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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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4 OCT 1992: SEATTLE SEAHAWKS QUARTERBACK KELLY STOUFFER #11 RUNS WITH THE FOOTBALL DURING THE SEAHAWKS 17-6 LOSS TO THE SAN DIEGO CHARGERS AT JACK MURPHY STADIUM IN SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA. MANDATORY CREDIT: CHRIS COVATTA/ALLSPORT
4 OCT 1992: SEATTLE SEAHAWKS QUARTERBACK KELLY STOUFFER #11 RUNS WITH THE FOOTBALL DURING THE SEAHAWKS 17-6 LOSS TO THE SAN DIEGO CHARGERS AT JACK MURPHY STADIUM IN SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA. MANDATORY CREDIT: CHRIS COVATTA/ALLSPORT /

Seattle Seahawks

Seattle Seahawks. Kelly Stouffer . 29. player. 36. . QB

Teams always run into that dilemma at some point. That dilemma of “this is good, but I wonder if I can do better.” Despite getting a good year from Dave Krieg in 1987, the team decided to go after a bigger prize, trading a 1st and two 5th round picks to the Arizona Cardinals in exchange for their former top pick Kelly Stouffer, who had thrived at Colorado State.

Stouffer had sat out his entire rookie year in a contract dispute with the Cardinals. That right there probably should’ve been a red flag that maybe football wasn’t his top priority. Sure enough, he arrived in Seattle in 1988 and was immediately beset by injuries whenever he got on the field. He went 5-11 in four seasons, throwing seven touchdowns to 19 interceptions.

Krieg? He went to the Pro Bowl the first two years Stouffer was in town, a sharp rebuke to the Seahawks that they’d made a mistake thinking it would be easy to replace him. He’d remain the starter without any further challenges until 1991, finishing with a 70-49 record. Stouffer was out of the league after the 1992 season.

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