The WORST NFL Draft Trade in Atlanta Falcons HISTORY

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At the 1999 NFL Draft, the Atlanta Falcons, for some inexplicable reason, made a trade with the Baltimore Ravens where the Falcons got a second round pick, and in return, the Ravens got a first round pick. The trade turned out to be a disaster of epic proportions. This is the story behind why the Falcons made the trade, and why it was so bad
NOTE: Because the NFL does not understand how fair use works, one part of the video had to be removed around the 7:45 mark, which just talked about Kelly's drop
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@stephengrinkley9889 3 года назад

Trading a 1st round pick for a 2nd round pick doesn't even make common sense. Let alone they did this for a BLOCKING TE.

@ZDiddy7777 3 года назад

HOW is this channel a secret?!?! I've been on the toilet so long my legs are numb and I'm STUCK because I can't stop watching this channel!!! The subjects are so good.

@jawsvvvvv 3 года назад

A blocking TE is hard to find says Coach Reeves. This season the falcons traded a 7th round pick for Mr. Lee who is considered the best "Blocking TE in the League". Face meets palm.

@thelastjohnwayne 3 года назад

Uncoincidentally the teams who continually fail at evaluating talent do not win championships.

@iconpoet 3 года назад

The SAME Jamal Lewis , who's FROM Atlanta, that UGA passed over and let go to Tennessee... and helped them win a national title

@bles05 3 года назад

Right, Doug h.s, imagine him w/mike vick in the backfield, scary

@jpmnky 3 года назад

Jamal Lewis was really something. People forget. Even us that watched him. Not taking anything away from Lewis, this is more of a testament to Tennessee’s depth in the 1990’s. It seemed you could just plug in whoever the next guy at running back. And he was going to tear it up. A lot of positions. But RB and WR especially.

@MrT571 2 года назад

Nothing was learned by anyone in Georgia.

@teen_laqueefa 2 года назад

@@MrT571 never is...

@gluserty 3 года назад

To be fair to Reggie Kelly, that pass in the 2002 opener was a little hard and fast by Michael Vick. However, yeah, that drop is what I know Reggie Kelly for:-).

@hornetguy9063 3 года назад

Trading a future 1st rounder for a blocking tight end. The Falcons needed those stats nerds 22 years ago badly I could see this making sense if a QB or a DK Metcalf level WR free fall into round 2. But a blocking tight end? Yikes.

@paulgaither 3 года назад

Trading a first round pick? Stat nerds agree. However, you want to do it to aquire multiple later round and future picks. Football is a "weak link" sport, and having multiple mid level players is much better than one star surrounded by garbage.

@hornetguy9063 3 года назад

Paul Gaither yeah there’s definitely good reason to trade first round picks. The Patriots had tons of success filling their rosters out with middle of the draft guys for a long time. Most teams with sustained success do likewise. I’m more referencing that blocking TEs are basically never a resource worth a 1st rounder on. They just won’t impact winning enough

@paulgaither 3 года назад

@@hornetguy9063 - I agree. It is all about what you do with it. Remember how the Rams wasted all the picks they got from Washington in the trade for the rights to RGIII?

@hornetguy9063 3 года назад

Paul Gaither Cleveland using the get out of jail free card by the colts taking on their awful pick of TRich at #3 by reaching on Manzell. You’re assuming a ton of risk by putting your draft capital on one guy. It could work out great, it could be a bust. The only position that’s really worth reaching on is QB

@paulgaither 3 года назад

@@hornetguy9063 - Well... it first depends on how you define "reach". Draft projections are just that - what people THINK a player might be worth and where they might land, which is subjective and irrelevant once a team actually picks them. Also, it is less about position to reach for so much as role on the team. A playmaker at TE like Shannon Sharpe, Rob Gronkowski, and the 49ers George Kittle have been fantastic selections I would be happy giving up a future first round pick in exchange for having had them as rookies on my team. However, as was said, the problem is that a run blocking TE is not nearly as valuable as Dan Reeves tried to imply on TV when asked wtf he was thinking by Chris Berman.

@nasetvideos 3 года назад

Wow...that most certainly is one where you ask, "wait, what did I just hear...what did they just do?" That is definitely one of the worst ideas from a general manager I've every heard and truly boggles the mind as to the rationale for doing it.

@CTubeMan 3 года назад

Chris Berman mentioned how Dan Reeves seemed to take a page out of the Bobby Beathard playbook by trading a future first round pick for a current second round pick. I mentioned in the Willie McGinest video that the Chargers did that in 1993 when Beathard was their GM. Beathard and the Chargers did the same thing with Washington in 1991, allowing the defending champions TFKAR to draft Heisman Trophy Winner Desmond Howard. Of course Beathard was Washington’s GM during the 1980s. As the unofficial Official Jaguar Gator 9 historian I’ll point out that you made two videos about the time when Washington traded its first round pick in 1987 to San Francisco for swapping second round picks in 1986.

@Mymainelife87 3 года назад

Up there with this was 2010 panthers trading 2nd round pick to the patriots for a late 3rd. The panther finished last and that pick was the first pick of the second round number 33. Ouch

@qadan6000 3 года назад

Can you imagine if Dan Reeves had Jamal Lewis with the way he used Jamal Anderson in that Super Bowl season. Two of the same style runners, Lewis just better. The Falcons would have made another Super Bowl run!🤦🏾‍♂️

@johncate9541 2 года назад

I presume he was a very good blocking tight end, to stick around as long as he did with such low production as a receiver. But that's an example of how Dan Reeves was stuck in the stone age when it came to offense. You don't trade away a first-round pick to draft a blocking tight end in anything like modern football!

@vinnymcride5619 3 года назад

Well its the falcons , the same team that once had Brett favre on there roster,..

@_Paul_N 2 года назад

Don’t forget another HOF player named Deion Sanders 😂…Only the Falcons!

@Wallyworld30 3 года назад

I disagree with this being their worst trade. Trading Brett Favre for a first rounder to GB that they spent on RB Troy Smith was one of the worst trades in NFL History. We only know that from hind sight but that could be said with any trade.

@TheAlfrulz 3 года назад

This is a great counterpoint to this video saying don't give up first round picks for second rounders. The sequence of events isn't the same, but the Packers at the time made a huge gamble acquiring a struggling second round QB for the price of future first round pick. It was disastrous for Atlanta on both ends, losing a franchise QB in Favre, in turn drafting a bust RB with Smith.

@ericfitzgerald9214 3 года назад

@@TheAlfrulz if ATL had kept Favre, they wouldn't have had to trade for Jeff George, and may have had more $$ to re-sign Prime...

@Eli-ss9gj 3 года назад

Lmao to add even MORE insult to injury, Jamal Lewis is an Atlanta native. Literally a hometown kid

@djdammitjim4046 3 года назад

The 98 Falcons were not a fluke, go back and look how they ended the 97 season. Also the Falcons lost J. Anderson in the first game of the 99 season...their offense revolved Anderson.

@wandameadows5736 2 года назад

When you go one year a collapse its a fluke. Remember they hadn't had back to back wining years till Matt Ryan who they just betrayed & gave away. Falcons & Hawks 2 of the worst sports franchises in history. The Ryan era with the Falcons is the only positive. The Hawks? Well they traded a future HOF Luka for a tiny point guard that turns the ball over & takes bad shots & had a fluke playoff run due to covid & the entire team playing great.

@je3421 3 года назад

Are ads really necessary every two minutes on all videos?

@michaelwebb4135 Год назад

I agree that Kelly was drafted too high. You can find what he offered from the 4th round to the end of the draft. That being said, if Jamal Anderson is healthy in 1999, the Falcons don't fall nearly so far. They went 5-11 and he played 2 games. If he plays the full year, let's say they even win 4 more. This isn't beyond the realm of possibility. Then you have a 9-7 record and a much lower pick. If you NEED to deal for a 2, try to package a couple of lower rounders and maybe a 3 from the next year. Some of what was taken in round 2, after the Kelly pick...... Jim Kleinsasser TE-FB, a better receiver with more versatility. Kevin Faulk, maybe the best 3rd down back in Patriots history. Russell Davis, a solid DT. Peerless Price....much like Alvin Harper in Dallas, he fit quite well as a downfield threat IF he had a strong number 1 WR to pair with. He fits as a replacement for Tony Martin and you mix and match from there or work to acquire a big guy to run with him. If you want an athletic OL....Randy Thomas was also at the end of that round.

@wandameadows5736 2 года назад

Falcons had another terrible draft in 2022. Dont forget they also traded away Brett Farve.

@gothard5 2 года назад

I rememberw Reggie Kelly well. He was with the Bengals for several seasons. Wasn’t much of a pass catcher though. Oh, and Akili Smith is not the biggest draft bust in Bengals history. That would be David Klingler. Ki-Jana Carter and Dan Wilkinson are right up there, too. Cedric Ogbuehi rounds out the top 5. Man, the Bengals sure had some awful draft luck over the last 30 years. They had some good ones, too. Palmer, Dalton, Johnson, TJ, Green, Burrow, Higgins, and Chase just to name a few.

@teen_laqueefa 2 года назад

Klingler.....and please never mention that name again, please Who Dey!!!

@nicktaylor2657 3 года назад

All the draft guide had Kelly as a 7th round pick So the Falcons should of better trust their draft board He could of be had later 🙄

@dumisatonyjohnson8145 2 года назад

Cleveland trades a 1st round pick (1990) in exchange for a 2nd round pick (1989) What does Modell do? He takes a chance on Auburn University WR Lawyer Tillman with the 45th pick in the 1989 NFL draft 🤦‍♂️ 🤦‍♂️

@traceywoodward1354 2 года назад

Ughhhh lawyer tillma

@JeffreyLWJH 2 года назад

Should do a video on Bobby Beathard. Bright guy, good GM in general. Traded future #1 picks for 2nd round picks a couple times. Ugh.

@scottconner7930 3 года назад

22 Years Ago

@kylegoodreau2170 10 месяцев назад

teams do trade out of the 1st round for cap purposes as well

@hanschristopherson8056 2 года назад

The fact that Lewis isn’t on the hall yet is a disgrace pretty much every running back with over 10,000 is in except him and like three others

@TFBlack-ix2cs 11 месяцев назад

It’s hard being a falcons fan

@YNOTONY 3 года назад

What would be good to know is what other wr (since that seemed to be an area of need) was available at that pick who ended having a good/decent career? Also was that TE expected to go in that area of the draft or was that a bit of a reach as well? Any chance he could have been there with in the 3rd?

@ericfitzgerald9214 3 года назад

Tory Holt was in that draft class

@royveteto4134 2 года назад

why is this a surprise . the falcons had brett favre and they traded him to the packers and the player they got in return only lasted a season

@tadhgbaucom-orlofsky4764 2 года назад

Can you make a video on the Rickey Williams trade from the 99 draft

@Lawomenshoops 3 года назад

In 1989 the Clowns traded away a #1 pick in 1990, for a 2nd rounder in 89. The Clowns being the Clowns drafted a bust WR Lawyer Tillman. The #1 pick in 1990 became a great pass rusher, Tony Bennett. for the Packers. This trade was a bit different as the Clowns included a draft pick and other picks in the trade. It wasn't a straight #2 for a #1 next year.

@deathtowrestling2518 3 года назад

Not to be confused with pass rusher Tony Bennett, who was actually good.

@Lawomenshoops 3 года назад

@@deathtowrestling2518 You know, you're right. That #1 in 1990 became pass rusher Tony Bennett. The Packers other #1 pick in 1990 was the bust RB Darrell Thompson.

@nathanclaflin4352 3 года назад

@@Lawomenshoops im still mad, the player picked 1 pick before bennett(the packers picks were back to back) was emmit smith,

@bens5661 3 года назад

I see you have made another video on Falcons misery, GOOD

@sharknut 3 года назад

I was a Falcons fan from 1988 until the Cowboys game this season. I gave up, couldn't do it anymore.

@bles05 3 года назад

@@sharknut i hear ya, 28-3 did it for me ..now, i just watch the Falcons, i don't root & hoop & holler for them anymore, for my own mental health.

@sharknut 3 года назад

@@bles05 I watched the rest of last year just to enjoy the games of every team (and my fantasy team of course)....I enjoyed the season SO much more without stressing myself over that team.

@bles05 3 года назад

@@sharknut yessir, i agree. '21 season is lining up to be even better

@ericfitzgerald9214 3 года назад

@@sharknut The opening Monday Nighter when Jamal Anderson tore his ACL. After that play, we changed the channel. It was OVER.

@scottybbadd 3 года назад

The LA Chargers often traded a future 1st for a 2nd.

@harpercole5321 3 года назад

Yes ... we only made one first round pick between 1994 and 2000. That was Ryan Leaf in 1998.

@Lawomenshoops 3 года назад

@@harpercole5321 The only 2nd rounder that worked out was Means. And in 1995, they dropped down 10 spots into the 2nd round and picked up a 3rd and 4th.

@Hodaggium 2 года назад

Silly me, I came here to hear how the Falcons gave away Brett Favre for a 1st round pick in 92.

@anonymoususer450 3 года назад

I don't get these type of trades in general and to give up a 1st just to trade into the 2nd seems pretty dumb

@kevinbowen6182 3 года назад

Lawyer Tillman.

@derrickjones3543 2 года назад

Incredible

@jerryjanik480 2 года назад

Stefan Diggs trade work pretty damn well for the bills we're going to the Superbowl let's go Buffalo Peerless price I love that guy and bills got Willis McGahee Applebee's but I do too they screwed up my order

@gothard5 2 года назад

Going to the Super Bowl, huh?

@angryjoker7528 3 года назад

you not gonna bring up the sam bradford deal? like eagles traded sam bradford to vikings and eagles got a 1st and 4th for that shit QB like fuck yea and eagles got carson wentz

@ericfitzgerald9214 3 года назад

Got some real conspiracy theorists on here today...

@dinewalton 3 года назад

This whole video is misleading. Falcons made it to the Super Bowl because of RB Jamal Anderson, who was the best RB at the time, along with Terrell Davis. This was a time when blocking FB was still a thing. Reeves wanted a blocking FB or TE to help Jamal and Kelly was the guy. It is not Reeves or the Falcons' fault that Jamal got hurt in the season after the Super Bowl and you can argue that getting Jamal blocking help was the right thing to do, as he was getting hit too much and got hurt. Kelly played great for the Falcons and Bengals and Kelly helped Rudi Johnson get three straight 1500 yard seasons. Kelly ended up being an elite TE in his career and was on par with Lorenzo Neal for his blocking.

@ericfitzgerald9214 3 года назад

Jamal Anderson and that defense! Remember they played the NFC West (Rams, 49ers, Panthers, Saints) and AFC East (Pats, Colts, Bills, Jets, Dolphins) it was a tough schedule at that time (SF, Buf, Mia, Jets were playoff teams in 98) Rams, Panthers and Patriots were also competitive that season. That D was stacked! Archambeau, Dronett, Smith up front, Cornelius Bennett, Jessie Tuggle and Keith Brooking were the linebackers and they had Ray Buchanan and Eugene Robinson in the secondary. Tony Martin took the focus off of Terence Mathis at receiver, Tim Dwight returning kicks, Morten Andersen was in his prime. This was also the year 44 year old Steve DeBerg backed up Crystal Chandelier (Chris Chandler), and they beat the Jets! it all came together for the Falcons that year, and fell apart too soon. It was fun to watch while it lasted.

@hushson9411 3 года назад

@@ericfitzgerald9214 The Jets crushed DeBerg and the Falcons that season.

@dinewalton 3 года назад

How is Reggie Kelly a career journeyman?!?!?!?! He played for two teams, Falcons and Bengals. Narrator has no idea what they are talking about and just making up lies to fit a narrative LOL. ... Reggie Kelly's best plays has always been when he dominated Terrell Suggs or James Harrison at the line of scrimmage to let Rudi Johnson get 200 yards rushing.

@ericfitzgerald9214 3 года назад

Settle down... a journeyman is a veteran player who's just good enough to stay employed, has nothing to do with being on a journey. Google it

@teen_laqueefa 2 года назад

Reggie Kelly, is a decent player I respect him. Who Dey!

@diaz5292 3 года назад

Fixed. Fixed. Fixed. Far more is bet on the games than the league makes in revenue. About 100x more. Thatsa lotta Kale. Fixed games = uge, yuge, huge stacks of cash! Also, fixed games = a better product for the consumer. Fixed games= the ability create compelling storylines, like Jerome Bettis retiring with a super bowl win, and finally giving Bill Cowher a SB win as well, with a lot of help from the refs, after long and successful career as a player and coach. Or who won the SB the year after Hurricane Katrina? Well, the Saints, of course lol. And who won the year after 9/11? Well, the Patriots, of course. That's all a little too cute for real life...lol

@MrCubFan415 3 года назад

By your logic, either the Giants or the Jets should have won the Super Bowl in 2002.

@diaz5292 3 года назад

@@MrCubFan415 How you figure? Cuz of 9/11? Well the Giants stunk like a NY subway in 2001. The Jets were in the playoffs so were a possibility, but they went with the Patsies. The Jets lost TO Oakland in the first round of the playoffs, whom the Pats narrowly defeated thanks to the 'tuck rule'....'how convenient'. Maybe the Jets winning it all would have been too 'on the nose'. Or they figured the Pats were just plain stronger, and so required less intervention to win it all.

@MrCubFan415 3 года назад

@@diaz5292 I have to admit, the Tuck Rule call was questionable at best, and IMHO, Goodell should have been fired years ago for some of the stupid decisions he’s made - for instance, the Helmet Rule (if the only thing different about two helmets is the color, that’s no excuse to get rid of throwback uniforms) and Bountygate (just about every team had locker room incentives at the time, so why did they punish only the Saints?). IMO, though, the sport most likely to be fixed is basketball. (2002 Lakers-Kings WCF - need I say more?)

@diaz5292 3 года назад

@@MrCubFan415 Right. Well read Brian Tuohy's books and also checkout his website. He does a fun week by week analysis of the NFL season with all the nonsense the league pulls, lol. I look forward to reading his takes after every week, like I used to look forward to watching the games, lol. All the pro sports are fixed. No one is going to pass up the opportunity to create desired outcomes if the payoff is so enormous and it is legal for you to do so. Yes, that's right, the NFL or any other league fixing their own games is PERFECTLY LEGAL. The games are their product. They can manipulate their own product as they see fit. Their only responsibility when u buy a ticket is to 1. Give you your assigned seat and 2. Put a game on the field. That's it. The NFL is legally classified as 'sports entertainment', just like pro wrestling, not as a sport. The laws are against outside forces like the mafia from fixing games and bribing players, etc. Anyways, read Brian's books and website for more. But yes, all leagues fix games. The most popular sport on earth is what we call 'soccer', and they've had numerous fixing scandals. Money trumps ALL here in the West. America has only one God and that is money. The 'integrity of the game' never had a prayer.

@d0nKsTaH 3 года назад

@@diaz5292 I will say this... It was a bit too convenient for Brady to have won the SB again this year. They were 7--5 and losing to Atlanta during the season when the SON of the referee who called the 'Tuck" game came in, picked the ball up and moved it one full yard giving Tampa a first down vs Atlanta (they were trailing). That first down led to a touchdown and Tampa won... going 8-5 then they ran the table the rest of the way. I found that highly suspicious considering the NFL was hurting bad with ratings at the time (thanks to Woke-crap)... and they needed their "GOAT" aka their Michael Jordan or Wayne Gretzsky... so to speak... to come in and be the face of the league again. SB Should have been KC vs N.O. or at least KC vs GB. Some of us had this hunch the NFL was going to fix things so Brady could be there yet again. I think it's becoming more obvious as time goes on that it's all turned into "Entertainment" and not a sport anymore. Influenced heavily now by the "Corporate Footprint" of certain companies. Btw... research that game vs the Falcons and watch the video about it. Interesting stuff went on in that game even after the "free yard" play. Several other games had "help" by the refs to get the Buccs wins. Even when they blew Atlanta out in the 2nd match up later on.. some very odd and questionable calls in that game too