The Worst Cuts All 32 NFL Teams Have Ever Made
By Erik Lambert
Washington Redskins
The legacy of the Washington Redskins at wide receiver is fairly epic. Charlie Taylor and Art Monk are Hall of Famers. Gary Clark, Santana Moss, and Ricky Sanders were all highly productive over long stretches of time. One would think a team with that sort of legacy wouldn’t miss so badly on a future Pro Bowler like Keenan McCardell. Yet that is what ended up happening.
The problem is Washington was overburdened at receiver. Monk, Clark, and Sanders were on the roster in 1991 when McCardell was drafted. However, Monk was 34 at the time and Sanders was 31. They could’ve at least given the young receiver more time to develop. Sadly they cut him after one season. After a brief foray in Cleveland, McCardell landed with the expansion Jacksonville Jaguars.
There he finally got a chance to start and would become a fixture on one of the best passing offenses in the NFL. He made the Pro Bowl his first year there and would post four 1,000-yard seasons in six years with the team, during which it reached two AFC championships. He then left to join the Tampa Bay Buccaneers where he reached a second Pro Bowl and won a second Super Bowl ring.