Keegs

i honestly feel that the Trade of a 1st round pick for Deion Branch might be the worst that i have ever seen.

But i am only 23, I have missed many trades when i was younger im sure that were also terrible....

but what do you guys thinK?

how horrible was this trade for Seattle??

do you know of any other trades just as bad?

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zippo59

What about the infamous Herschel Walker trade.

I don't think the Seattle trade was that bad. Deion is a good player, but don't think he is worth a first. However, there have been plenty of trades where teams have traded high picks and gotten bad players. At least Seattle traded a high pick and got a good player.

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TomBrady'sGoat

I thought the Deion trade was a stretch. It was a bad trade. I'm not sure if it is horrible though, and that will be decided by how he produces and whether Seattle wins a championship in the next couple years.

A 2nd rounder for Culpepper just happened and might be worse.

An entire draft for Ricky Williams.

The Hershel Walker trade where Dallas got a boatload of draft picks.

If Rivers ends up better then Eli, while the Giants will never regret the trade that got them Eli, that trade will look pretty bad.

Washington's trade for TJ Duckett. They don't even use him.

There are probably quite a few more, those are off the top of my head.

zippo59

The Hershel Walker trade single handedly built the Dallas dynasty.

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Keegs

I just think the Seattle/branch trade was putrid though.

It's not like he is going to single handedly bring them a title.

They wasted a first, he is not worth a first. No way in hell.

I just don't see him making that big of a difference.

So he had a big game with 2 tds during a blowout..... EVERY RECEIVER on the team had at least 1 td that game... it was a joke.

I just don't see him being worth it.

and i am thrilled we got a number 1...

now comes the fun part, seing how bad they end up.

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zippo59

His two TD game came against the Rams and it was not a blow-out. Seattle won on a long last second field goal.

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JoeSixPat

I don't have an answer, but I do have a question for the Moderators:

Is there any way bump this thread ahead so it appears four years in the future, after we've actually used Seattle's 1st round draft choice and had some time to figure out if it was a good selection or a bad selection?

I think you're a little bit pre-mature Keegs... of course at 23, I suppose we all were.

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zippo59

That's true. The trade won't seem as bad if the Pats end up blowing the draft pick.

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RayClay

Agreed. A mid-low first rounder is no guarantee and Deion is a proven receiver.
Combine Deion and Burleson's contract though and Seattle's looking unbalanced.

From our point of view it's a bonanza, though.

We will have replaced his production by seasons end (IMO), all our new receivers are young, chances are, with Jackson maturing, we're much better in a year or two, we saved a boatload of money and we won't likely screw up a 1st round pick.

Herschel Walker's the gold standard for bad trades.

Recently, the Dolphins have Ricky's bong, Feeley's ghost and Culpepper's failure to show for 2 #1's and 2 #2's. Ouch!

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TomBrady'sGoat

I understand that that outlook is fun and trades end up being viewed that way, but I don't like it. If the Pats draft a pro bowler with the pick then it was a great trade but if they draft a bust it was a crappy trade?

The Pats traded Deion for the potential of a likely low 1st round pick. That was a good deal reguardless how it turns out. If they draft a bust the trade will still be a success, with the failure falling on the personnel department.

Reversing that, if Seattle hypothetically tanks from here on out (they won't)and the pick ends up being top 10 you can't really hold that against Seattle. They had every reason to believe the pick to be 20+.