Who has had the best trade?
By Darin H Comments (7) / Email this page » / Leave a comment »
San Diego 2001 (Michael Vick for LaDanian Tomlinson and three others)
13% (11 votes)
San Diego 2004 (Eli Manning for Philip Rivers, Shawne Merriman, Nate Kaeding, and one other)
13% (11 votes)
Denver 2004 (Clinton Portis for Champ Bailey and Tatum Bell)
0% (0 votes)
Green Bay 1992 (Tony Smith for Brett Favre)
12% (10 votes)
San Francisco 1987 (Winston Moss and Bruce Hill for Steve Young)
0% (0 votes)
Denver 1983 (Mark Herman, Chris Hinton, and one other for John Elway)
22% (19 votes)
Dallas 1989 (Herschel Walker for Emmitt Smith, Darren Woodson, and nine others)
38% (32 votes)
Washington 1999 (Ricky Williams in a dress for the Saints' entire 1999 draft plus two picks in 2000, including Champ Bailey)
2% (2 votes)
Total votes: 85
I voted for
by Darin H
the 1983 Broncos deal for Elway - 5 Superbowls (2 wins), and the best QB of all time! Close second is the Herschel deal.
Two thirds of the world is covered by water, the other third is covered by Champ Bailey
the Lindros trade
by Dienekes
here are the details on that:
Lindros to Flyers for Peter Forsberg, Ron Hextall, Chris Simon, Mike Ricci, Kerry Huffman, Steve Duchesne, a 1st round selection (Jocelyn Thibault) in 1993, a 1st round selection (later traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs, later traded to the Washington Capitals - Nolan Baumgartner) in 1994, and $15,000,000 cash.
and to rank them
by Dienekes
1. Dallas 89 - Walker for Smith et al.
2. San Diego 2001 - Vick for Tomlinson et al.
3. San Diego 2004 - Manning for Rivers et al.
then about 3 tied for 4th - Young, Elway, and Williams
then Favre
then Portis/Bailey, because that one is much more even than you're giving it credit for, IMO. that was a very good trade for both teams.
Voted for Walker
by hoyasaxa
Probably have to go Elway after that and then trade for Favre.
And finally, not saying I wouldn't undo the Giants Manning trade (I probably would), but can't we at least wait for Shawne Merriman, Nate Kaeding and Philip Rivers to win a playoff game before christening it the biggest heist ever.
I would rate the Lindros trade #1
by hoosierteacher
...if it were a choice. SD '04 or Dallas '89 depending on what happens with SD over the next five or so years.
Otherwise I ranked Elway 1. But of course I'm pretty biased.
"Greater is an army of sheep led by a lion, than an army of lions led by a sheep" - Defoe
has got to be the most boneheaded trade/ biggest coup in the history of the NFL. it gave the hated Cowboys 3 Super Bowls.
the only trade in sports that is its equal that I am aware of is the Quebec Nordiques trading Eric Lindross to the Philadelphia Flyers, for a bunch of picks and prospects, one of which was the incomparable Peter Forsberg.