Honorable mention to the worst refused trade in NFL hostory. Before giving all their picks to Washington the Saints tried to get the bengals to trade the #3 overall pick and offered all their draft picks plus next year's first round picks. The Bengals refused saying "Akili Smith is our guy." Instead of getting all those pick they got one of the biggest qb busts of all time.
@@poopmonster7650 it was the same year. After the Bengals said no they went to Washington with the same offer. Washington said yes and the saints got Ricky Williams.
Agreed, I think how the other team in the trade fared needs to be a consideration. Washington accomplished nothing with all those picks, while Dallas built a dynasty with theirs.
Agreed. If you knew that Dallas was gunna get all those picks if they fut any of those players, why would you agree to those terms? Without looking it up, I'm betting that none of those players were superstar level talent
The Elway trade shouldn’t be on here. Chris Hinton was a very good offensive tackle for a long time. And this was a decision that the colts didn’t really have a choice in making. Not even remotely comparable to bill o’Brien trading Hopkins.
They didnt need to take Elway to begin. Second they didn't need to trade him too Denver, they took a terrible deal all around and Hinton did nothing to stop the Colts from being an average team. Elway is responsible for 2 wins in 4 trips as a player then doubles back years later and robs the Colts again leading too 1 win in 2 SB trips fleecing the Colts out of Manning.
@@singingchef23 Horseface didn't "fleece" the Colts out of Manning. The Colts had already cut Manning so his contract extension wouldn't kick in. John "Terrell Davis won me two SBs" Elway signed Manning as a free agent. I sure hope you know singing and cooking better than you do football.
He should have mentioned that the Colts had reportedly worked out a deal with the Raiders to acquire quarterback Marc Wilson, tight end Todd Christensen, HoF offensive tackle Art Shell,and two first-round draft picks in exchange for Elway. Several team owners opposed the deal and the league office, led by NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle, had concerns about competitive balance since the Raiders had just won the Super Bowl. Ultimately, these combined factors led to the league office effectively preventing the trade from happening. Once that fell apart, the Colts were hosed.
About the Ricky Williams trade: 1. Proved that post Bears Mike Shitka sucked at being a coach/GM. 2. The immediate damage to the organization was a bit offset by Jim Haslett's 2000 team that won the division and got to the divisional round of the playoffs after beating the Kurt Warner SB champ Rams. 3. The part of this trade that gets completely overlooked is that Washington blew all of those picks... all they ended up with was Champ Bailey, who they got through trading with the picks, Cade McNown, and in 2000, Lavar Arrington. 4. Between both teams, they each won a division title and had 3 winning seasons total. Overall, from both perspectives, a complete trash trade!!
@@pathagens they used one to get Charles Grant and they packaged the other with their own in the next draft to move up to get.... Jonathan Sullivan! Like I said, trash all around!!
Largent was AFC, 1st Ballot HoF WR and set every NFL receiving record, greater yards per catch than Randy Moss or 95% of all HoF WRs while he was in the non passing era.
Technically, the Seahawks were in NFC during Largent’s rookie year in 1976. But, they went 2-12 and lost to the Niners by 3 scores. Not exactly terrorizing.
Panthers trading for Bryce Young could very well end up here. And it’s not even done. Young for DJ Moore, Caleb Williams, Darnell Wright, Tyrique Stevenson, Tory Taylor, and there’s still a 2nd rounder next year. On the surface it seems to be a historic steal. Still has to finish and games still have to be played though.
@@PhilAndersonOutside to his credit, the panthers traded away the one good receiver he’d have to throw to in order to get him. The thing is, even if Bryce ends up being a solid QB for the panthers, the players the Bears got in and the production they’re projected to have, it’s a massive W for the bears. Like let’s call Bryce and Caleb a wash. Bears also got now 6 years of DJ (great receiver, getting 1000+ yds and they get his mentorship for Rome), Darnell Wright who’s a pretty solid offensive lineman, Tyrique Stevenson who’s projected to be a pretty solid CB paired with Jaylon Johnson, Tory Taylor who could be one of the better punters, if not a top punter in the league, and also another pick who’ll likely be a decent trenched guy. Like even if Young turns out to be as good as Caleb, it’s the rest of the pieces that don’t give the Panthers a shot at getting even an “even” grade on that trade.
@@ChargerBulldogs19 Excellent post. I don't think Young will play as bad as last year, or be a bust. But I also have yet to see any hint he's going to be worth the #1 pick overall, let alone what the gave up to get him.
They built up all that draft capital because they wanted to trade for Aaron Rodgers. That trade didn't work out, so they had a bunch of draft picks they never planned on using.
Well at the time the niners really wanted to get rid of jimmy g. Now multiple picks for smb who played so little and weak competition was baffling considering Mac Jones was still on the board. The biggest reason why that trade gets less attention is because Brock Purdy came out of nowhere
What has watson done since that trade? Houston didn't exactly take a huge step back with Stroud. While the wilson broncos trade and subsequent contract set them back years.
Watson trade was definitely worse than Wilson. At least Wilson’s contract wasn’t fully guaranteed and the broncos had an out. Watson’s contract is fully guaranteed and the browns have no out. For at least the next 2 years, they basically have no choice but to keep him and hope he somehow returns to his form from 2018-2020, which he hasn’t shown in four years.
@@ErikCB912 Correct. While the Broncos are on the hook for about $37m to Wilson this year and next. The Browns are on the hook for something like $60-70m for both 2025 and 2026. That's how baked that deal is. He's being paid "take us to the Super Bowl and win MVP" type money on top of that insane trade, and he's never come even close to playing at that level. He'll be sucking up nearly one fifth of their entire team salary by himself.
The Rams traded Bettis because they thought Lawrence Phillips would be a better fit. He wasn't. It got the head coach fired...but it wasn't all bad. They got Dick Vermiel, drafted Orlando Pace, then Leonard Little and Az Hakim (and got undrafted FA London Fletcher), then Torry Holt and Dre Bly, and then they finally got their RB when they traded for Marshall Faulk. One injury to Trent Green later, and the Greatest Show on Turf got their Super Bowl. Just goes to show that a bad trade can still net something positive eventually...even if it means shedding the crappy management that made the trade...
Ricky Williams trade really set back the Saints for a long time. I personally like the Falcons with Favre. There is a soundbite where Jerry Glanville told Favre the only way he could ever start is if the team bus crashed and he was the only one left.
This was a while back, but I'd say the John Hadl ( an aging QB with a dead arm) trade from the Rams to the Packers. GB gave up, in total, 2 first round draft picks, 2 second round picks, and a third round pick over 2 years. We long time Packers fans remember all too well. The Albert Haynesworth trade from the Titans to the then Washington Redskins was a disaster, too.
The Haynesworth was indeed a disaster. Partly because it was very clear the Titans didn't want him anymore. There's a video clip of Jeff Fisher - normally a very bland person, yelling at Haynesworth. Maybe after that play he stomped on the Cowboy player's face. That said it all.
The Packers weren't a QB desperate team that lucked into Favre. The QB at the time had made an All Pro team and Pro Bowl (back when that actually meant something) and Ron Wolf wanted to draft Favre when he was in New York. When Wolf got to Green Bay he made it a point to go out and get Favre specifically.
Dan Devine giving up the entire barn for John Hadl should be a top 5 most awful trade of all time. People of Green Bay were so pissed they killed Devine's dog.
Absolutely. This debacle hamstrung the team for Starr's entire coaching career. When there were two left to go, I was convinced it was this one and the Ditka / Williams franchise killer.
To be honest, the dog was popping everywhere. Dan Devine is now Mayor of West Allis Wisconsin. Dan signed MacCarthur Lane to a deal on the hood of a car in Lambeau parking lot.
@@xxcelr8rsCoach Dan Devine died in 2002 in Arizona at the age of 77 As of today January 12, 2025 he would be 100, he was never a mayor anywhere the current mayor “might “ be a relative but he’s not the guy who coached the Packers and Notre Dame in the 1970s
Pats fan who was late teens in 07 here. You can’t put the Moss trade from Oakland on any all time bad list IMO. At the time, Moss had a bad rep and the general consensus was he had lost his speed. There were only 2 teams that were interested- Green Bay and NE. GBs interest was pretty much Brett Favres interest. Moss was actively hurting Oakland being on their roster. There was 0 chance he was turning it around there - could you imagine what he would have been like during the Jamarcus Russel era? They had 0 leverage - little interest league wide, he didn’t want to stay, they didn’t want him. TBF they probably did well to get a 4th rounder
Honorable mention: Buffalo Bills trade the pick to the Chiefs that they used to draft Patrick Mahomes in the 2017 draft. That deal, of course, allowed KC to move up to the 10th spot In exchange for that pick, they sent back their original first-round pick (27th overall), a 2017 third-round pick and a 2018 first-round pick. Even though the Bills did well with the haul they received (The 2017 first turned into Tre'Davias White, while that year's extra third-rounder was packaged in a pick-swap that brought Zay Jones to Buffalo. Then, the 2018 first-round pick was swapped with Baltimore, bringing Tremain Edmunds to Western New York), I am sure just about every Bills fan would gladly take Mahomes.
Make no mistake, Ricky Williams was an elite talent, his years with the dolphins showed what could have been, like his back to back game’s rushing for over 200yds which has only happened 4 times in NFL history!
Hey Patriots had a guy who rushed for 200 yards and 4 TDs in one game. Then he showed up late for practice or team meetings and got benched and that was the end of him. I can't think of his name. I think he had like a total of 400 and something yards rushing in his career.
As an Eagles fan you have to also think about what the Eagles got long term out of that trade. Used one of the 3rd round picks to move up over the Giants to draft Devonta Smith. That first round pick the following year they traded to the Titans for AJ Brown. Eagles traded away another of their first round picks to the Saints which allowed them to draft Jalen Carter the following year.
Exactly. He was out on the field barely going through the motions. The Raiders sucked, and their quarterbacking was horrible. But the level of effort shown by Moss was a sign of his flawed character. He once mock pulled down his pants and mooned a defense. As a Raider he mock pulled down his pants as an invite to the DBs.
Sadly for Trey Lance and Zak wilson they played exactly as their scout reports stated they would. Niether was 1st round talent. Both had major flaws in thier games thats were going to be expolited at the top level. And so it panned out.
1st, 2nd, 3rd round picks in 74 and 1st and 2nd in75? Hadl had 4 tds and 21 ints in 75. We got ZERO production out of him. Devine single handedly wrecked the franchise.
Among real football historians, this trade is among the top 5 worst. The thing is, most RUclipsrs find all their stuff on wikipedia or other RUclips videos. They don't really know much about football.
Honestly the colt trade for Wentz worked out in spades for Philly getting smith, brown and dejean are franchise building moves and essentially eased the transition from Wentz to hurts
You dont understand the Thumbnail Trade. Moss was considered "Done" at that point. He had gone to the Raiders after burning his bridges in Minnesota then burned them in Oakland and had a reputation for Lack of Effort. It was an Antonio Brown situation long before Antonio Brown. Nobody wanted Moss at that point until Belichick took a flier on him.
Agree 100+ Then he had Brady throwing to him and a great team on the rise...... his career was rejuvenated, if he was traded to any other team, wouldve never happen the way it did.
@@MarkMay-cr6bvone good season statistically? 3 straight 1000 yard seasons and double digit touchdowns in each of them. One of them Brady played almost none of.
I’m so glad you talked about the Hopkins trade. As a Texans fan I will never forget how terrible of a trade that was. Hated bill o Brian ever since. Texans team fell apart after that.
Although it isn't a generationally bad trade by any means, the Bears trading practically a 1st round pick (2.1) for Chase Claypool still baffles me to this day. To add insult to injury, Joey Porter Jr. is already looking like a superstar corner
People seem to forget that Randy Moss stopped playing for the Raiders. They really were not trading him rather than cutting their losses. They were still a dumpster fire at that time. Not sure anyone wanted to play there at the time.
@@bigosc2k My comment was only a clarification that the Seahawks were in fact an NFC team in Largent's rookie season 1976, so he did not play his entire career in the AFC. The creator of this video made numerous errors and there is no defense for them, he needs to do better research.
The Niners trading 3 first round picks for Lance has to be the worst trade of all time. That move along with Shanahan's piss poor game management will keep the 49ers from lifting a Lombardi trophy for at least the next decade.
Cleveland’s trade for Watson needs added and probably #1. They gave up 3 (yes that is three) #1’s, a #3 and two #4’s. Then turned around and gave him a $230,000,000 100% guaranteed contract. He has played like 15 games for them in three years tore his Achilles then during recovery he wasn’t following doctors instructions and Retore his Achilles, which is under investigation. They predict now he will be out the entire 2025 season. All the while getting paid is full contract. They had Baker Mayfield didn’t like him sent him to Tampa what a joke The Brown 😂 rebuilding since 1999.
11:48 Jerome Bettis sure was Great, but the Rams waited and got Marshall Faulk, who made 7 pro bowls, 1 MVP, and Is also the greatest receiving back ever. So the trade honestly is wasnt too bad.
Its November 2, 2024, as a Steeler fan, thank you both, Denver and Seattle, you gave us an actual chance at winning a superbowl this year with Mr. Wilson at qb
Actually statistically he wasn't bad at all one yr for the Bears in his Probowl yr. Since then is a decent backup but doesn't process the field quick enough.
No playoff wins, and the second time they made it they were an 8-8 7th seed. Had the lions not dropped a game winning TD and had thr falcons not have one of their epic chokes, that team would have been 6-10.
I'm not sure you understand what "underrated" means. Or maybe I live in a cave because I've NEVER heard of anybody NOT mentioning Young as an all-time great.
8:24 Things are so bad with Watson right now that I’d start Trubisky over Watson in a heartbeat. And for being a bust, he did get the Bears to the playoffs twice with an unstable coaching crew.
Trubisky wasnt a flop, he had 64 TDs over 37 int which is phenomenonal for a bears QB, he made the pro bowl, tied the NFL record for TD passes in a game with 7 and made the playoffs, bad management by Chicago and revolving door of several different offensive coordinators, trubisky was handcuffed by the play it safe bears play calling, if the bears would've taken maholmes or watson, you'd be saying the same thing about them
More salt in the wound to the Trubisky trade: even though the 49ers did fumble with selecting Solomon Thomas (another draft bust), the 3rd round pick from 2018 is one the Bears want back. That draft pick became Fred Warner, the "man in the middle" on a very potent 49ers front seven. It stings in the context that the Bears always seem to hit when it comes to drafting linebackers, and even if it would have been short-lived, a linebacking duo of Roquan Smith and Fred Warner (both were drafted in the same year) in the middle would have made NFC North quarterbacks shake in their cleats.
A bad trade can set a team back, but it’s not the worst thing drafting a bust QB in the first round is the most destructive thing that can happen to your franchise.
The irony left out, Broncos got Elways from the Colts, which lead to 2 bowl over 4 appearances. The. They got the Colts Franchise QB which lead to 1 bowl in 2 appearances. The Colts really do love to elevate the Broncos.
So you compared Ryan Leaf's trade to Trubisky's trade draft? That's beyond stupid, Trubisky made a probowl, and twice to the playoffs! He's not a good QB, but he's not at Ryan Leaf level. Also, the cherry on top is that you didn't even mention the Watson to the Browns trade!? This video was a joke.
The Raiders should be on here 5 times. Trading for Randy Moss, trading away Randy Moss, trading away Khalil Mack, trading for Antonio Brown, trading for Davante Adams.
The Trent Richardson trade is one of the biggest lose-lose trades of all time. That first round pick Cleveland got? They ended up trading back up four spots from 26 to 22, landing... Johnny Manziel.
That #LetsRide promo of #RusselWilson should've been cause for the Broncos to reclaim a 2nd round pick, and also to be fined by the league for something 😂😂😂
I’m a Steelers fan, and the Bettina trade was good for us. It it wasn’t that bad for the Rams. They ended up trading for Marshall Faulk, who was perfect for the “greatest show on turf”.
The Deshaun Watson trade not only needs to be on here, it’s number 1. They gave up 3 firsts, a third and 2 fourths for who is now possibly the worst starting quarterback in the NFL and an absolute disaster off the field. How the hell is he not on the list.
The first clip you added was actually not a disappointed fan. It was actually the dad of brock Purdy getting emotional after the crowd was chanting brock Purdy.
Yeah, I thought Deandre Hopkins trade is going to be on the list. I just don't know what O'Brian was thinking. First making a couple bad judgment calls that cost us badly the division round against the Chiefs, then trading Hopkins in a move that did us no good! Man, was he so driven by ego or what? And that's coming from a Texan fan.
Technically, two things are true. One: Ricky Williams wasn't an all-time bad trade when you realize that draft class was relatively poor in depth, and in 2000, had they stumbled into drafting Brady after round 3... Nah, nobody but Belichick was gonna draft THAT guy and with good reasoning. Without Bill's knowledge of the ins and outs of the game, they cheated their way to the top... And Two: there was an equally terrible trade (if not the worst ever) that sent #EricDickerson to the most mentioned team in this video.
I think the Hopkins trade coulda been decent if it was Hopkins contract year but the fact that they had 3 years left on the deal and got so little sucked.
The Lions giving up their first round pick, that ended up being Willie Roaf for Pat Swilling should probably be on here. Swilling was mediocre for the Lions, and soon out of the team within a couple seasons, while Roaf went on to be an 11 time pro bowler. Can you imagine having Lomas Brown and Roaf as bookend tackles for the Lions?
That 6th round pick Houston got from Arizona wound up turning in to Jarrett Patterson, who (other than Tunsil) has turned into one of Houston's only reliable offensive linemen, and continues to get better. Hopkins was cut after 35 games. The deal wasn't that destructive or bad for Houston.
Gonna have to redo this list very soon because the Bears fleeced the Panthers in 2023, which the Bears got DJ Moore, Darnell Wright, tyrique Stevenson and Caleb Williams in 2024 and we still have a pick in 2025 to get from them
Having the Wilson trade and not the Watson trade which in my opinion other then maybe the 9ers trading up for Trey lance is the worst trade in nfl history in terms of draft value, salary cap impact, and overall qb play
I’ve always felt, the worst trade, was the one that never happened. Ditka actually offered substantially more to the Bengals to get Rickie Williams. They turned it down and drafted Akili Smith.
I’ve never seen a guy play his way out of the HOF quicker than Russell Wilson. He could pull it back together, but there’s a lot of evidence of him being a terrible leader, teammate, and so on.
The Bengals trading up to take Ki-Jana Carter #1 overall in 95 was terrible as well. I'm a lifelong Bengals fan and the 95-99 teams were terrible. Carter did pretty much nothing.
Well keep in mind he completely shredded his ACL in like his 4th carry in the preseason of his rookie year and never truly recovered. But yes, definitely overdrafted. Sucks because he's a nice guy.
Honorable mention to the worst refused trade in NFL hostory. Before giving all their picks to Washington the Saints tried to get the bengals to trade the #3 overall pick and offered all their draft picks plus next year's first round picks. The Bengals refused saying "Akili Smith is our guy." Instead of getting all those pick they got one of the biggest qb busts of all time.
Saints always so quick to trade whole draft classes for free one guy
Eh, we're talking 90's Bengals here. Even if they took the deal, they would've found a way to miss on all those picks.
@@poopmonster7650 it was the same year. After the Bengals said no they went to Washington with the same offer. Washington said yes and the saints got Ricky Williams.
I don’t need reminders
@@ludicrous6025 lol like me as a browns fan. Every pick from 99-2015 I want to forget
“Watson’s career has been rocky”
Understatement of the century.
It's gotten worse since this comment and it's only been a month lol
Honestly, the Herschel Walker trade was worse than the Ricky Williams trade.
Agreed, I think how the other team in the trade fared needs to be a consideration. Washington accomplished nothing with all those picks, while Dallas built a dynasty with theirs.
yes, but only because of super bowl, otherwise equally trash
Cowboys build a three time super bowl roster off that trade.... Like DAMN!!!!
Agreed. If you knew that Dallas was gunna get all those picks if they fut any of those players, why would you agree to those terms? Without looking it up, I'm betting that none of those players were superstar level talent
Agree. I am from MN. That one hurt.
The Elway trade shouldn’t be on here.
Chris Hinton was a very good offensive tackle for a long time. And this was a decision that the colts didn’t really have a choice in making.
Not even remotely comparable to bill o’Brien trading Hopkins.
He told the Colts he wouldn’t play for them but they took him anyway so I’d have to say they had a choice and they chose wrong
They didnt need to take Elway to begin. Second they didn't need to trade him too Denver, they took a terrible deal all around and Hinton did nothing to stop the Colts from being an average team. Elway is responsible for 2 wins in 4 trips as a player then doubles back years later and robs the Colts again leading too 1 win in 2 SB trips fleecing the Colts out of Manning.
@@singingchef23 John Elway started 5 Super Bowls, including vs. Green Bay, which at the time was considered the greatest ever SB.
@@singingchef23 Horseface didn't "fleece" the Colts out of Manning.
The Colts had already cut Manning so his contract extension wouldn't kick in.
John "Terrell Davis won me two SBs" Elway signed Manning as a free agent.
I sure hope you know singing and cooking better than you do football.
He should have mentioned that the Colts had reportedly worked out a deal with the Raiders to acquire quarterback Marc Wilson, tight end Todd Christensen, HoF offensive tackle Art Shell,and two first-round draft picks in exchange for Elway. Several team owners opposed the deal and the league office, led by NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle, had concerns about competitive balance since the Raiders had just won the Super Bowl. Ultimately, these combined factors led to the league office effectively preventing the trade from happening. Once that fell apart, the Colts were hosed.
About the Ricky Williams trade:
1. Proved that post Bears Mike Shitka sucked at being a coach/GM.
2. The immediate damage to the organization was a bit offset by Jim Haslett's 2000 team that won the division and got to the divisional round of the playoffs after beating the Kurt Warner SB champ Rams.
3. The part of this trade that gets completely overlooked is that Washington blew all of those picks... all they ended up with was Champ Bailey, who they got through trading with the picks, Cade McNown, and in 2000, Lavar Arrington.
4. Between both teams, they each won a division title and had 3 winning seasons total. Overall, from both perspectives, a complete trash trade!!
The Saints got 2 #1 picks for Ricky when they traded to Miami!
@@pathagens they used one to get Charles Grant and they packaged the other with their own in the next draft to move up to get....
Jonathan Sullivan!
Like I said, trash all around!!
RIGHT
Washington clearly won that trade... Bailey and Arrington were studs
And then traded Bailey, portis was ok but Bailey is a hall of famer and probably the best CB I’ve ever seen
Largent was AFC, 1st Ballot HoF WR and set every NFL receiving record, greater yards per catch than Randy Moss or 95% of all HoF WRs while he was in the non passing era.
The seamless transitions from trade to trade are underrated here...really well done job setting yourself up for each next moment
They're awful lol. You can't tell when discussion about one trade stops and a new one starts.
Just throwing this out there but Seahawks were an AFC team until 2001. Largent wasn’t “terrorizing” the NFC.
Technically, the Seahawks were in NFC during Largent’s rookie year in 1976. But, they went 2-12 and lost to the Niners by 3 scores. Not exactly terrorizing.
Panthers trading for Bryce Young could very well end up here. And it’s not even done. Young for DJ Moore, Caleb Williams, Darnell Wright, Tyrique Stevenson, Tory Taylor, and there’s still a 2nd rounder next year. On the surface it seems to be a historic steal. Still has to finish and games still have to be played though.
Looks destined for the top 5 but we will see
If Bryce develops into the QB he was touted to be during the draft process, it won't be seen as bad as it is right now.
Bryce is still young (see what I did there?!). However, he has yet to show he's anything close to even being a good NFL QB.
@@PhilAndersonOutside to his credit, the panthers traded away the one good receiver he’d have to throw to in order to get him. The thing is, even if Bryce ends up being a solid QB for the panthers, the players the Bears got in and the production they’re projected to have, it’s a massive W for the bears. Like let’s call Bryce and Caleb a wash. Bears also got now 6 years of DJ (great receiver, getting 1000+ yds and they get his mentorship for Rome), Darnell Wright who’s a pretty solid offensive lineman, Tyrique Stevenson who’s projected to be a pretty solid CB paired with Jaylon Johnson, Tory Taylor who could be one of the better punters, if not a top punter in the league, and also another pick who’ll likely be a decent trenched guy. Like even if Young turns out to be as good as Caleb, it’s the rest of the pieces that don’t give the Panthers a shot at getting even an “even” grade on that trade.
@@ChargerBulldogs19 Excellent post. I don't think Young will play as bad as last year, or be a bust. But I also have yet to see any hint he's going to be worth the #1 pick overall, let alone what the gave up to get him.
The Wilson trade will forever piss fellow broncos fans off 😂
That Trey Lance trade is still a head scratcher till this day.
They built up all that draft capital because they wanted to trade for Aaron Rodgers. That trade didn't work out, so they had a bunch of draft picks they never planned on using.
Well at the time the niners really wanted to get rid of jimmy g. Now multiple picks for smb who played so little and weak competition was baffling considering Mac Jones was still on the board. The biggest reason why that trade gets less attention is because Brock Purdy came out of nowhere
Trey lance is 🚮
The Wilson trade is here but not the Watson trade? Watson’s trade was INFINITELY WORSE!
What has watson done since that trade? Houston didn't exactly take a huge step back with Stroud. While the wilson broncos trade and subsequent contract set them back years.
Assuming you meant browns got the worse on that trade . I agree ☝️
@@paperdoit was shit on the Browns’ part. I didn’t think that could get lost on anyone
Watson trade was definitely worse than Wilson. At least Wilson’s contract wasn’t fully guaranteed and the broncos had an out. Watson’s contract is fully guaranteed and the browns have no out. For at least the next 2 years, they basically have no choice but to keep him and hope he somehow returns to his form from 2018-2020, which he hasn’t shown in four years.
@@ErikCB912 Correct. While the Broncos are on the hook for about $37m to Wilson this year and next. The Browns are on the hook for something like $60-70m for both 2025 and 2026. That's how baked that deal is. He's being paid "take us to the Super Bowl and win MVP" type money on top of that insane trade, and he's never come even close to playing at that level. He'll be sucking up nearly one fifth of their entire team salary by himself.
I love the fact that this could have been named, "The BEST trades in NFL history" without changing the list.
3:41 Ahh yes. My favorite NFL team, the Denver Jets. Their logo really looks like their name too. 🔥🔥🔥
I’m shocked the Titans trading away AJ Brown to the Eagles wasn’t on the list.
I will always remember the Titans.
Chris Hinton was a damn good player and is sadly forgotten.
The Rams traded Bettis because they thought Lawrence Phillips would be a better fit. He wasn't. It got the head coach fired...but it wasn't all bad. They got Dick Vermiel, drafted Orlando Pace, then Leonard Little and Az Hakim (and got undrafted FA London Fletcher), then Torry Holt and Dre Bly, and then they finally got their RB when they traded for Marshall Faulk. One injury to Trent Green later, and the Greatest Show on Turf got their Super Bowl.
Just goes to show that a bad trade can still net something positive eventually...even if it means shedding the crappy management that made the trade...
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Ricky Williams trade really set back the Saints for a long time. I personally like the Falcons with Favre. There is a soundbite where Jerry Glanville told Favre the only way he could ever start is if the team bus crashed and he was the only one left.
Glanville didn't want to pick Favre at all, in the 1st place.
This was a while back, but I'd say the John Hadl ( an aging QB with a dead arm) trade from the Rams to the Packers. GB gave up, in total, 2 first round draft picks, 2 second round picks, and a third round pick over 2 years. We long time Packers fans remember all too well.
The Albert Haynesworth trade from the Titans to the then Washington Redskins was a disaster, too.
The Haynesworth was indeed a disaster. Partly because it was very clear the Titans didn't want him anymore. There's a video clip of Jeff Fisher - normally a very bland person, yelling at Haynesworth. Maybe after that play he stomped on the Cowboy player's face. That said it all.
Man I couldn’t believe it when the Pats got Randy, and he was so incredible immediately, love Randy
The Packers weren't a QB desperate team that lucked into Favre. The QB at the time had made an All Pro team and Pro Bowl (back when that actually meant something) and Ron Wolf wanted to draft Favre when he was in New York. When Wolf got to Green Bay he made it a point to go out and get Favre specifically.
And Glanville didn't want to pick Favre in the first place....
Dan Devine giving up the entire barn for John Hadl should be a top 5 most awful trade of all time. People of Green Bay were so pissed they killed Devine's dog.
Absolutely. This debacle hamstrung the team for Starr's entire coaching career. When there were two left to go, I was convinced it was this one and the Ditka / Williams franchise killer.
To be honest, the dog was popping everywhere. Dan Devine is now Mayor of West Allis Wisconsin. Dan signed MacCarthur Lane to a deal on the hood of a car in Lambeau parking lot.
@@xxcelr8rsCoach Dan Devine died in 2002 in Arizona at the age of 77
As of today January 12, 2025 he would be 100, he was never a mayor anywhere the current mayor “might “ be a relative but he’s not the guy who coached the Packers and Notre Dame in the 1970s
Pats fan who was late teens in 07 here. You can’t put the Moss trade from Oakland on any all time bad list IMO.
At the time, Moss had a bad rep and the general consensus was he had lost his speed.
There were only 2 teams that were interested- Green Bay and NE.
GBs interest was pretty much Brett Favres interest.
Moss was actively hurting Oakland being on their roster. There was 0 chance he was turning it around there - could you imagine what he would have been like during the Jamarcus Russel era?
They had 0 leverage - little interest league wide, he didn’t want to stay, they didn’t want him. TBF they probably did well to get a 4th rounder
I came in here to say that. Moss quit on the Raiders and had no interest playing for them any longer. The Raiders took the best deal they could get.
Honorable mention: Buffalo Bills trade the pick to the Chiefs that they used to draft Patrick Mahomes in the 2017 draft. That deal, of course, allowed KC to move up to the 10th spot In exchange for that pick, they sent back their original first-round pick (27th overall), a 2017 third-round pick and a 2018 first-round pick. Even though the Bills did well with the haul they received (The 2017 first turned into Tre'Davias White, while that year's extra third-rounder was packaged in a pick-swap that brought Zay Jones to Buffalo. Then, the 2018 first-round pick was swapped with Baltimore, bringing Tremain Edmunds to Western New York), I am sure just about every Bills fan would gladly take Mahomes.
Trading Paul Warfield for the 3rd pick in the 1970 (Mike Phipps) was a disaster for the Browns and turned the Dolphins into a dynasty
Make no mistake, Ricky Williams was an elite talent, his years with the dolphins showed what could have been, like his back to back game’s rushing for over 200yds which has only happened 4 times in NFL history!
I often wonder what Mahomes would have been on the bears. I think “out of football” is a 50-50 bet.
Hey Patriots had a guy who rushed for 200 yards and 4 TDs in one game. Then he showed up late for practice or team meetings and got benched and that was the end of him. I can't think of his name. I think he had like a total of 400 and something yards rushing in his career.
BenJarvis Green-Ellis aka "the lawfirm"?
@@JuanMartinez-xf3uz just "Law firm", Pats fan.
@@JuanMartinez-xf3uz oh are u replying to my statement above? No, Law firm was a good RB.
As an Eagles fan you have to also think about what the Eagles got long term out of that trade. Used one of the 3rd round picks to move up over the Giants to draft Devonta Smith. That first round pick the following year they traded to the Titans for AJ Brown. Eagles traded away another of their first round picks to the Saints which allowed them to draft Jalen Carter the following year.
To defend the raiders, Randy quit they had no leverage.
Exactly. He was out on the field barely going through the motions. The Raiders sucked, and their quarterbacking was horrible. But the level of effort shown by Moss was a sign of his flawed character. He once mock pulled down his pants and mooned a defense. As a Raider he mock pulled down his pants as an invite to the DBs.
To be fair to Russ, he just wasn't a good fit in Denver, but look at him on the Steelers now. Top 10 QB rn, and this is coming from an Eagles fan.
Ricky Williams is a great example of how sometimes bad trades have nothing to do with the player
No. The Herschel Walker trade is what every subsequent bad trade is compared to. Nuff said.
Sadly for Trey Lance and Zak wilson they played exactly as their scout reports stated they would. Niether was 1st round talent. Both had major flaws in thier games thats were going to be expolited at the top level. And so it panned out.
This was very well put together 😊
Rams fleecing of the Packers in 1975 for Hadl had to be one of the top 5 worst trades ever
1st, 2nd, 3rd round picks in 74 and 1st and 2nd in75? Hadl had 4 tds and 21 ints in 75. We got ZERO production out of him. Devine single handedly wrecked the franchise.
Among real football historians, this trade is among the top 5 worst. The thing is, most RUclipsrs find all their stuff on wikipedia or other RUclips videos. They don't really know much about football.
Brett favor is crazy
Who the hell is Brett Favor?
I mean it is spelled Favre ? Lol soo I can get the mess up
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@@drunkenmmamaster4195/10 joke didn’t get a chuckle out. Very lukewarm
Channel on the rise!!!! Love to see this kinda content!!! And great editing!!!
Honestly the colt trade for Wentz worked out in spades for Philly getting smith, brown and dejean are franchise building moves and essentially eased the transition from Wentz to hurts
You dont understand the Thumbnail Trade. Moss was considered "Done" at that point. He had gone to the Raiders after burning his bridges in Minnesota then burned them in Oakland and had a reputation for Lack of Effort. It was an Antonio Brown situation long before Antonio Brown. Nobody wanted Moss at that point until Belichick took a flier on him.
And although he had one good season statistically, he never led the Patriots to a title and retired without a ring.
Agree 100+ Then he had Brady throwing to him and a great team on the rise...... his career was rejuvenated, if he was traded to any other team, wouldve never happen the way it did.
@@MarkMay-cr6bvone good season statistically? 3 straight 1000 yard seasons and double digit touchdowns in each of them. One of them Brady played almost none of.
I’m so glad you talked about the Hopkins trade. As a Texans fan I will never forget how terrible of a trade that was. Hated bill o Brian ever since. Texans team fell apart after that.
Although it isn't a generationally bad trade by any means, the Bears trading practically a 1st round pick (2.1) for Chase Claypool still baffles me to this day. To add insult to injury, Joey Porter Jr. is already looking like a superstar corner
Forgot about John Hadl to Green Bay. Packers giving up '75 1st, 2nd, 3rd, '76 1st & 2nd. That trade is one of the worst.
People seem to forget that Randy Moss stopped playing for the Raiders. They really were not trading him rather than cutting their losses. They were still a dumpster fire at that time. Not sure anyone wanted to play there at the time.
Steve Largent played his entire career in the AFC.
I was going to say the same thing. I guess accuracy be damned if you're looking for a good segue to talking about the 49ers.
No, in 1976 the Seahawks were in the NFC. They moved to the AFC in 1977.
@@fortknox4740 dude literally only played 4 games total against the niners and made seem like he was Russell Wilson
@@bigosc2k My comment was only a clarification that the Seahawks were in fact an NFC team in Largent's rookie season 1976, so he did not play his entire career in the AFC. The creator of this video made numerous errors and there is no defense for them, he needs to do better research.
Seattle was in the AFC West until realignment in 2002 when the Houston Texans were the last expansion team to enter the league Then moved to NFC West
In all fairness with the Bettis trade, the new offense the Rams were instituting ended up being the greatest show on turf a couple seasons later
Great video, thank you! Wanted to mention that your Trey Lance slide is backwards, it has SF getting all the picks and MIA getting Lance.
The Niners trading 3 first round picks for Lance has to be the worst trade of all time. That move along with Shanahan's piss poor game management will keep the 49ers from lifting a Lombardi trophy for at least the next decade.
Steve Young didn't need to be mentioned in this video he was playing for one of the worst teams at the time
The best trade that never happened. Somebody trading almost everything to get Barry Sanders, but no we're going to let him retire. Stupid lions
Cleveland’s trade for Watson needs added and probably #1. They gave up 3 (yes that is three) #1’s, a #3 and two #4’s. Then turned around and gave him a $230,000,000 100% guaranteed contract. He has played like 15 games for them in three years tore his Achilles then during recovery he wasn’t following doctors instructions and Retore his Achilles, which is under investigation. They predict now he will be out the entire 2025 season. All the while getting paid is full contract. They had Baker Mayfield didn’t like him sent him to Tampa what a joke The Brown 😂 rebuilding since 1999.
Steve young is a prime example of a QB getting drafted to the wrong situation can ruin them he gets traded to great franchise becomes HOFer
11:48 Jerome Bettis sure was Great, but the Rams waited and got Marshall Faulk, who made 7 pro bowls, 1 MVP, and Is also the greatest receiving back ever. So the trade honestly is wasnt too bad.
You’d think this channel had a million subscribers with the production
Missing the Khalil Mack trade is a crime especially when it's the worst trade in NFL history
Still can't believe the Raiders traded Mack. Destroyed their defensive identity. I've been calling them the Ders for the last few years.
I think an underrated TERRIBLE one was the Titans trading away AJ Brown and receiving what turned out to be Treylon Burks
Pretty sure the Deshaun Watson should be high on that list
How did you not mention that Herschel Walker ended up going back to Dallas as their RB2 behind Emmitt and kick returner?
as a titans fan the AJ brown trade should be on here
I'm actually surprise Washington isn't on here for the rg3 trade
MY DIAMONDS HAVIN HEART ATTAKKZ
He was a really good qb until they until they ruined him and got him hurt, he wasnt a bust, more a victim of circumstance
Both teams screwed up big time with that trade.
Its November 2, 2024, as a Steeler fan, thank you both, Denver and Seattle, you gave us an actual chance at winning a superbowl this year with Mr. Wilson at qb
Your graphic on the Dolphins 49ers trade is wrong. You have the receive and get for teams backwards.
I noticed that too when watching and I had to pause it to make sure my eyes werent playing tricks on me. Awesome video tho!
Nothing could stop Hershel Walker except wearing a Vikings jersey.
Trubisky made it to the playoffs twice. He was bad but not a colossal bust.
Actually statistically he wasn't bad at all one yr for the Bears in his Probowl yr. Since then is a decent backup but doesn't process the field quick enough.
He was pretty bad...Green Bay's defense was horrible around that time & they were literally laughing at how bad Trubisky was.
No playoff wins, and the second time they made it they were an 8-8 7th seed. Had the lions not dropped a game winning TD and had thr falcons not have one of their epic chokes, that team would have been 6-10.
That was all smoke and mirrors.
Being a Texans fan when the O’Brien Hopkins trade happened almost send me to the psych ward ngl 😂😂😂
I’m not a 49ers fan, but Steve Young is one of the most underrated QBs ever. He’s top 8 all time in my book.
I'm not sure you understand what "underrated" means. Or maybe I live in a cave because I've NEVER heard of anybody NOT mentioning Young as an all-time great.
@@azrielnguyen9586 I have his peak at too 5 all time. Most people don’t agree.
The day I saw Steve run with the football, I recognized Roger Staubach.
8:24 Things are so bad with Watson right now that I’d start Trubisky over Watson in a heartbeat. And for being a bust, he did get the Bears to the playoffs twice with an unstable coaching crew.
Trubisky wasnt a flop, he had 64 TDs over 37 int which is phenomenonal for a bears QB, he made the pro bowl, tied the NFL record for TD passes in a game with 7 and made the playoffs, bad management by Chicago and revolving door of several different offensive coordinators, trubisky was handcuffed by the play it safe bears play calling, if the bears would've taken maholmes or watson, you'd be saying the same thing about them
Agreed. As a Bills fan, I'm thrilled to have him him backing up Josh Allen
Bears don’t have a luxurious history of QBs.
he was a flop
he sucks and always will
Largent didn’t terrorize San Fransisco considering the Seahawks played in the AFC WEST at the time. Duh. 🤣🤦🏻♂️
I thought that was a weird comment about Largent! Are we getting gaslit by thinking the Seahawks were old NFC rivals of the 49ers or something???
@@Sleepyhead99gaslighting isn’t real, stop being crazy and quit imagining things
Surprised the browns are not here for watson.
Might take some time, but it should be.
Amazing video!!!
More salt in the wound to the Trubisky trade: even though the 49ers did fumble with selecting Solomon Thomas (another draft bust), the 3rd round pick from 2018 is one the Bears want back. That draft pick became Fred Warner, the "man in the middle" on a very potent 49ers front seven. It stings in the context that the Bears always seem to hit when it comes to drafting linebackers, and even if it would have been short-lived, a linebacking duo of Roquan Smith and Fred Warner (both were drafted in the same year) in the middle would have made NFC North quarterbacks shake in their cleats.
A bad trade can set a team back, but it’s not the worst thing drafting a bust QB in the first round is the most destructive thing that can happen to your franchise.
Pittsburgh still seems in a good position after Pickett.
The irony left out, Broncos got Elways from the Colts, which lead to 2 bowl over 4 appearances. The. They got the Colts Franchise QB which lead to 1 bowl in 2 appearances. The Colts really do love to elevate the Broncos.
Elway went to 5 super bowls.
@@Gordon47789 Including the one widely considered the best in history at the time.
The thing about the Trent Richardson trade is the Browns drafted all-time bust Johnny Manziel with their first-round pick from the Colts
Surprised Marshall Faulk didn't make this list. Indy traded him for a 2nd and 5th rounder, but made up for it later when they drafted Edge.
You forgot to cover the players that the 49ers got with the picks from the Bears trade like Fred Warner
So you compared Ryan Leaf's trade to Trubisky's trade draft? That's beyond stupid, Trubisky made a probowl, and twice to the playoffs! He's not a good QB, but he's not at Ryan Leaf level. Also, the cherry on top is that you didn't even mention the Watson to the Browns trade!? This video was a joke.
Trubisky was awful the bears were good
I haven't seen any yet but the herschel walker trade needs to be one
The Raiders should be on here 5 times. Trading for Randy Moss, trading away Randy Moss, trading away Khalil Mack, trading for Antonio Brown, trading for Davante Adams.
Antonio Brown was a legendarily bad trade.
The Hopkins trade still baffles me, something else had to have convinced O’Brien
At 3:42 why does it say the “jets-Seahawks” trade when it’s broncos Seahawks
Real
The Trent Richardson trade is one of the biggest lose-lose trades of all time. That first round pick Cleveland got? They ended up trading back up four spots from 26 to 22, landing... Johnny Manziel.
As a Cowboys fan was what the Vikings gave us for Herschel Walker. That was the best trade for us and a horrible trade for them.
Trey Lance left college WAY too early.
That #LetsRide promo of #RusselWilson should've been cause for the Broncos to reclaim a 2nd round pick, and also to be fined by the league for something 😂😂😂
This is gold...as a broncos fan
I’m a Steelers fan, and the Bettina trade was good for us. It it wasn’t that bad for the Rams. They ended up trading for Marshall Faulk, who was perfect for the “greatest show on turf”.
The Deshaun Watson trade not only needs to be on here, it’s number 1. They gave up 3 firsts, a third and 2 fourths for who is now possibly the worst starting quarterback in the NFL and an absolute disaster off the field. How the hell is he not on the list.
7:05 That's a picture of TERRY METCALF, father of ERIC METCALF.
The first clip you added was actually not a disappointed fan. It was actually the dad of brock Purdy getting emotional after the crowd was chanting brock Purdy.
Yeah, I thought Deandre Hopkins trade is going to be on the list. I just don't know what O'Brian was thinking. First making a couple bad judgment calls that cost us badly the division round against the Chiefs, then trading Hopkins in a move that did us no good! Man, was he so driven by ego or what? And that's coming from a Texan fan.
He wanted to make his mark on the team and didnt like Hopkins attitude. Horrible decision
Always funny we forget Randy moss played for the titans 😂😂😂😂
Technically, two things are true. One: Ricky Williams wasn't an all-time bad trade when you realize that draft class was relatively poor in depth, and in 2000, had they stumbled into drafting Brady after round 3... Nah, nobody but Belichick was gonna draft THAT guy and with good reasoning. Without Bill's knowledge of the ins and outs of the game, they cheated their way to the top... And Two: there was an equally terrible trade (if not the worst ever) that sent #EricDickerson to the most mentioned team in this video.
I think the Hopkins trade coulda been decent if it was Hopkins contract year but the fact that they had 3 years left on the deal and got so little sucked.
The Lions giving up their first round pick, that ended up being Willie Roaf for Pat Swilling should probably be on here. Swilling was mediocre for the Lions, and soon out of the team within a couple seasons, while Roaf went on to be an 11 time pro bowler. Can you imagine having Lomas Brown and Roaf as bookend tackles for the Lions?
Washington did not draft well enough with those Ricky picks to warrant a lopsided trade
I have it 5th still. Lavar Arrington and Champ Bailey were two great players that came from this deal
That 6th round pick Houston got from Arizona wound up turning in to Jarrett Patterson, who (other than Tunsil) has turned into one of Houston's only reliable offensive linemen, and continues to get better. Hopkins was cut after 35 games. The deal wasn't that destructive or bad for Houston.
Gonna have to redo this list very soon because the Bears fleeced the Panthers in 2023, which the Bears got DJ Moore, Darnell Wright, tyrique Stevenson and Caleb Williams in 2024 and we still have a pick in 2025 to get from them
Having the Wilson trade and not the Watson trade which in my opinion other then maybe the 9ers trading up for Trey lance is the worst trade in nfl history in terms of draft value, salary cap impact, and overall qb play
I’ve always felt, the worst trade, was the one that never happened. Ditka actually offered substantially more to the Bengals to get Rickie Williams. They turned it down and drafted Akili Smith.
I’ve never seen a guy play his way out of the HOF quicker than Russell Wilson. He could pull it back together, but there’s a lot of evidence of him being a terrible leader, teammate, and so on.
The Bengals trading up to take Ki-Jana Carter #1 overall in 95 was terrible as well. I'm a lifelong Bengals fan and the 95-99 teams were terrible. Carter did pretty much nothing.
Well keep in mind he completely shredded his ACL in like his 4th carry in the preseason of his rookie year and never truly recovered. But yes, definitely overdrafted. Sucks because he's a nice guy.
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