04-16-2003, 09:20 AM | #51 | ||
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For anybody but a Dallas fan it would have to be the Herschel Walker trade. I'm not a Vik's fan, but what were they thinking?
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04-16-2003, 09:47 PM | #52 | |
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Actually, believe it or not, the Saints traded a first, second, AND third round pick for Walsh, allowing Jimmy Johnson to avoid the embarassment of having lost the 1st overall pick in the 1990 draft by taking Walsh in the supplemental draft in '89... I'm certainly biased by being a Cowboys fan, but I still can't think of a worse trade in history than essentially giving up three drafts for essentially one player. For the record, that's... Minnesota receives... RB Herschel Walker Cowboys' 1990 3rd rd pick (TE Mike Jones) San Diego's 1990 5th rd pick (through Dallas) (WR Reggie Thornton) Cowboys' 1990 10th rd pick (WR Pat Newman) Cowboys' 1991 3rd rd pick (WR Jake Reed) Dallas receives...(essentially, as ESPN notes: "the picks eventually involved 15 teams and 55 players as they were combined with other choices and traded around the NFL. One such deal helped the 'Boys land the No. 1 pick in the 1991 draft, which they used on defensive tackle Russell Maryland." I don't plan to figure out all of them. ) CB Ike Holt Vikings 1990 1st rd pick Vikings 1990 2nd rd pick Vikings 1990 6th rd pick Vikings 1991 1st rd pick Vikings 1991 2nd rd pick Vikings 1992 1st rd pick Vikings 1992 2nd rd pick Vikings 1992 3rd rd pick There will never be such a ludicrous trade of draft picks ever again, three consecutive 1st and 2nd round picks? If the Vikings hadn't been brilliant in the later rounds of the draft those few years (picking up players like RB Terry Allen, WR Jake Reed, LB Ed McDaniel etc...), the hideousness of this trade would've been even more pronounced. Mike Lynn was guilty of understatement when he said "...if we don't get to the Super Bowl while Herschel Walker is a member of the Minnesota Vikings , then we have not made a good trade." -Jamie EDITED: The full details of the trade are available at http://www.vikingupdate.com/history/.../thetrade.html Last edited by JAG : 04-17-2003 at 05:02 AM. |
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04-16-2003, 10:13 PM | #53 |
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Location: Iowa City, IA
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I don't know if anyone has mentioned it yet, as I'm to lazy to look through the thread... but it has to be Babe Ruth for some money... I'm glad I'm not a Red Sox fan...
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