Best Of / Worst of

by Phintastic on Jun 21, 2009 8:03 PM EDT

Hi Everyone,

Happy Fathers Day to all of you Fathers and future Fathers.

I figured since we have a lull in new activity, i would start a Best of / Worst of series for the next couple of weeks. This week we will do a Best/Worst Trade and Best/Worst draft pick of the 1970s. So moving forward today we will have (5) 1970s Worst trades for you to mull over. You can check all the players stats at http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/ for further info.

Trade #1 - 1st round pick in 1973 to Buffalo for WR Marlin Briscoe. This pick for Buffalo ended up being Joe DeLamielleure (26)(G). DeLamielleure played for 12 years and was inducted in the Hall of fame in 2003. Briscoe played for Miami for about 3 years and had ~860 yards receiving.

Trade #2 - 1974 QB Joe Theismann to Washington for 1st round pick in 1976. Not sure why pick was in 1976, but the Dolphins ended up picking Larry Gordon (17)LB in 1976.

Trade #3 - 1976 - S Jake Scott and 4th round pick in 1977 to Washington for S Bryant Salter. Jake Played for the Redskins for 3 years and had 14 INTs. Salter played in 12 games for the Dolphins w/ 1 INT

Trade #4- 1976 - RB Mercury Morris to San Diego for 4th round pick in 1977. We ended up trading this pick in the trade above.. Morris played for SD for 1 year and had ~250 yards

Trade #5 - 1978 TE Jim Mandich to Washington for 8th round picks in 1979 and 1980. With these picks we picked Jeff Groth (206) and David Woodley (214). Groth didnt make the team and I assume you most know what happened with Woodley. Not sure if this was too bad of a trade since Mandich played only one more year and didnt have any catches, but he was one of the 72 team. It was sad to see him get traded.

Poll

Which of these trades in 1970 was the worst of the worst?

Marlin Briscoe Trade -

14 votes

Joe Theisman Trade

9 votes

Jake Scott Trade

10 votes

Mercury Morris Trade

2 votes

Jim Mandich Trade

1 votes

36 votes | Poll has closed

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wish i knew

but as fate would have it i was only three in 1970. i still thought santa and the easter bunny was real.

common sence says if you put a stick in it and stirr if it stinks.. stop.. toss the stick and just walk away.

by animal2020 on Jun 21, 2009 11:56 PM EDT reply actions

Now I can not let my 7yo & 11yo read this! They both still believe in Santa & the EB!

by PhinsTifosi on Jun 23, 2009 6:11 PM EDT up reply actions

Thanks for the article....

but this era in Phins history was well before my time also.

But I will say the Theisman trade might have been a great trade because otherwise Shula might have passed on Marino in ’83.

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by Daren on Jun 22, 2009 12:03 AM EDT reply actions

you are possibly

correct, but we already had a Hall of Fame QB in Griese at the time, so i didnt think this was too bad of a trade. Although we might have won the SB with Woodley when the Redskins beat us. Riggins did most of the damage to us that day, that’s for sure. I would have thought most people would have selected the Jake Scott trade since we basically traded Scott and Morris for a guy that played 12 games for us.

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by Phintastic on Jun 22, 2009 9:08 AM EDT up reply actions

cool & thank's very much

by wild zion beaver on Jun 22, 2009 12:05 AM EDT reply actions

The Jake Scott trade was THE worst...

…. trading Merc for the 4th then trading Scott and the 4th for basically nothing.

I mean one interception?… ONE interception? (and 12 games?) Pathetic!

I really liked Jake!!!

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by Alpha6 on Jun 22, 2009 3:21 PM EDT reply actions

I agree

After losing Csonka, Kiick and Warfield to the WFL, which killed the team, we then proceeded to trade off all the stars from the ’72 and ’73 teams. We are back on track now though. Having a dominant defense is key and with our current pickups and maybe a couple of more next year, we could be back to glory days.

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by Phintastic on Jun 22, 2009 4:17 PM EDT up reply actions