Worst One Sided Trade Ever (1 Viewer)

[MarshallRob]

Here's an all-time classic. During the 1974 season, the Packers gave up two 1st round picks, two second round picks, and a third round pick to the Rams in exchange for QB John Hadl. Hadl was coming off his best season but he was 34 and playing horribly at the time of the trade. He was a complete bust for the Pack. With the 1975 picks they received, the Rams got DT Mike Fanning (solid 10-year vet), DB Monte Jackson (two-time Pro Bowler), and C Geoff Reece who they traded the next year for a 2d round pick they used to take for DB Nolan Cromwell (four-time Pro Bowler). In 1976, they got DB Pat Thomas (two-time All Pro), and traded away the first rounder for WR Ron Jessie (who made a Pro Bowl with the Rams).

 

[Mr. Chumley]

The John Elway trade to Denver coms to mind.

 

[PsychoMan]

SD - Michael Turner to ???

 

[MarshallRob]

Dallas/Minny for Hershel

I once read some article, about what Jimmy Johnson turned their end of the deal into, and it was unreal. It was very complicated, but some of the picks he turned into more picks, by trading down, etc., and they had some great drafts.He essentially turned Herschel into a dynasty.This is the only choice.

The Cowboys got draft picks that turned into Emmitt Smith, Darren Woodson, and (via more trading) Russell Maryland. Those guys were pretty darned good, but I don't think they got anyone else of note. So while the trade was lopsided, I don't think it was any worse than the Colts-Broncos trade in 1983 (Mark Hermann, Chris Hinton, and Ron Solt for John Elway).The Chargers had a doozy when they traded Jim Lachey for John Clay and Napoleon McCallum.

Dallas essentially ended up with Emmitt, Woodson, Maryland, Kevin Smith, and Clayton Holmes. Minnesota essentially ended up with Jake Reed and 2.5 seasons of Herschel Walker. Of the picks that Dallas subsequently traded away, Eric Green was probably the best player taken. Unlike the Packers' trade for Hadl that I outlined above, the Walker deal was at least defensible. Minnesota was a playoff team with mediocre running backs and Walker was coming off two fine seasons at the time of the deal. The Vikings could reasonably believe they were one good RB away from the Super Bowl. In contrast, Green Bay was a below average team with lots of holes, holes they couldn't possibly fill by trading away all those picks. Hadl was 34 years old and had been benched at time of the deal, and he'd been traded to the Rams a year and a half earlier for just two nonsuperstar players: DE Coy Bacon and RB Bob Thomas. So suddenly he's worth 5 high draft picks? The trade made absolutely no sense. Hadl played badly for Green Bay when he joined them in mid-season. In 1975, now fully acclimated to the Packers' system, he threw 6 TD's and 21 INT's and was gone after the season. At least Minnesota got some solid production from Walker and Jake Reed. One further repurcussion from the Hadl deal: to try to mitigate some of the damage, the Pack traded away LB Ted Hendricks to the Raiders for two first round picks. The Packers got DL Ezra Johnson (who had a solid career) and T Mike Koncar (a bust). Hendricks played 9 more years, made 4 Pro Bowls with the Raiders, played on 3 Championship teams, and went on to the Hall of Fame.

 

[Festivus]

Houston traded a second-round pick (47th overall) and a third-round pick (73rd overall) to Oakland for CB Phillip Buchanon.

 

[Godsbrother]

Here's an all-time classic. During the 1974 season, the Packers gave up two 1st round picks, two second round picks, and a third round pick to the Rams in exchange for QB John Hadl. Hadl was coming off his best season but he was 34 and playing horribly at the time of the trade. He was a complete bust for the Pack. With the 1975 picks they received, the Rams got DT Mike Fanning (solid 10-year vet), DB Monte Jackson (two-time Pro Bowler), and C Geoff Reece who they traded the next year for a 2d round pick they used to take for DB Nolan Cromwell (four-time Pro Bowler). In 1976, they got DB Pat Thomas (two-time All Pro), and traded away the first rounder for WR Ron Jessie (who made a Pro Bowl with the Rams).

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