The 5 worst trades of the 2010 NFL season
December 29, 2010
by Eric Schmidt

#5- Brandon Marshall, Denver Broncos to the Miami Dolphins. The Dolphins surrendered two second round picks for the talented wide receiver. A second rounder in 2010 and one in 2011. Marshall was supposed to be the answer to the stagnant passing attack of the Dolphins. Turns out the problems weren’t the receivers, but QB Chad Henne who struggled all season to get a vertical passing game going. Marshall is a beast, but that was a steep price to pay for a player who wasn’t used to his potential in 2010.

#4-Marshawn Lynch, Buffalo Bills to the Seattle Seahawks. Lynch was moved before the trade deadline in exchange for a 4th round pick in 2011 and a conditional pick in 2012. Lynch was expected to jumpstart the Seattle running game. The former 1,000 yard runner never cracked a hundred yards in a game for the Seahawks and didn’t bring the desired effect to the Seahawks fans thought he would.

#3 Charlie Whitehurst, San Diego Chargers to Seattle Seahawks. Seattle makes the list twice. Seahawks first year head coach Pete Carroll moved aggressively to obtain Charlie Whitehurst from the San Diego Chargers as one of his first orders of business. Carroll must have liked something about Whitehurst after swapping second round picks in 2010 and sending a third round selection in 2011 to the Chargers for the quarterback which had never played in a regular season game. Whitehurst has seen limited action this season but he doesn’t appear to be the quarterback of the future that the Seahawks had hoped for.

#2 Donovan McNabb, Philadelphia Eagles to the Washington Redskins. Redskins head coach Mike Shanahan traded a second round pick in 2010 and a fourth round pick in 2011 to the Eagles for the 12 year veteran quarterback. McNabb struggled in Shanhan’s offense and it appears the costly trade will amount to nothing more than a one year rental of McNabb.

#1 Randy Moss, Minnesota Vikings to the Minnesota Vikings. The Vikings sent a third round selection in 2011 to the New England Patriots for veteran wide receiver Randy Moss. Then head coach Brad Childress had pushed all his chips in on Brett Favre’s return in 2010 which failed miserably and he had to find a receiver which could become a deep threat with Sidney Rice recovering from a hip injury. Moss last just a month with the Vikings before being released, making him a costly rental for the Vikings. Childress was subsequently fired.

That is probably the only 5 trades made in the NFL this year. The only other one I can think of worth bringing up is the LenDale to Seattle trade.

Brady Quinn for Peyton Hillis??

Easily the most lopsided trade of the offseason.

Well, BM is 83 yds away from 1,000 and 10 catches away from setting the all time Dolphins record for receptions, which makes it a darn good trade for this anemic offense

Brady Quinn for Peyton Hillis??

81 catches for 917 yards in 13 games is pretty darn good in my book. The most surprising stat to me was only hitting the endzone 3 times.