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The Worst Cuts All 32 NFL Teams Have Ever Made

By Erik Lambert

SAN DIEGO, CA - NOVEMBER 30: Quarterback Trent Green #10 of the Kansas City Chiefs throws a pass against the San Diego Chargers on November 30, 2003 at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, California. The Chiefs won 28-24. (Photo by Stephen Dunn/Getty Images)
SAN DIEGO, CA - NOVEMBER 30: Quarterback Trent Green #10 of the Kansas City Chiefs throws a pass against the San Diego Chargers on November 30, 2003 at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, California. The Chiefs won 28-24. (Photo by Stephen Dunn/Getty Images) /
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EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ – JANUARY 08: Marlon McCree #27 of the Carolina Panthers catches the ball for an interception during the second half of the NFC Wild Card Playoff Game against the New York Giants at Giants Stadium on January 8, 2006 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The Panthers won the game 23-0. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images)
EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ – JANUARY 08: Marlon McCree #27 of the Carolina Panthers catches the ball for an interception during the second half of the NFC Wild Card Playoff Game against the New York Giants at Giants Stadium on January 8, 2006 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The Panthers won the game 23-0. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images) /

Jacksonville Jaguars

Marlon McCree . 15. player. 52. . S. Kentucky

The Jacksonville Jaguars have a long history of not being able to recognize good safeties. Their most egregious blunder was trading away Reggie Nelson to Cincinnati, but perhaps the most overlooked is how they allowed Marlon McCree to walk in 2003. What makes it incredible to think about is the young safety had six interceptions the year before.

It’s unknown why he was released after just two games the next season, but the Houston Texans scooped him up and he quickly made an impact for them. In 2005, he landed with the Carolina Panthers and helped them reach the NFC championship game. Again he was released, again he landed with a new team (the Chargers) and again he was productive. They made the playoffs both years he was their starting safety.

Sadly he’s best known for a catastrophic mistake he made in against New England in the 2006 playoffs, intercepting a Tom Brady pass that would’ve won his team the game only to be stripped seconds later by Troy Brown, allowing the Patriots to come back and win.

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