All-time screw ups and ultimate great moves

Of course, if Eli goes to the Chargers maybe he's in the Super Bowl last year with Tomlinson and that defense. And you could also flip it around and say the Chargers for drafting Eli anyway and then trading him for several starters.
And while we're on the Chargers, I'd add another "good" move they once made -- trading the No. 1 pick in the 2001 draft for Atlanta's first and second rounder. The Chargers gave up the shot at Mike Vick. They got Tomlinson and Drew Brees.

And on football, some other moves that were both good AND bad...
• The Cowboys trading Herschel Walker to the Vikings
• Tom Brady, the 201st pick in the 2000 NFL draft (and thus passed over 200 times by other teams)
• Peyton Manning over Ryan Leaf, followed by Ryan Leaf taken at No. 2

 

ET

Dee Wallace Stone insisting on top billing. Never heard from again.

Mars (M&M's) turning down product placement. Upstart Reese's Pieces--"We'll do it!"

 

I love sports and enjoy writing. I'll pursue a career in journalism.

 

How about McLean Stevenson leaving MASH?

Then again, maybe "Hello, Larry" and "Condo" were TV classics in a parallel universe.

 

Bad ET:

Atari making a video game out of the film.

 

I think Waylon Jennings is the leader in the clubhouse thus far. And the first name I thought of was Diamond Dave

Good: Gwen Stefani solo career Not So Good: No Doubt-- post Stefani

Not So Good: Brian Jones drug use Good: for Mick Taylor

Not So Good; Mick Taylor's drug use Good: for Ron Wood

Good: Lou Brock Not So Good: Ernie Broglio

Good: Larry Mize chip in Not So Good: for Greg Norman

Not So Good (actually really bad): Norman's Master collapse Good: for Faldo

Not So Good: Acting careers for anyone who left Mash---Rogers, Linville in addition to McLean

 

Wayne Rogers is actually filllllthy rich these days.

Would Kurt Cobain's suicide count as good or bad for Dave Grohl?

 

Bad: 1970s Mets ownership trading away Nolan Ryan, Tom Seaver, and TugMcGraw

 

Wasting a top three pick on this guy ...

 

Colin Powell appearing before the UN.

 

Bad: The Eagles trading up to pick Mike Mamula in the first round of the 1995 NFL Draft. The two picks they gave up resulted in Warren Sapp and Derrick Brooks.

Pretty bad: "My name is Yoko. And you said your name was John...."

Very bad: Anything done by the Bush Administration.

Very, very bad: Valentine's night 1996. Talk about having the bases loaded with no one out and the heart of the order coming up and still not bringing in the run to clinch it all.

Good: Actually failing my senior year in high school. It opened the door for my writing career.

 

Not sure, but it worked out pretty well for Courtney Love.