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sportscurmudgeon · 06-10-2004, 04:41 PM

First of all, the Skins traded for Portis. He was under contract; he was not a free agent.

I suspect the best free agent pick up will be Lavernaeus Coles - when all is said and done - but after only one season, it's a stretch to give him that mantle yet.

If you consider Joe Jacoby a free agent - since he was undrafted - you have to give him the nod because he went from free agent to Hall of Fame candidate.

I think the worst free agent pick up - and there are so many nominees here - was Jeff George. His presence forced the Skins to release Brad Johnson who merely went on and won a Super Bowl. Then George basically tried a mutiny in the clubhouse with Marty and overturned that apple cart.

Lots of the other guys mentioned here as "worst pick-up" were not stellar players to be sure. But only the spin masters who feed hype to the sycophants in the Washington media thought Stanley Richards was any good. All you had to do is whatch him give up 4 Tds in the Super Bowl against the 49ers (when he was with SD) and you knew he was a stiff.

Stubby was a malcontent and a malingerer who had one great year in his contract year. He was not "great" before or after. The Skins were bamboozled.

Alvin Harper was made by the fact that teams had to pay a lot of attention to the "other side of the field" when Irvin was there. The Skins thohght he could be a #1 receiver; boy were they wrong. Someone else picked up Harper and tried to make him the lead receiver and he bombed there too. Too bad.

Deion was simply out of gas by the time Danny Boy wrote out his check.

Big Daddy? They paid too much to sign him, but at least he played and was marginally productive. That's a lot more than can be said about others here.

Jeff George - from his right shoulder to the tips of the fingers on his right hand - is one hugely talented QB. But between his ears he is missing a few important things one of which is the ability to get along with teammates and coaches. His history of bad times in the clubhouse was well known but Danny Boy went out and signed him and tossed that toxin into the clubhouse. Oh swell!

06-10-2004, 04:41 PM	#15
sportscurmudgeon Playmaker Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 3,159	First of all, the Skins traded for Portis. He was under contract; he was not a free agent. I suspect the best free agent pick up will be Lavernaeus Coles - when all is said and done - but after only one season, it's a stretch to give him that mantle yet. If you consider Joe Jacoby a free agent - since he was undrafted - you have to give him the nod because he went from free agent to Hall of Fame candidate. I think the worst free agent pick up - and there are so many nominees here - was Jeff George. His presence forced the Skins to release Brad Johnson who merely went on and won a Super Bowl. Then George basically tried a mutiny in the clubhouse with Marty and overturned that apple cart. Lots of the other guys mentioned here as "worst pick-up" were not stellar players to be sure. But only the spin masters who feed hype to the sycophants in the Washington media thought Stanley Richards was any good. All you had to do is whatch him give up 4 Tds in the Super Bowl against the 49ers (when he was with SD) and you knew he was a stiff. Stubby was a malcontent and a malingerer who had one great year in his contract year. He was not "great" before or after. The Skins were bamboozled. Alvin Harper was made by the fact that teams had to pay a lot of attention to the "other side of the field" when Irvin was there. The Skins thohght he could be a #1 receiver; boy were they wrong. Someone else picked up Harper and tried to make him the lead receiver and he bombed there too. Too bad. Deion was simply out of gas by the time Danny Boy wrote out his check. Big Daddy? They paid too much to sign him, but at least he played and was marginally productive. That's a lot more than can be said about others here. Jeff George - from his right shoulder to the tips of the fingers on his right hand - is one hugely talented QB. But between his ears he is missing a few important things one of which is the ability to get along with teammates and coaches. His history of bad times in the clubhouse was well known but Danny Boy went out and signed him and tossed that toxin into the clubhouse. Oh swell!