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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) /

Los Angeles Chargers

Indiana. Trent Green . 17. player. 13. . QB

The quarterback judgment of the Chargers in the 1990s can best be said to have been not ideal. The days of turning Dan Fouts into a Hall of Famer were long gone. This was an organization that thought Stan Humphries was a better option at the position in the mid-90s than a guy they’d drafted by the name of Trent Green. If their coaches had opened up the competition even a little bit, they would’ve avoided a catastrophic mistake.

Green never played a snap for the Chargers. He was cut a year after being draft and went up to Canada for a season. He returned in 1995 to sign with the Washington Redskins and it was there he began his ascent. After some coaching upheaval, he finally got to start in 1998 and would throw 23 touchdowns to just 11 interceptions. It’s rather poetic that was the same year the Chargers drafted Ryan Leaf.

Green went on to become a two-time Pro Bowler in Kansas City during the early 2000s, leading them to the playoffs twice.

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