Post by Purple Pain on May 17, 2019 12:46:33 GMT -6
NFL.com's Top 20 Traded Players by Elliot Harrison
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Full list at link:
www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000001030810/article/top-20-traded-players-paul-warfield-marshall-faulk-head-list
15) Paul Krause, safety
Traded from: Redskins to Vikings, 1968.
Krause retired as the NFL's all-time leading interceptor with 81 in 1979. Before he was traded to the Vikings and started four Super Bowls for Bud Grant's Minnesota teams, he was a standout safety for the Redskins. Krause led the league in interceptions as a rookie with 12, and over four seasons in Washington, he totaled 28, which would be a career figure for some folks. In the days when the free safety's job was often to play a roaming center field, Krause was the most dangerously effective. He didn't mind taking a chance on jumping a route, consistently providing the Vikings offense with a short field. Krause helped Minnesota improve from a three-win team to eight wins during his first season there. Partially due to his ballhawking skills, the Vikings allowed the fewest points in the league every year from 1969 to 1971. Krause's career interceptions total will never be matched.
Traded from: Redskins to Vikings, 1968.
Krause retired as the NFL's all-time leading interceptor with 81 in 1979. Before he was traded to the Vikings and started four Super Bowls for Bud Grant's Minnesota teams, he was a standout safety for the Redskins. Krause led the league in interceptions as a rookie with 12, and over four seasons in Washington, he totaled 28, which would be a career figure for some folks. In the days when the free safety's job was often to play a roaming center field, Krause was the most dangerously effective. He didn't mind taking a chance on jumping a route, consistently providing the Vikings offense with a short field. Krause helped Minnesota improve from a three-win team to eight wins during his first season there. Partially due to his ballhawking skills, the Vikings allowed the fewest points in the league every year from 1969 to 1971. Krause's career interceptions total will never be matched.
11) Randy Moss, receiver
Traded from: Vikings to Raiders, 2005 AND Raiders to Patriots, 2007 AND Patriots to Vikings, 2010.
Moss was an all-timer masquerading as an average wideout when the Patriots traded for him. After two subpar seasons in Oakland, New England got him on the cheap, dealing the Raiders a fourth-round pick for a guy who would catch nearly 50 touchdown passes over the next three seasons. Bill Belichick was getting a disgruntled player, tired of the losing culture experienced over two injury-plagued seasons with the Raiders, who could still dominate. Moss' attitude was not a problem early on with the Patriots, as he proved he was still the top player at his position in the NFL by posting a record 23 touchdown catches in '07. Oakland can only hope Antonio Brown will do the same for the Raiders this year.
10) Fran Tarkenton, quarterback
Traded from: Vikings to Giants, 1967 AND Giants to Vikings, 1972.
The second deal listed above is the one worth focusing on. Big Blue never really recovered from the retirement of Y.A. Tittle following the 1964 campaign -- even acquiring the ever-scrappy Tarkenton, who competed his butt off for the Giants, couldn't fix that. Whereas by the early '70s, the Vikes had drafted great talent on the defensive side of the ball, including 1971 MVP Alan Page (a defensive tackle). All they needed was a solid QB. Tarkenton gave them a Hall of Fame-caliber signal-caller, taking Minnesota to the Super Bowl three times while winning an MVP himself in 1975.
Traded from: Vikings to Raiders, 2005 AND Raiders to Patriots, 2007 AND Patriots to Vikings, 2010.
Moss was an all-timer masquerading as an average wideout when the Patriots traded for him. After two subpar seasons in Oakland, New England got him on the cheap, dealing the Raiders a fourth-round pick for a guy who would catch nearly 50 touchdown passes over the next three seasons. Bill Belichick was getting a disgruntled player, tired of the losing culture experienced over two injury-plagued seasons with the Raiders, who could still dominate. Moss' attitude was not a problem early on with the Patriots, as he proved he was still the top player at his position in the NFL by posting a record 23 touchdown catches in '07. Oakland can only hope Antonio Brown will do the same for the Raiders this year.
10) Fran Tarkenton, quarterback
Traded from: Vikings to Giants, 1967 AND Giants to Vikings, 1972.
The second deal listed above is the one worth focusing on. Big Blue never really recovered from the retirement of Y.A. Tittle following the 1964 campaign -- even acquiring the ever-scrappy Tarkenton, who competed his butt off for the Giants, couldn't fix that. Whereas by the early '70s, the Vikes had drafted great talent on the defensive side of the ball, including 1971 MVP Alan Page (a defensive tackle). All they needed was a solid QB. Tarkenton gave them a Hall of Fame-caliber signal-caller, taking Minnesota to the Super Bowl three times while winning an MVP himself in 1975.
Full list at link:
www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000001030810/article/top-20-traded-players-paul-warfield-marshall-faulk-head-list
... and neither is this Chris guy.