BF_in_Indiana Posted April 14, 2005 Share Posted April 14, 2005 With all the trade talk going around with Henry and Clements I started trying to think about good and bad trades the Bills have made. The two worst ones that I could think of were the trades for Johnson and Bledsoe. I'm trying to recall some other really horrible trades. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrLocke Posted April 14, 2005 Share Posted April 14, 2005 Billie Joe Hobert. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fezmid Posted April 14, 2005 Share Posted April 14, 2005 With all the trade talk going around with Henry and Clements I started trying to think about good and bad trades the Bills have made. The two worst ones that I could think of were the trades for Johnson and Bledsoe. I'm trying to recall some other really horrible trades. 305291[/snapback] What was so horrible about the Bledsoe trade? He sold a ton of tickets, revived interest in a franchise that was going down the tubes. He then took us back to the "average" from well below average, setting a ton of records along the way. The old timers will have FAR WORSE trades than that one. CW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BF_in_Indiana Posted April 14, 2005 Author Share Posted April 14, 2005 What was so horrible about the Bledsoe trade? He sold a ton of tickets, revived interest in a franchise that was going down the tubes. He then took us back to the "average" from well below average, setting a ton of records along the way. The old timers will have FAR WORSE trades than that one. CW 305298[/snapback] I'm not really talking about ticket sales in this regard. I'm talking about as an overall whole with the main emphasis on the on field results of the trade. The Johnson trade set us back a few years and the Bledsoe trade turned out to be a disaster. The Pats got a great young player with our pick and we got a has been QB who played well for 8 games out of 48. As for the Hobert trade, I don't even remember what we gave up for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuckeyeBill Posted April 14, 2005 Share Posted April 14, 2005 I knew someone would say Bledsoe, but I didn't figure on the poster doing it. Bledsoe was NOT a bad trade. Bledsoe was a fantastic trade. We were desperate, we were about to start Alex Van Pelt on a 3-13 team. OUCH. Bledsoe brought immediate legitimacy to the position, inflated our ticket sales, and brought excitement back to Buffalo. Not to mention that he had a Probowl year, was good enough to inflate Peerless' numbers so we could get our first rounder back, and draft McGahee. Not to mention the other players who came to Buffalo, who probably would not have come if we didn't have a true quarterback. In hindsight, yes Bledsoe couldn't win the big one for us. Bledsoe couldn't even get us in the playoffs. But he was definitely worth the trade! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EZC-Boston Posted April 14, 2005 Share Posted April 14, 2005 How about a trade to get punt catcher Chris Watson? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thailog80 Posted April 14, 2005 Share Posted April 14, 2005 Does trading up for Ryan Denney count? It should. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BF_in_Indiana Posted April 14, 2005 Author Share Posted April 14, 2005 Does trading up for Ryan Denney count? It should. 305309[/snapback] I don't think we can count that one, we just swapped a few draft slots there, anyone we could have taken could have been a bust. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoachChuckDickerson Posted April 14, 2005 Share Posted April 14, 2005 How about a trade to get punt catcher Chris Watson? 305307[/snapback] and BINGO was her nameo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeH Posted April 14, 2005 Share Posted April 14, 2005 Lamonica to the Raiders? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FanfromAlbany Posted April 14, 2005 Share Posted April 14, 2005 RJ trade = RJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BF_in_Indiana Posted April 14, 2005 Author Share Posted April 14, 2005 Lamonica to the Raiders? 305313[/snapback] That's a good one. I forgot all about that gem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuckincincy Posted April 14, 2005 Share Posted April 14, 2005 Lamonica to the Raiders? 305313[/snapback] For Tom Flores and Art Powell no less... Cutting Rashad and dumping Haven Moses are close seconds...not to mention dumping Ron Dole. Best trade - Paul Seymour for Frank Lewis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbb Posted April 14, 2005 Share Posted April 14, 2005 Lamonica to the Raiders? 305313[/snapback] This one is so obviously the worst how did it take about 8 posts to get to it!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rico Posted April 14, 2005 Share Posted April 14, 2005 1. Giving up Lamonica 2. Getting RJ 3. Getting Drew 4. Giving up Haven Moses 5. Getting Billy Joe Hobert. All-in-all, not too bad. The Bills haven't made too many bad trades... made up for it though with some of their draft picks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted April 14, 2005 Share Posted April 14, 2005 my top 3... 1. Lamonica to Raiders 2. 1st round pick for Rob Johnson 3. 4th round pick for Rob Johnson. technically same trade as #2, but even a 4th was too much for this piece of Stojan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuckincincy Posted April 14, 2005 Share Posted April 14, 2005 Getting rid of Marlin Briscoe was up there, too. Best athlete to ever play for the Bills, IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LabattBlue Posted April 14, 2005 Share Posted April 14, 2005 May 11, 1971 BILLS TRADE RON McDOLE TO REDSKINS DE Ron McDole, a starter since 1963, was traded to the Washington Redskins for an undisclosed draft choice. It was thought that McDole was washed up...instead he went on to play with Washington for 7 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spidey Posted April 14, 2005 Share Posted April 14, 2005 my top 3... 1. Lamonica to Raiders 2. 1st round pick for Rob Johnson 3. 4th round pick for Rob Johnson. technically same trade as #2, but even a 4th was too much for this piece of Stojan 305324[/snapback] Probably the proper order. The Drew trade at the beginning looked like a saviour for the Bills, ticket sales and season tickets increased etc. Problem is he was good for only about 16( I am being generous) good games over the three year period with 8 coming in the first year. Lamonica vs Kemp had the city as polarized as RJ vs Flutie. Best Trades : OJ to San Fran - eventually allowed a trade that brought Kelly to the Bills Trade for Bisquit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LabattBlue Posted April 14, 2005 Share Posted April 14, 2005 Best and worst involving the same player.... Best...Dennis Shaw for Ahmad Rashad Worst....Ahmad Rashad for ????(Rashad went on to star for the Vikings for many years) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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