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Chicago Bears: The 5 Most Unnatural Jersey Swaps Ever

By Erik Lambert

GREEN BAY, WI - SEPTEMBER 08: Olin Kreutz #50 of the New Orleans Saints moves to block against the Green Bay Packers during the NFL opening season game at Lambeau Field on September 8, 2011 in Green Bay, Wisconsin. (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images)
GREEN BAY, WI - SEPTEMBER 08: Olin Kreutz #50 of the New Orleans Saints moves to block against the Green Bay Packers during the NFL opening season game at Lambeau Field on September 8, 2011 in Green Bay, Wisconsin. (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images) /
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Wilber Marshall #58, Linebacker for the Washington Redskins during the National Football Conference East game against the Arizona Cardinals on 25 September 1988 at the Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, Arizona, United States. The Cardinals won the game 30 – 21. (Photo by Allsport/Getty Images)
Wilber Marshall #58, Linebacker for the Washington Redskins during the National Football Conference East game against the Arizona Cardinals on 25 September 1988 at the Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, Arizona, United States. The Cardinals won the game 30 – 21. (Photo by Allsport/Getty Images) /

#4:  Wilber Marshall (Washington Redskins)

The Bears have made plenty of boneheaded moves in their long history when it comes to contract negotiations, but easily one of their biggest involved linebacker Wilber Marshall back in 1988. The man was entering his prime and had just reached back-to-back Pro Bowls and helped the Bears win the Super Bowl. If anybody deserved to get paid, it was him.

Yet when Washington signed him as a free agent to a new five-year deal worth $6 million, the Bears declined to match it. They instead opted for receiving two 1st round picks as compensation. That might sound like a good deal until one realizes those picks turned into Wendell Davis and Trace Armstrong. Decent players, but considering Marshall was a stud on the Redskins defense for years and helped them win a Super Bowl in 1991? It was a bad deal.

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