.
As a Seahawks fan, I have to say our worst trade in my opinion was the Jimmy Graham trade. A team with consistent offensive line issues trades their first round pick and an all pro and 2 time pro bowl center in Max Unger who was still young for a tight end who doesnt block and turned out to be a shell of himself, or at least didnt work in our system. They had just been to back to back super bowls and havent been close to going back since this trade
As a Cards fan of many decades, I didn't like the Kolb trade when it happened, but over time I ended up more neutral on it. Kolb looked shaky out of the gate, and ultimately injuries ended his career before it really started, but in the middle he actually did look like a pretty solid QB, certainly good enough to justify what we gave up. There was also talks at the time that Larry Fitzgerald had requested Kolb, and that if we hadn't gotten him, or some one better (which there really wasn't anyone better available at the time) Larry Legend wouldn't re-sign with us. If true, and that trade is the reason Fitz retired a life long Cardinal, the trade wasn't just not bad, but a huge win for the Cardinals. That said, as historically bad as the Cardinals have been, they really haven't been involved in many bad trades. Some one noted the trade up to get Rosen, which I didn't hate at the time but does look bad in hindsight, but if I had to pick one, it'd be trading Boldin to the ravens for a 3rd round pick. It's hard to call it a bad trade because it accomplished what it was meant to, it was a salary dump as ownership didn't want to pay Boldin what he was worth and he had publically refused to take the pay cut they were requesting of him. Also, while a 3rd rounder felt a little light given his resume, anyone who wanted Boldin was also going to have to pay him top dollar which was always going to drag down his value. Still, after Boldin left, teams were constantly doubling Fitz, and we were helpless to do anything about it because we had no reliable second option. As bad as the QB situation was in the post Warner, pre Palmer, era, I can't help but wonder if the Cardinals wouldn't have put a much more watchable brand of football on display if they still had two WR1s that our carousel of practice squad QBs could jump dump the ball off to and let them make magic happen, instead of just 1 who always had the opposing teams two best corners in his area at all times.
Amazingly the Panthers on the receiving end of some of these trades. I’ll never speak ill of Marty Hurney again. I would argue the Bills’ worst trade was allowing the Chiefs to trade up to draft Patrick Mahomes.
As a Rams fan, as of this point, the Goff-Stafford train is a win-win. Even if Goff doesn't win this SuperBowl, he kept the Lions stable after Stafford left. And we got our coveted ring for AD and McVay
Given recent playoff history I think the Bills worst trade was swapping 1st round picks with the Chiefs in the 2017 draft given the Chiefs used Buffalo's pick to draft Patrick Mahomes.
Oh yeah, Green Bay's worst was the "Lawrence Welk" trade (a 1, and a 2, and a 1 and a 2 and a 3). Haven't had many really bad trades here the last three decades though a few highly questionable free agent pickups....
The Bears once traded a 2nd-round pick for DE Gaines Adams, who lasted one undistinguished season and then tragically died. The draft pick changed hands again, winding up with the Pats- who picked Rob Gronkowski.
@@NotMeNaNaNa look what those 6tds did. He also had a knack for running out of bounds behind the line of scrimmage on 3rd down self sacking himself. I like Mitch he just isn't good. Benched for Rudolph. K? You're making my point though, Mitch wasn't a bust when they traded for him ok. Why didn't they win in 84 when McMahon was out? I thought the defense could carry any qb to a super bowl. Jim is more underrated than any qb not named plunkett. I'm a Bears fan ok? I lost the rose colored glasses for them when I learned how every championship they won Halas a hand in.yes he died in 83 but the 85 core was already there. I hope they have success every time I watch em, I just don't expect it. Oh, the headband? Rozelle didn't hate headband, he hated the adidas sponsor on it.
I'm shocked the *awful* Trent Richardson trade for the Colts isn't on here. That move right there was proof positive that Ryan Grigson had no idea what he was doing.
NY Jets: Vilma was coming off a Horrific Knee Injury. We were surprised to even get a 3rd and 4th. Everybody thought his career was over at that point.
Patrick Chung was a safety (not a cornerback) who played 11 seasons with the Pats and won 3 Super Bowls. He was never All-Pro, but he was WAY more than "serviceable". That trade was in no way a "lose-lose"
As a Texans fan I can say that the Deandre Hopkins trade was the worst trade in NFL history not only because that exchange was awful but the moves that were set in motion as a result of that trade… JJ watt demanded out , Deshaun Watson demanded out. We went from title contenders to rebuild overnight… Thank god for CJ stroud 🙏
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Here after searching up how do NFL trades work on TH-cam coincidentally and see this was commented by you just an hour ago.
I’d argue that the Jamal Adams trade was worse for the Seahawks. Adams hasn’t done much in Seattle and the Hawks traded two firsts and a third and fourth for Adams while the Jets picks eventually turned into Garrett Wilson, Breece Hall and more
Did they really give "very good" QB compensation for a Safety. God damn
As a Seahawks fan, usually I dread hearing the word "Trade". Except for the Wilson one (but only after it became obvious in Denver things weren't working out very well)
I agree, that Harvin kick return was worth it all. Jamal Adams has made my blood boil since day 1.
Not Breece Hall. It's Alijah Vera-Tucker.
Adams is easily one of those players who everyone will be glad to say goodbye to
You’re 100% wrong about the Seahawks. Harvin’s TD in SB 48 outweighs all of the value we got out of Jimmy Graham.
Jimmy HATED y'all.
@@ilznidiotic I don’t blame him, Pete either never figured out how to use him, or just didn’t care to
@@geoffreyporter7567one of many issues Pete had when trading for players
@@ilznidioticTruth is, Russ's inability to find Jimmy Graham over the middle was when a lot of us realized Russ wasn't the hall of famer everybody thought he was (including Russ).
@@geoffreyporter7567 This is more on Wilson than it was Pete, to be honest.
Hindsight is 20/20 and as a Cardinals fan, trading up to draft Josh Rosen was worst than trading for Kevin Kolb.
Five Points could literally do an entire show on bad Cardinals trades.
Worse*
Yes and imagine if they didn’t trade up and just took Lamar… maybe Steve Wilks doesn’t lose his job, but then again, maybe Steve Keim is still GM 🤦♂️
Especially when there was a different Josh that could have been had. However, there was a segment of Bills fans that wanted Rosen over Allen.
@@danmount9462 I remember Wolfley wanted them to get Vita Vea before they traded up.
Minnesota Vikings: We made the worst trade in NFL history.
Cleveland Browns: cries in unhappy ending.
I know some of you will bring up "that trade" that Carolina made last year. That could very well end up as another candidate for the worst trade ever. But I don't trust Chicago to do jack with it.
I almost feel for Bears fans. As a franchise they have NEVER proven they can develop a QB. If they pass in Caleb he’s going to be every bit the star people think…if they take him he will be a bust. Could be worse, could be the browns passing on Josh Allen and Lamar TWICE in the first round lol
Right now I would put the Broncos Russell Wilson trade above the Browns Deshaun Watson trade as worse. The Watson trade still has a chance to be redeemed. It may not happen, but it still has a chance to.
@@JABoyle3875 So what has Seattle done with the Wilson trade? Two 9-8 seasons, no playoff wins, and the defense that they tried to shore up using Denver's picks still ended up being porous.
I mean yes, Seattle got Boye Mafe and Devon Witherspoon out of the trade, who are good players. But their success hasn't resulted in much team success (at least not yet). If I'm being honest, we probably wouldn't be talking about this trade so much if Denver didn't sign Wilson to that bloated contract before he even played a down for them, which was a huge problem separate from the trade itself.
Meanwhile, Houston has netted Will Anderson, Tank Dell, and Christian Harris from the trade, who all contributed to the Texans' turnaround this season. You'll tell me that Cleveland made the playoffs this season, but that was all in spite of Deshaun Watstein.
Brandon Perna: I wanna talk about how the Broncos, PULLED OFF THE GREATEST HEIST IN HISTORY AND ASK, what the hell is Pete Carroll doing?
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Seattle picked an old ass coach who don’t have many success outside of Russell Wilson, over RUSSELL WILSON
@@johnnydepp4866 Man made the playoffs without Russ, had another solid season and the retired. Broncos got a QB they're forcing to leave the team next season unless he gives up his cash, Seahawks won 100%
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RIP Norm Snead. He passed away last week. He used to be your QB too, Five.
Which team was he on
@@the-angel-of-light-gardevoir8 new York Giants among others
Damn I didn't hear that news RIP
@@tacklecentralfishing1051 dang rip
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Even tho the Herschel Walker trade turned out to be the worst, I still think Ditka trading his ENTIRE 1999 draft for Ricky Williams is the DUMBEST trade ever. Worse yet, the bengals declined Ditka’s offer and used their pick to draft all time bust QB Akili Smith
Bruh moment
Wasn't really that bad to be honest based on Ricky William's Career. What makes it bad was New Orleans moving on from Ricky to try a rebuild. Ricky Williams was otherworldly. He was the second coming of Bo Jackson. That was his NFL Comp during draft lead up, that's how hyped he was. The Picks they traded? The only one "worthwhile" was LaVar Arrington and even that, Arrington was always injured (but great when healthy).
There's one more thing about the Curse of Bobby Lane you didn't mention. Lane said his curse would last for 50 years. The final year of the curse? 2008, AKA, the year Detroit went 0-16.
The curse is still in effect as of 2021, with Stafford leaving and immediately winning the Super Bowl. Things are starting to look up now that Campbell is in charge, though
Worst for me for the Jags has to be the 2008 NFL Draft. Traded the farm to move up to the top 10 and draft Derrick Harvey, who had 8 sacks and was a massive bust. Meanwhile, the Ravens, with their boatload of picks, basically rebuilt their entire team as a result
the only time I can think of when a team trades a ton to move up and actually have it work out very well was Giants trading for Eli Manning
@@NYG5 the jags did it, so did the vikings/bills 2017-2019
I mean, the Louisiana Purchase was something of a win-win for both sides. The United States got to start expanding westward more or less unimpeded, and France got to get rid of a territory they had no ability (or desire) to settle, let alone control against the British. And in return, they got a sizable amount of money for the wars they were waging at the time.
prime contender trading for a rental trade
“No-ah Fants but that trade sucked!”
Brilliant. 😂
DeS-Harvey Watstein will never stop being funny
I think Groper Cleveland is the best of the nicknames! 😅😅😂😂
@@alexgoodlad1003 By far the best one I've heard
Counterpoint on not trading to move up for a QB: KC traded 2 first round picks and a 3rd round pick to move up to get Patrick Mahomes in 2017. I think that has worked out pretty well.
One of the all time great trades
High Risk High Reward. The Chiefs took a swing and it’s safe to say that ball is somewhere in the upper deck of deep center field.
Since it was a trade of first round picks, it was really only amounted to one first & one 3rd, which is one helluva deal. KC fans should thank the Bills organization every chance they get.
There is a far worse Giants trade, in 1974 Giants traded for Dallas Cowboys backup QB Craig Morton midseason:
1. They traded a 1975 1st rounder and a 1976 second rounder
2. That 1975 1st rounder became the 2nd overall pick in the 1975 draft
3. Dallas drafted HOFer Randy White with that pick!
The Walker trade was almost as one sided at the trade George Lucas made, he sacrificed his director salary, in exchange for the Star Wars merchandising rights.
The Boller trade stings even more when you realize that Boller played during the prime years of Ray Lewis and Ed Reed. While Reed would eventually win a ring with the victory at Super Bowl 47, it makes you wonder if the Ravens had stability under center, they would have been a more competitive team (and consequently, a shorter wait). Everyone mocks the Browns for their QB carousel, but the Ravens also had that same problem until Flacco stabilized that position, and Boller was just one of the QBs given a chance under center.
I mean as soon as McNair came in we went 13-3. A solid QB and not being inept at finding WRs more than likely wouldve seen The Ravens at least get to a super bowl.
I'm too young to remember Boller playing but everyone says we would've been a dynasty with just about anyone else at QB in the 2000s
Yup. Billick was so focused on the fact he could throw 70 yards on his knees that he was blinded by the fact that Clown Shoes sucked.
When Jim Fassel was fired from the Giants after 2003, he went on to fill in offensive roles with his friend Billick. Kerry Collins was also a free agent at that time and it was surprising that they didn't try and sign a cold weather, ball control QB who could go bizzaro mode at times. Instead they languished with junk QBs until McNair and then Flacco
As a Raiders fan, I would say trading Jon Gruden to Tampa in 2002 was our worst trade. That trade destroyed the early-2000s greatness and none of the draft picks panned out.
Plus he would come back and haunt the Raiders in the Super Bowl.
“Well incentivized defense” was a great one talking about the saints
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As a Chargers fan, I love the coincidental timing of the upload because Ryan Leaf's successor just got hired as the new HC haha.
Patriots worst trade is NOT Jimmy G. That belongs to 2019 when they traded a 2nd round pick to the Falcons for Mohamed Sanu. He did less than nothing with the team, I'm surprised you didn't mention that
Bill made a lot of terrible trades as GM
@@AlonsoRules; In the last few years, yes.
Honorable Mention for the Giants: Trading 2nd overall to the Cowboys for Craig Morton, who did jack and shit in NY and was gone soon after.
The Cowboys took Randy White with that pick.
Well I mean Craig Morton got rekt in the superbowl against the cowboys so I guess it wasn't terrible but yeah the Randy White pick is just lol.
"Serviceable cornerback Patrick Chung" He was our starting SS for 3 Super Bowl wins and a key part of the elite secondary that almost singularly carried the team to that last ring. Criminally underrated.
LITERALLY
Also, terrible gm Bill Belichek fleecing half of the NFL. Chung was one of my favorite Patriots. Im a bit younger so when I think Pats defense, I think Chung, Mayo, McCourty, Ninkovich, Wilfork, and my personal fave, Jamie Collins
McCourty(s) will always be my favourite players. Devin for being captain of the greatest secondary I've ever seen and Jason for that one play.@@samuelweymouth4431
I have also read that on the Herschel Walker trade, Jimmy Johnson was originally going to trade Michael Irvin, but Al Davis in a weird moment of lucidity told him not to because Troy Aikman wouldn't have a receiver.
Ironically, the thing most people fail to mention about the Herschel Walker trade is that not only did Minnesota not ever win a playoff game with him, but he resigned with the Cowboys in 1996 winning a playoff game with the team, something he didn't ever manage in Minnesota.
The team they beat that year in the playoffs? The Minnesota Vikings.
The only Colts trade I can think of that rivals the Elway debacle was when Ryan Grigson sent Cleveland a first round pick for Trent Goddamn Richardson - only reason this doesn't get brought up more as a bad trade is because the Browns ended up using that pick on Johnny Football
"Wilfork up your franchise"😂 nice.
My favorite bad trade of all time is the infamous 1982 bucs draft day trade. Where they accidentally selected offensive lineman Sean Farrell in the 1st rd instead of edge rusher booker reese. They then got desperate and traded away a 1st rd pick in the legendary 1983 draft to get Reese in the 2nd rd of the 1982 draft. After botching doug Williams and losing him to free agency they needed a qb in 1983 where they could’ve selected Dan Marino (or any other hof in 83 draft) at the 18th spot instead of where he actually went 27th overall to the dolphins but because of their blunder the year before they lost their pick to the bears who selected Willie gault.
"Groper Cleveland" is the nickname 🐐🐐🐐🐐
Nah, "Desharvey Watstein" is better
Seahawks worst trade is definitely trading Max Unger for Jimmy Graham.
Jamal Adams
I'd like to throw "Deion Branch for a First Round Pick" into the conversation. Became very good Safety Brandon Meriweather...4 Mediocre years in Seattle for Big Money, then traded BACK to New England for a 4th rounder where he promptly gives New England two years of a bit better production before falling off a cliff and retiring.
Just here to laugh at the Saints one more time for that fleece of a trade lol
If we can come together on anything, it’s that the Saints deserve perpetual ridicule and mockery.
“Defensive tackle Darnel Wright” lmao
That Goff/Stafford trade is looking like the best trade in NFL history.
Steve Young is still getting paid from his USFL contract. He gets $2mil a year until 2030.
18:38 In 1982 Trading the #1 pick in the 1983 draft to Chicago to draft Booker Reese who had a cocaine habit, the pick they traded turned in to Willie Gault.
"The Jets continued being the jets" 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Funny thing about the Detroit Lions, the QB they replaced Layne with was none other than Tobin Rote, who just came from THE GREEN BAY PACKERS! He would win them their last NFL title to date in 1957 (the year my parents were born, and the year Lambeau Field opened), and on the 50th anniversary of Bobby Layne's trade in 2008, the Lions went 0-16.
You also really understated how BAD the John Hadl trade was, because it literally led to the 70's and 80's Packers, it got Dan Devine to force himself to resign from coaching and GM, and put the Packers into the Shadow of Lombardi which they didn't get rid of until 1992. Bart Starr and Forest Gregg would coach the Packers for a combined 13 seasons from starting in 1975 through 1987 never getting over 8 wins. Worse the trade was made because Devine thought he could do better at QB than Scott Hunter who was the last QB to win a division for the Packers as well as win 10 games, he was also one of just 5 QB's to start a full season for the Packers between Bart Starr and Favre. To me, this offseason move was FAR worse than drafting Tony Mandarich because of its effects, Mandarich was a silver lining where he was so bad it finally forced the Packers to get with the times and CHANGE!
Speaking of Favre, according to Favre himself when talking to the GM (iirc) after he got drafted, the GM asked which Mississippi school did he go to? Favre answered Southern Miss, and the GM realized he fucked up by saying they drafted the wrong MS QB cuz they wanted the QB from Miss St.. Favre realized they didn't want him to begin with and partied his way out of Atlanta to GB, and the rest is history.
The Haydl trade was a con job by the Rams.
Starr was never head coach material. Gregg was an embarassing experience.
@@mpetersen6 I do feel bad though badmouthing John Hadl cuz he passed away very recently, November of 2022
@@frenchfrey65 Don't. We all accomplish dying. Some of us are too good at it (Jimi Hendrix,) and some of us are so remarkably incompetent that we can't even properly accomplish dying (William Clay Ford.)
Green Bay could have had Barry Sanders, instead of the Incredible Bulk.
Favre and Sanders.
Ohh, what might have been.
@@kellykloss4653 see that's the problem, what if Sanders was a bust? or what if he was so great like he was that we wouldn't have needed to trade for Favre? Packers fortunes could've gone anywhere but how it did between 1989 and 92. So yeah we could've had Sanders, but it was for the best for us to get Mandorich and finally learn our lesson to be a better organization so we could get Favre and Reggie.
Damn five points you’ve been churning out bangers lately
The worst Jets trade(s) came in the 1997 draft when they traded down from #1 to #6 and then from #6 to #8 to eventually get James Farrior. Orlando Pace went #1 and Walter Jones went #6 while Farrior's best years were in Pittsburgh
Seahawks worst trade is Adams hands down. Followed by a forced and huge payday which was the salt.
1b and 1c could be Harvin and Graham interchangeably depending on how one might feel.
Th worst part of the Blaine Gabbert trade was that JJ Watt went to the Texans with the next pick. Started what I consider to this day to be the worst season in Jaguars history.
"A ferocious well incentivezed defense" I'm a Saints fan and this had me rolling 😂😂
Within 4 years the Panthers trade for young will be in the top 5 worst of all time. Tepper making the call on Young and his insistence to prove he was “right” will set the franchise back 5 years.
I don't see the Panthers being relevant for a long time. I've pretty much given up on them. That, plus the fact that the population of the city they play in are such discourteous assholes make me hate the Carolina Panthers as well as the Charlotte Hornets and make me hope that neither team ever wins a single game.
I still will never understand how like every major national sports talk show predicted that the bears would pick Trubisky...and yet...nobody cared until AFTER he was drafted???
Also, why is it ranked as worse than the Trey Lance trade? Mitch had a few decent years. Trey never played.
Dhop. I already know. 🤣
"Broncos country. Let's ride!"
5:26 The Mia Khalifa reference had me rolling. haha
Funny how two Texas grand juries couldn't even indict Deshaun much less convict huh ?
Funny how most of the women went back multiple times and sent friends when they couldn't make it isnt it ?
They must have just assumed Deshaun was paying 500$ for a massage out of extreme generosity huh ?
The John Hadl trade is the best example of why first time NFL head coaches from the college level shouldn’t also be given GM duties.
Not only did Herschel Walker not play much for the Viks but the Cowboys eventually got him back and he got a 22 yard run on the Vikings in a playoff game that helped shut the door on the Viks from winning that game. Worst trade in NFL history
The Colts trade with Elway wasn't the worst trade. Their worst trade was with the browns where they wanted a RB so bad they gave up a first round for a guy that couldn't run at all. The Elway trade wasn't really the Colts as we know them now. Either way the Elway trade was dumb but it sucked when a player just doesn't want to play for your team. Even if they want to build around the player. It would've been easier to send him to a team that had a QB where he would've just become nothing but a backup. Yet the Colts never had a smart GM.
Gotta disagree on the Giants trade, you can’t tell me a trade that nets you a draft pick you use on a future all-pro is the all time worst trade unless there’s literally no other trades to choose from. I think the Jeremy Shockey trade was definitely worse in that we traded an all-pro tight end and did nothing with the picks
are we gonna talk about how john elway looked like justin bieber?
Always click when Fivepoints uploads
at least Kelvin Benjamin has his own skin in Smite!
The Bills' worst trade was clearly trading down in the 2017 draft.
Not because of anyone the Bills picked. But rather because it let Kansas City pick Patrick Mahomes, who's now ripped the hearts out of Bills fans in the playoffs three separate years.
Good lord I saw this video at 2 in the morning and thumbnail genuinely scared the shit out of me
“The Jets, would continue being the Jets” 😂😂
I would argue that SF’s trade is less about Lance and more about how they thought he would fit in their system. Lance could have been drafted elsewhere and probably had a good start to his career.
As a cowboys fan I still call Vikings fans dumb knowing full well we haven’t been anywhere close to a Super Bowl in 28 years
Even worse Chiefs trade: Curley Culp and a first-round draft pick for John Matuszak. Culp and the Tooz both signed with World Football League teams leading to their being traded. Culp went to the Houston Oilers where he would become one of the game's first great nose tackles in the Oilers' 3-4 defense while Matuszak lasted 20 games before being traded to the Washington Reeskins before being cut and later signing with the Oakland Raiders. Culp would go on to the Pro Football Hall of Fame while Tooz helped the Chiefs' arch enemy win two Super Bowls in Oakland.
The first-round pick the Oilers received from the Chiefs was used to pick Pro Football Hall of Fame linebacker Robert Brazile.
"Traiding with the Pats WIL-FORK up your franchise" 😂😂😂
The Vikings trade will always be the worst because there is Literally Nothing worse than helping another team of fund a dynasty
The Jets trading Revis to TB for Dee Milliner is the worst in franchise history
As a Seahawks fan, I have to say our worst trade in my opinion was the Jimmy Graham trade. A team with consistent offensive line issues trades their first round pick and an all pro and 2 time pro bowl center in Max Unger who was still young for a tight end who doesnt block and turned out to be a shell of himself, or at least didnt work in our system. They had just been to back to back super bowls and havent been close to going back since this trade
the vilma ‘well incentivized defense ‘ joke was so good
As a Cards fan of many decades, I didn't like the Kolb trade when it happened, but over time I ended up more neutral on it. Kolb looked shaky out of the gate, and ultimately injuries ended his career before it really started, but in the middle he actually did look like a pretty solid QB, certainly good enough to justify what we gave up. There was also talks at the time that Larry Fitzgerald had requested Kolb, and that if we hadn't gotten him, or some one better (which there really wasn't anyone better available at the time) Larry Legend wouldn't re-sign with us. If true, and that trade is the reason Fitz retired a life long Cardinal, the trade wasn't just not bad, but a huge win for the Cardinals.
That said, as historically bad as the Cardinals have been, they really haven't been involved in many bad trades. Some one noted the trade up to get Rosen, which I didn't hate at the time but does look bad in hindsight, but if I had to pick one, it'd be trading Boldin to the ravens for a 3rd round pick. It's hard to call it a bad trade because it accomplished what it was meant to, it was a salary dump as ownership didn't want to pay Boldin what he was worth and he had publically refused to take the pay cut they were requesting of him. Also, while a 3rd rounder felt a little light given his resume, anyone who wanted Boldin was also going to have to pay him top dollar which was always going to drag down his value.
Still, after Boldin left, teams were constantly doubling Fitz, and we were helpless to do anything about it because we had no reliable second option. As bad as the QB situation was in the post Warner, pre Palmer, era, I can't help but wonder if the Cardinals wouldn't have put a much more watchable brand of football on display if they still had two WR1s that our carousel of practice squad QBs could jump dump the ball off to and let them make magic happen, instead of just 1 who always had the opposing teams two best corners in his area at all times.
Without Boldin, the Ravens don't win that SB.
Honestly surprised it wasn't the Jamal Adams trade. We gave up too much for really not much production. Such a disappointment
Amazingly the Panthers on the receiving end of some of these trades. I’ll never speak ill of Marty Hurney again.
I would argue the Bills’ worst trade was allowing the Chiefs to trade up to draft Patrick Mahomes.
I wonder what every team’s most even trade is…
You pronounce Spanish last names hilariously. As a Latino, I enjoy it
"Well incentivized defense" lmao
As a Steeler fan, trading up for Devin Bush has to be up there
all these years and just now noticing the typo at 15:30 "OVERALLL"
As a Rams fan, as of this point, the Goff-Stafford train is a win-win. Even if Goff doesn't win this SuperBowl, he kept the Lions stable after Stafford left. And we got our coveted ring for AD and McVay
Given recent playoff history I think the Bills worst trade was swapping 1st round picks with the Chiefs in the 2017 draft given the Chiefs used Buffalo's pick to draft Patrick Mahomes.
Steelers trading up for Devin Bush was worse than for the punter. Much worse.
Oh yeah, Green Bay's worst was the "Lawrence Welk" trade (a 1, and a 2, and a 1 and a 2 and a 3). Haven't had many really bad trades here the last three decades though a few highly questionable free agent pickups....
The Bears once traded a 2nd-round pick for DE Gaines Adams, who lasted one undistinguished season and then tragically died. The draft pick changed hands again, winding up with the Pats- who picked Rob Gronkowski.
As a texans fan this hurts still
Imagine being the Falcons and trading away a HOF player like Favre 🤣🤣🤣. That pathetic franchise will never win a Super Bowl 😂😂😂
8:23 “Robert Griffin 3” lmao
Well incentivize Defense is Hilarious Man 😂😂😂😂
'DeShawn Cosby' LOL. Love it!! That' might be the best one yet, although DeShawny Watstein is great too
Rick mirer was worse than Trubisky and was already a bust when they gave Seattle a first for him. Mitch had a td pass at least.
@@NotMeNaNaNa look what those 6tds did. He also had a knack for running out of bounds behind the line of scrimmage on 3rd down self sacking himself. I like Mitch he just isn't good. Benched for Rudolph. K? You're making my point though, Mitch wasn't a bust when they traded for him ok. Why didn't they win in 84 when McMahon was out? I thought the defense could carry any qb to a super bowl. Jim is more underrated than any qb not named plunkett.
I'm a Bears fan ok? I lost the rose colored glasses for them when I learned how every championship they won Halas a hand in.yes he died in 83 but the 85 core was already there. I hope they have success every time I watch em, I just don't expect it. Oh, the headband? Rozelle didn't hate headband, he hated the adidas sponsor on it.
@@leethecomedian I say this as a Chicago/Jim McMahon hater: Jim McMahon is underrated.
Some of these trades you just got to wonder what the hell these GMs were thinking.
Witherspoon and Mafe looked awesome for the Hawks, they got some quality players for sure.
“Well-incentivized defense”😂
11:12 Hey! At least our incest doesn't end up turning our families blue!
I'm shocked the *awful* Trent Richardson trade for the Colts isn't on here. That move right there was proof positive that Ryan Grigson had no idea what he was doing.
Mia Kalifa..? Lol that was so unexpected and outrageously funny. \m/
NY Jets: Vilma was coming off a Horrific Knee Injury. We were surprised to even get a 3rd and 4th. Everybody thought his career was over at that point.
Patrick Chung was a safety (not a cornerback) who played 11 seasons with the Pats and won 3 Super Bowls. He was never All-Pro, but he was WAY more than "serviceable". That trade was in no way a "lose-lose"
Crazy to think that in '95, it only took 2.36 to move up from 1.5 to 1.1.
My night has been corrected thanks to this video. Positive trajectory now.
The contract Desharvey Watstein got is way worse than even the trade
Pats worst trade is probably Sanu
As a Texans fan I can say that the Deandre Hopkins trade was the worst trade in NFL history not only because that exchange was awful but the moves that were set in motion as a result of that trade… JJ watt demanded out , Deshaun Watson demanded out. We went from title contenders to rebuild overnight… Thank god for CJ stroud 🙏
The Saints trading a cornucopia of draft picks for Run Rickey Run just to trade him in 3 years made me get on Prozac.
Could you not have made a creepy thumbnail. The first thing I see on my TV is Russ piercing my very soul😅😂