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The Worst Trade For Every NFL Team In History

By Erik Lambert

31 Dec 1995: Quarterback Brett Favre of the Green Bay Packers avoid pressure during a game against the Atlanta Falcons at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The Packers won the game 37-20. Mandatory Credit: Jed Jacobsohn /Allsport
31 Dec 1995: Quarterback Brett Favre of the Green Bay Packers avoid pressure during a game against the Atlanta Falcons at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The Packers won the game 37-20. Mandatory Credit: Jed Jacobsohn /Allsport /
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Philadelphia Eagles

QB. Philadelphia Eagles. Sonny Jurgensen . 26. player. 54.

A divide began to form between Philadelphia Eagles fans and team ownership at some point in the mid-1960s and this was probably the move that got the ball rolling. The Eagles had been NFL champions in 1960 and seemed set at quarterback. Norm Van Brocklin retired but they had a promising youngster named Sonny Jurgensen ready to replace him.

Sonny made All-Pro his first season as a starter, throwing 32 touchdown passes, which was unheard of in those days. However, the team began to deteriorate the next couple seasons and then Jurgensen got hurt in 1964. Believing he’d never be what Van Brocklin was, the team shipping him off to Washington in exchange for quarterback Norm Snead and corner Claude Crabb.

Snead played seven seasons in Philadelphia and did make a Pro Bowl, but he never produced a winning record. Crabb survived just two years on the roster. Sonny? He went to four more Pro Bowls in Washington, set several passing records, and played until the ripe old age of 40.

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