Who was the worst acquisition of the last 10 years?
 

Let's relive some of the biggest blunders of the last 10 years, shall we?

Who is your pick as the worst acquisition of the last decade?

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Jeff George by far. Imagine how good we would've been if we kept B.Johnson for a couple more years?

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Arch no doubt. But I give the Skins credit for cutting their losses. Somehow they convinced the Bears to take Arch (who was surely going to be cut) AND pay like $5M of his remaining signing bonus. A real coup.

I think Bruce Smith and Trotter deserve special mention here too.

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[QUOTE=Mattyk72;426690]Let's relive some of the biggest blunders of the last 10 years, shall we?

Who is your pick as the worst acquisition of the last decade?[/QUOTE]

1) Dan Snyder (I know he isnt an acquisition, but it all stars with him)

2) Steve Spurrier

3) Deion Sanders

4) Brandon Lloyd

5) Lavernaeus Coles ( we traded a 1st and a 3rd for a "franchise player, only to trade him back to NY and get Santana Moss, who we neglected to draft and we took Rod "50-50" Gardner).

6) Jeremiah Trotter

7) Dana Stubblefield

8) Adam Archuleta

9) Trung Candidate

10) Jeff George

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Tony Banks might have been the worst qb I ever saw play.

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[QUOTE=SeasonTicketHolder;426696]Tony Banks might have been the worst qb I ever saw play.[/QUOTE]

Maybe so, but that QB did take over for Jeff George and guided us to an 8-8 record that year. I may be the only one here but if we would have kept Marty and that team, we would have ben a contender the next year. I do not think that Banks was a pro-bowl QB but he was a lot better IMO than Jeff George. I do however agree that we would have ben even better if we kept Brad Johnson...

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ummmmm, by far Bruce Smith, hands down!

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Archuleta more than Lloyd because of the that secret expose that was done by an unnamed player at Redskin Park. I only thought of this guy when it happened.

He was paid large amounts of money to suck, those hurt the worst.

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Steve "Spurious". It was especiallly idiotic because we already had a good and proven coach here. Firing Marty for a college coach had to be the dumbest move in Redskins history.

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This is a tough one. I would say George was the most costly in terms of it cost us games. The Skins were better with Johnson. Sanders was the most embarrassing as he just came in took the money and ran. Plus I have and always will hate that guy even when he was in the Skins uniform. Arch was the worst in terms of just plain not doing anything. He by far contributed the least to the team. Bruce Smith never really did much except a 3rd down pass rush, but everyone knew his best years were behind him. So not too much should have been expected, despite what he was paid.

Since I have to pick just one I went with Sanders just because I hate him.

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Dan Synder, without a doubt!

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I'm gonna go with Archuleta, he got paid like a king and he made our defense absolutely horrible in '06. The bright side is that we took a completely worthless player and got the Bears to give us a draft pick for him in addition to taking his salary. He even sucked for the Bears last season too.

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I gotta go with Duckett. We didn't really need him, but what's worse is that we didn't use him when we got him anyway. I don't really know what happened there. He wasn't a malcontent or anything like that. For whatever reason it just didn't work out.

If I were to add an "other" I might have to go with David Patten.

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Deion actually did ok...even though he stole millions from us. Bruce Smith was average as well. Stubblefield actually did ok, as well. Not good, ok.

BL has to be #1. No production, big contract, and cost us draft picks. Maybe the worst move by any team for the last 5 years.

AA has to be a close 2nd. Big contract and couldn't even earn a starting job. That's why GW's is the man. Doesn't matter how much you make, if you don't earn your starting job than you don't get it.

TJ Duckett can play, but the trade was horrible. No doubt about it. Horrible.

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I forgot about Spurrier.

We could have given him the talent of the Patriots Super Bowl teams and he still would have stunk it up.

He's got my vote. He didn't cost us draft picks unless you count the dumbass picks he made, he just wasted time of my life!

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I went with Lloyd because when Mike Espy, an undrafted FA got hurt in the preseason, many of us rolled our eyes and said "looks like the guy we spent a ton of money and two draft picks on will have to fill Espy's place."

Arch might have sucked but at least it seemed like he was trying most of the time, I don't think you can say that for Lloyd. The only time Lloyd seemed to try was when he bulked up last offseason, but obviously eating more was about the only extra effort he was willing to put forth.
I also find the TJ Duckett situation baffling.

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Let's stick with players only and not use this as another excuse to bash the likes of Snyder or Spurrier.

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I say Lloyd. Simply because he such an asshole. He's mean to the coaching staff, he's mean to parking attendents, he's a dick to some of the players that supported him. At least the other guys like Arch and Duckett aren't bad people. They were bad moves but we gave up two draft picks for a bad player and a dick.

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Im gonna chime in on Bruce Smith again. I really hated this move. Do you guys remember us keeping him in just to get that record sack, then he never saw the field again. He was terrible. and im not sure but didnt he get a 1 1/2 sacks that game to get the record. He was worthless.

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With the owner being the exception, I'm going to agree with most of the above in terms of both cost and production. If I had to pick just one, I'd have to say Jeff George simply because his acquisition destroyed the chemistry of what had been a pretty formidable unit the year before his arival.

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I think it's Lloyd, quite honestly.

First, Stubblefield, George, and Deion at least all started for us. So at least they played. So to me, it rules them out.

Archuleta, Lloyd, and Duckett are the candidates I'm considering for this dubious distinction. None of them played hardly at all.

But Archuleta was a free agent who we gave a lot of money and managed to recoup some of his cap space in a deal with the Bears. So all we did there was give him $5 million.

Duckett was a guy we gave a pick for, but we didn't pay him hardly anything. He was cheap on cap space.

But Lloyd cost a 3rd round pick, a 4th round pick, plus a $10 million bonus of which we'll eat about half in deadcap space in 2009. We gave up picks, we gave up money, and we didn't recoup any of it. To me, that move hurts the most.

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We didn't even really get any amusing/annoying threads from Duckett though. As Lloyd's exploits (and some people's fervent defense of him) kept us inadvertently entertained.

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We traded multiple picks for Lloyd. Ignore money which is basically a non factor for our team. Lloyd by a mile in my opinion.

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Jeff George by far...his signing ripped apart the team and undermined Brad Johnson right after the team had finally turned a corner. Arch & Lloyd may have been worse players then George but no signing in the Snyder era had a more lasting negative affect on the franchise as Jeff George.

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Was a hard decision between Lloyd and Archie. They both sucked pretty hard but I chose Archie just because we shelled out so much money for him to suck.

But Lloyd was just an all-around loser. Not only did he suck but it seems as if anyone who came within a 10 foot radius of him got their morale shot down.

It's one thing if you're a quiet loser but its a completely different story if you're a loudmouth ass.

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I can't believe Lloyd isn't running away with this. For those blasting on Bruce Smith I'm really at a loss over that. He at least a productive and serviceable player. Lloyd barely got on the field.

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No votes for Stubby yet?

I guess we've already forgotten how bad he was?

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[quote=Mattyk72;426734]No votes for Stubby yet?

I guess we've already forgotten how bad he was?[/quote]

He was bad, but that was such a stunning fall from grace that it was hard to blame the Skins. I mean the guy had 15 sacks, made the pro bowl, and was defensive player of the year right before we signed him. Then all of a sudden he sucks. There was no explaining that, and for me, very hard to fault the Skins on that one.

However, everyone in the league knew Jeff George was a piece of dogsh*t, and everyone in the league knew Brandon Lloyd was a locker room problem in SF. And we gave up picks [I]and[/I] major $ for Lloyd.

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[QUOTE=Mattyk72;426732]I can't believe Lloyd isn't running away with this. For those blasting on Bruce Smith I'm really at a loss over that. He at least a productive and serviceable player. Lloyd barely got on the field.[/QUOTE]

As bad as lloyd was the team made the playoffs this past year all be it with no help from him. No signing damaged the future of the franchise more then Jeff George. This is not even close in my opinion...the question needs to be answered from a view point of how much the decision damaged the franchise not just how little the player produced individually.

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Kijana Carter has got to be up there...

And i'm gonna go ahead and throw this one out at the risk of being unpopular...John Hall. I have never seen a kicker been so coddled and at the same time so injured, while also being overcompensated and contributing under expectations.

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Micheal Barrow...Never saw the field in a Redskins uni.

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I like the John Hall honorable mention but it's not the worst. As for Kijana the skins never gave him big money...he was the Bengals blunder.

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Michael Westbrook also comes to mind b/c of the amount of locker room disruption and simultaneous struggle on the field. He was worse than just his cap number to us!

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[QUOTE=Schneed10;426736]He was bad, but that was such a stunning fall from grace that it was hard to blame the Skins. I mean the guy had 15 sacks, made the pro bowl, and was defensive player of the year right before we signed him. Then all of a sudden he sucks. There was no explaining that, and for me, very hard to fault the Skins on that one.

However, everyone in the league knew Jeff George was a piece of dogsh*t, and everyone in the league knew Brandon Lloyd was a locker room problem in SF. And we gave up picks [I]and[/I] major $ for Lloyd.[/QUOTE]


Could it have been Stubblefield was doping his last year with the 49ers that led to his superior preformance? Of coures playing along side Bryant Young didn't hurt his situation either.

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Matty this question is to freaking hard!!!

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i voted deon sanders far away the biggest and worst acquisition of the last 10 yrs... and there are several others up there who should belong in the same company as deon..... and the redskins are probably still paying him $$$$. today.....

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Gotta say the Arch-Deluxe on this one. Everyone knew he couldn't play, we just tried to act like maybe he still could. How in the hell we got the Bears to take him is beyond me.

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[quote=Rajmahal33;426739]Kijana Carter has got to be up there...

And i'm gonna go ahead and throw this one out at the risk of being unpopular...John Hall. I have never seen a kicker been so coddled and at the same time so injured, while also being overcompensated and contributing under expectations.[/quote]

Carter?

We probably paid him the veteran minimum and it's not like he was brought in to start. And he was actually a productive player for us in 2001.

That's an odd choice. Are we just picking names out of a hat now?

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We can actually make a case against just about everyone mentioned in the poll as well as some that weren't. However, the points Schneed made in reference to Lloyd are undenyable, and without a doubt when you consider his production/or lack thereof, coupled with his cost, his acquisition will go down as probably one of the worst trades the team has ever made.

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I took Jeff George over Brandon Lloyd for the simple fact that because of George, Snyder drove a serviceable QB who has had success in the league out of town. Add to the fact that because of George's attitude towards Marty, the Skins had to run the season with Tony Banks as their starter.