What was the best trade in Redskins/Commanders history?

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I'm enjoying the sidetrack in the free agency thread and think it deserves its own thread.

So far the contenders are:

Jeremy Tunsil for a load of draft picks
Earnest Byner for Mike Oliphant
Jim Lachey for Jay Shroeder
Mike Ditkas entire draft for Ricky Williams
Sonny Jurgenson for (I don't know)

Are there any other contenders? Any more we should add?
 
burgold said:
Jim Lachey for Jay Shroeder
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In my life time this is arguably the best trade that paid the most dividends…. Brad Johnson was another trade that at first appeared to be a good trade even though they gave a ransom to the Vikes for him… but that was short lived and he then went on to win the SB w/the Bucs
 
The Ditka trade pretty easily.... hands down fleecing
 
Command The Best said:
At the time I hated this deal… but my goodness how thankful I was to eat crow… Moss was a standout for us and to be honest Coles never really did do much after the trade…
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I concur, I wasn't a fan at the time of the trade myself thinking, what is this smaller wideout gonna be able to do.
 
Discobob said:
The Ditka trade pretty easily.... hands down fleecing
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Questionable to call it a fleecing:

We got Bailey - who we then swapped along with a 2nd in 04 for CP
Jon Jansen - that was good
Nate Stimson - who
Derek Smith - who
Arrington - capt can't get right was never the player we envisioned
Lloyd Harrison - who

It could've been a fleecing but a few years of Bailey, a solid player in Jansen and a whiff on the others isn't really a fleecing in my book - similar to how St. Louis really got nothing out of the RG3 trade.
 
SkinsOrlando said:
Questionable to call it a fleecing:

We got Bailey - who we then swapped along with a 2nd in 04 for CP
Jon Jansen - that was good
Nate Stimson - who
Derek Smith - who
Arrington - capt can't get right was never the player we envisioned
Lloyd Harrison - who

It could've been a fleecing but a few years of Bailey, a solid player in Jansen and a whiff on the others isn't really a fleecing in my book - similar to how St. Louis really got nothing out of the RG3 trade.
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1, 3,4,5,6,7 and 1, 3

That's a colossal fleece for Ricky Williams. How they used those picks.... that's a separate issue!
 
SkinsOrlando said:
Isn't the issue of any trade the overall outcome?
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That's just not how I'd grade a series of events. Each one is a separate decision to be considered.

As a comparison, I think the 5th round pick we gave up for Deebo was fine. My opinion won't change based on what SF does with that pick. If they draft the next Tom Brady with that pick, it doesn't mean we made a bad deal.... they are separate actions.
 
The Lachey trade was key because it helped Washington win a Super Bowl and that counts a LOT in consideration of the relative value.

The Sonny trade helped redefine the team for 10 plus years and of course he is a HOFer. Snead played 18 years in the NFL but for 5 or 6 teams and was never elite.
 
burgold said:
Sonny Jurgenson for (I don't know)
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Norm Snead and a corner named Claude Crabb who didn’t amount to much.

Snead’s career: 30,000 yards, 196 TD - 257 INT, 65.5 passer rating, 4x Pro Bowls. Probably overvalued due to being highly drafted.

Sonny’s career: 32,000 yards, 255 TD - 189 INT, 82.6 passer rating (the highest of any player pre-1978), 4x All-Pro, 5x Pro Bowl, 5x passing leader, Pro Football Hall of Fame. Plus we got the better of Philly, and best of all we got the greatest radio broadcast team ever with Sonny, Sam, and Frank.

It’s before my time, but this is probably the correct answer.
 
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Not the biggest one but people probably forgot that the Patriots traded Ricky Sanders to the Redskins in 1986 for a 3rd round pick. He set the SB receiving yards record the next year.

He caught over 100 balls from Jim Kelly in the USFL and their head coach was Pardee. In 1991 Pardee coached the Oilers and Kelly was the Bills QB and we beat both of them that year.
 
George Allen pulled off a blockbuster deal in 1971 when he traded seven draft choices (including the first- and third-round picks in 1971) as well as linebacker Marlin McKeever to his former team, the Rams.
In exchange the Redskins received what would become the nucleus to their defense and some of the cornerstones of the "Over the Hill Gang."
Linebackers Jack Pardee, Myron Pottios and Maxie Baughan all came over from Los Angeles. Defensive tackle Diron Talbert, guard John Wilbur and special teams player Jeff Jordan also joined Allen's cast.

"The future is now!"

Allen later traded the same draft choice twice!
 
Picture Drawer said:
George Allen pulled off a blockbuster deal in 1971 when he traded seven draft choices (including the first- and third-round picks in 1971) as well as linebacker Marlin McKeever to his former team, the Rams.
In exchange the Redskins received what would become the nucleus to their defense and some of the cornerstones of the "Over the Hill Gang."
Linebackers Jack Pardee, Myron Pottios and Maxie Baughan all came over from Los Angeles. Defensive tackle Diron Talbert, guard John Wilbur and special teams player Jeff Jordan also joined Allen's cast.

"The future is now!"

Allen later traded the same draft choice twice!
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Not many people know this but Mel Brook's The Producers was inspired by George Allen. ;)
 
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