10 Dumbest Player Releases In NFL History

So dumb.... Big REGRETS by these teams!
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Trading away a star player is one thing. But just flat-out cutting a proven stud who has made a difference for so many years is one of the most puzzling things that an NFL general manager can do...
And, yet, it’s happened oh so often.
Here are 10 of the dumbest player cuts in NFL history - ones that teams wound up regretting for a lonnnnng, long time.
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[@TheElectricChicken]

Do the 10 most overpaid free agents.

[@MrTee12]

This list would be an annual tradition.

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@@metsandjetsfan5174 They want Arod and they’re gonna move mountains to get him there

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Kenny gollady 💀

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watson would b #1

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Michael Toemas

[@brentbain3628]

The Steve Smith clip telling them to cut his grass is one of my all time favourite, just gold 🤣

[@seezymac425]

@brent Bain word bro

[@fizzyfuzz5878]

Steve Smith was the heart and soul of that franchise. Still to this day. That release was heartbreaking, he's the reason I became a fan of football. He was much watch TV, even on a lot of those bad Carolina teams. Only had a solid passing QB for three full seasons, Jake Delhomme. Then at the end of that third season '08, Delhomme suddenly lost all his skill in the first playoff game.

[@andrewschuschu3499]

Man thinking back on it I had a book I had gotten at a scholastic book sale at my school with Rod Woodson as a 49er in it, man that was back in the day when you learned about great players in books instead of highlight clips. “How did you learn about football?” “I read about Jerome Bettis in a kids book back in 1998.” It really did make him look like a superhero.

[@adamdavis2760]

For any of you not old enough for Ed McCaffery and his Bronco years...He had an amazing stretch along with Rod Smith....What Ed could have done with Den if he had got there 3 years earlier. He had great hands and could always make the tough catches... his ypc for that 3 year span was impressive too...He was fun to watch

[@suscon1140]

Unfortunately (?) I am old enough to remember him playing.....those Broncos Teams were great to watch

[@comradecrawdaddy3343]

The Steve Smith release still hurts me to this day lol

[@invisalats841]

Wasn't even a Carolina fan, but that was a head scratcher of a decision. There has been quite a lot of bone headed moves in the last decade as well by nfl teams.

[@RojoCube]

I find it funny that he suddenly became a Sr. At the end of his career. There's was no reason to add the Sr. Not like he would've been confused with the Hawks long time Guard Steve Smith or Steven Anita Smith from American Dad.

[@zachdamenti4387]

Johnny Unitas definitely redeemed himself after a rough stretch in the Steel City and became legend for what he established in 1958!

[@lordwilliamstrickler179]

The Steelers also dumped quarterback Len Dawson who was the league's all time leading passer when he retired from the Kansas City Chiefs.

[@garethjohnson8579]

Ware release killed me. Took 3 yesrs of re-ordering his cowboys jersey as it failed to come for 3 xmas's straight according to my folks (uk based). Finally got it and they released him months later!

[@benlochran8003]

So we just gonna pretend like this man didn’t just call Darrelle Revis “Darrell”

[@elibunn3170]

Yes

[@coreymaddo6910]

Facts.

[@adamwest6227]

"by sports fans, for sports fans" (Except for the guy reading the script)

[@hia5235]

Its fine, grow up

[@jjarnold220]

Clearly this guy is only reading and does not know anything about the material, smh

[@RCPlaneBuilder2005]

Do 1 player Every NFL’s team regrets moving on from (to this day)

[@melenzoferrer4786]

In KC's case that must be Jared Allen. What a stupid move.

[@youraveragejoessportsnetwo553]

The Green Bay Packers should have never released safety Micah Hyde.

[@sportsfantastic361]

As a bills fan thank you packers

[@braydenscott4125]

It at least is better that he was not on this list

[@nathanmertens8308]

Or Casey Hayward

[@channimal3129]

Still can’t believe Agent 89 was let go. Best panther.

[@docblack59]

One of the dumbest releases was Redskins not signing back Trent Williams and getting next to nothing for him.

[@keanutenorio274]

Always love watching your videos, helps me get through my days whenever you upload videos

[@rudraksha11gaming66]

Steve Smith is 1 of my favorite players of all time and he definitely was the reason for any success the panthers had back then

[@thelegoboy-sq7jj]

Imagine if the Steelers kept Unitas and didnt pass on Marino in 1983. Almost 7 straight decades of HOF quarterbacks with Unitas, Bradshaw, Marino, and Roethlisberger

[@aceassn716]

They also gave up on Len Dawson

[@manuelfinale9231]

Steve Smith was done every kind of dirty you can think of

[@coreylineberry8557]

I'm just thinking about Steve Smith on that 2015 team... Carolina probably goes 19-0 that season, beating the Broncos in the Super Bowl, and becomes the greatest team of all time. At least Smith put the water under the bridge and is still active with the organization.

[@BloodBoughtMinistries1]

Do the 50 players drafted by Mike Tomlin who never played a snap in the NFL

[@kirinirik10]

This was a great list, thank you

[@jinnij.caiman]

It’s crazy because Steve smith is still very loyal to the Panthers

[@Lefuhq3]

Not a release but shout out to Jerry Jones for trading coop for a bag of chips.

[@Eddieavina123]

Love your video TPS

[@Truthis.214]

I'm still pissed at Jerry for trading D.Ware

[@garyskadra5236]

The Browns were pretty stupid to cut Bernie Kosar in mid-1993 season. All they had left after was some scrub named Eric Zier & I don't even remember the other backup qb's name. "Diminishing skills" they said but in reality it was more personal. Kosar went on to sign with Dallas & helped them when Troy Aikman was injured on their way to another Super Bowl winning season.

[@s0ur_dee]

Back in the 90s and early 2000s alot of teams had dynamic duos at wr...keyshawn/chrebet..moss/carter..rice/owens..bruce/ holt..Amanitoomer/hilliard..McCardell/jimmy....stevesmith/musinmuhamed etc we don't see that as much anymore

[@aceassn716]

Irvin Harper!

[@spacehonky6315]

Best duo Marvin Harrison+Reggie Wayne.

[@raymac5235]

😂😂😂 Y'all made sure to only refer to the Reskins as WASHINGTON the whole segment.

[@garyskadra5236]

They all try to rewrite history like they do with the former Cleveland Indians also.

[@penguinrea0088]

Keep up your fantastic videos, God bless you, God has Blessed you

[@ryderkincaid6539]

I think Dallas and Ware splitting up was necessary. I grew up watching Ware eat up QB's left and right and hated to see him go but he deserved a super bowl along with Witten and they sure as hell weren't gonna do it in Dallas

[@joshuaedwards3831]

10 best un drafted players

[@carsondavy9892]

seahawks releasing Wagner tho?? shit broke my heart as a hawks fan… broke my heart even more as a Bobby Wagner fan. I love that man.

[@BEEyonced]

At least they are righting that wrong again. Not given by 1:31 other teams! Worse overall than just 54 was actually entire young Superbowl Team being traded away way to soon. And Kam Chancellor was worst luck. He may have gone down as best Strong Safety of 2000s Football! I loved his passion. Booooom!

[@jerryjanik480]

Bruce Smith Andre Reed Thurman Thomas on the same day treat Hall of Famers like that

[@PanthersKingdomPodcast]

Video Idea: Grading every team's free agency.

[@mikeevans8543]

Lawyer "Mill-oy" c'mon man!

[@jjperdue4998]

As a huge Arizona Cardinals fan. They should have never traded away any of the defensive players, least of all Chandler Jones

[@mdotmusic7334]

Eagles cut DeSean Jackson talking about he was in a gang. Idc if he was with the Golden Lords u don't just cut a player of his caliber

[@ErikCB912]

The Eagles releasing Desean Jackson in 2014. He was in his prime and he should have been on that super bowl winning team.

[@TexasTimeLord]

Sometimes great players are let go because of behind the scenes problems. Marcus Allen was let go by the Raiders after a record breaking Super Bowl. Rumor has it that he did something that Al Davis did not appreciate

[@Daking-sz3kt]

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[@user-q3cIy1mkx9]

The Seattle Seahawks released Bobby Wagner in mistake and scooped him up right away. At least, they were fast enough to admit their mistake. The Jimmy Smith and Keenan McCardell story is just unbelievable. These guys should have gone to the Super Bowl and there is no question about it. How could you let go Steve Smith and Tyrann Matheus? Those guys are ones that can change the course of the game and win the championships. The Washington Redskins/Commanders after 92 super bowl championship, the Cardinals and the Texans are the dumbest franchises ever.

[@xivialize1190]

Top Ten Free Agents that Signed with the New England Patriots and got a Ring in the Last Two Decades!

[@chrisholden615]

Jimmy Smith.. severely underated

[@jessekauffman3336]

Jimmy Smith couldn’t have done what he did without Mccardell

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i love your vids

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Chargers letting Drew Brees go was a mistake

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ICE UP SON!!🥶🔥💯

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This makes me feel old 😢

[@iamlegion3093]

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[@yourefriendlyneighborhoodbuddy]

The problem is coaches and owners always blame the player for the players low numbers in a season but no sometimes it's the coordinator cause this rehearsal shows you sometimes that's who's coaching

[@justinmathewson3692]

Do the top 10 injury replacements in sports history. i.e Lou Gehrig replaces Wally Pipp, Brett Favre replaces Don Majkowski, Brady replaces Bledsoe, etc.

[@justinmathewson3692]

Big Ben replaces Tommy Maddox

[@alabastergreen7444]

Wait...Ed McCaffery is Christian McCaffery's dad?? Damn im old now

[@matthewtaylor6683]

I still don’t know why the Panthers let Steve Smith Sr go with so much juice still in the tank.

[@ryanjohnson3414]

My Chargers with Drew freaking Brees, Eric Weddle and Wes Welker

[@Levi-iv9zt]

Video idea: top 10 Super Bowl MVP performances

[@syndrac6254]

Well to be honest, at the time, giving a Cornerback 16 mill a year was insane. The cap wasn't as high as it is now. These days all that money still goes to OLine, DLine and QB.

[@beardddown]

Chargers cutting Wes Welker was not dumb since he was a UDFA, but they sure could've used him.

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I love it when people use the Michael Jordan crying gif

[@Skullz28]

Do top 3 players of each decade including 2020s

[@eaistrash4032]

Should have mentioned Brees being cut by the Chargers

[@jmanbeck5537]

Do biggest free agency steaks of 2023

[@matthewbumgarner9928]

As a panthers fan I was devastated when SS was released

[@Ccarr0]

Desean Jackson gotta be on this

[@El_Smokey_155]

Cowboys let go of Ware so he could sign with the Broncos, that's how they felt that he had a better shot to win a superbowl which was true at the end

[@SimplyExplained90]

How Peyton Manning not on this list

[@nayr642]

Because it wasn't really a dumb move

[@SimplyExplained90]

@@nayr642 how he went on to break records nd make it to two Superbowls winning one 😑

[@MRM5J]

Because they had Luck

[@Goaiece]

10 off-season trades that need to happen is an idea or post free agency power rankings!

[@DonMaximus98]

Rodney Harrison is one of the Greatest Safeties to have ever played the game, he was competitive and wanted to devour you, They did Rodney Wrong and ofc they paid the price for it Manz got 2 rings with the patriots because bill knew he could use him 💯💯

[@jacksonconley5117]

Do Top 10 Playoff Mistakes that Didn’t Cost Their Team the Game.

[@melenzoferrer4786]

@Jax Pillow Doesn't matter, they punched them in the mouth.

[@jacksonconley5117]

Here are other notable ones I thought of @Jax Pillow. Jerome Bettis fumble against the Colts that almost ruined his legacy, Chase Blackburn not getting off the field in time giving the Patriots a second chance in Super Bowl 42, Reggie Bush’s muffed punt that set up a first and goal for the Vikings in the 2009 NFC Championship Game, and Lawrence Tynes missing the game winning field goal in the 2007 NFC Championship Game.

[@gigabyte9584]

The Cowboys’ decisions to let go of those players is part of the reason why they’ve yet to win their 6th ring😂

[@dalejennings2677]

Ravens traded haloti gnata... for a 5th rpund pick...wtf

[@notthatronjohnson1187]

None compare to the Tampa bay Buccaneers of Hugh Culverhouse cutting Doug Williams because he wasn't going to pay a black qb $400,000 a year. Doug was the heart and soul of the team. He then signed Terry Hanratty and paid him $400,000. Doug went on to win a superbowl with the Redskins and Joe Gibbs. Hanratty was a disaster.

[@steelmanemason]

1:24 in and tps already talked about the steelers more than they ever had

[@RojoCube]

I had no idea Christian McCaffery was Ed's son.

[@samcerbone6259]

Top ten dumbest NFL player signings

[@reetasaurusrex2884]

I'm convinced this man hates the Panthers

[@everythingcollectibles]

I get that you want to be respectful of “Washington’s” name change to mention McCordell, but you can’t erase the past. He was drafted by the Washington Redskins, not Washington.

[@mason5291]

When your favorite team was on here: 😶‍🌫️

[@Milkdejean]

As an eagles fan this strikes my chip Kelly ptsd

[@WENOTMEPRODUCTIONS]

I’ll never forget the Steve Smith release 😭 made 0 sense then and makes 0 now.

[@liloiax22]

_0:01__ -_ ... _DAMN RIGHT THEY DID!!!_ ... if the Chargers never released Rodney Harrison then he would've never won a Super Bowl bc the Chargers would've just kept on _Charger-ing_ it up and would've wasted the last handful of years off of Rodney Harrison's career ...so I guess it all worked out for him in the end huh?

[@BloodBoughtMinistries1]

Do the 1,000 reasons to hate the cowboys 1. Ownership 2. Ownership 3. Ownership

[@jdogsports2528]

The worst free agency each year since 2000

[@monkboy1222]

Will be falcons and Calvin Ridley in a year

[@cbrocks36]

I’m an Eagles fan, so I still hate the Brian Dawkins and Brian Westbrook cuts. At least we had a replacement for Westbrook, but we still have no real replacement for Dawkins. He’s very hard to replace, of course, but still.

[@brandonowens6879]

I feel Brian Dawkins was one of the dumbest releases He was literally the heart and soul of the Eagles defense after he was let go the Eagles struggled majorly until Jenkins came

[@mikenintendomaster5500]

Brandon Marshall and Alshon Jeffery for my bears

[@mikenintendomaster5500]

I accidentally deleted my comment

[@theSnoopbrad]

10:09 is that little baby Christian McCaffrey

[@brienmiller5129]

I don't know if it necessarily counts or not, but I was kinda deflated when the Chiefs gave up Rich Gannon. He was a much better QB than Elvis Grbac.

[@ChubbTrain]

I can't believe I didn't know Ed McCaffrey was Christians father lol

[@jmlapedis49]

Rod Woodson was awful with the 49ers - he was a flag machine and got picked on all season. His AV that year was 5 - the fourth lowest of his career. He needed a change of scenery so cutting Woodson was the right move for both the 49ers are Woodson.

[@matthewnewell4824]

Mathieu was constantly hurt when he played for the Cards, why wouldn’t they let him go?

[@blackice3395]

Rodney Harrison and Jimmy Smith should be in the Hall!

[@BigBrutus50]

I expect to see nothing but Panthers selections on this list

[@kishothepilot]

Revis island was great to watch

[@donovandiaz9883]

Marcus Allen getting let go by the Raiders

[@brianvanasse7627]

Rodney Harrison being released patriots weren’t complaining as a patriots fan I say thank you chargers one of the players on our Super Bowl teams and was on our 16-0 team in 2007

[@johnnyhamill2446]

Robbie Gould deserves a spot

[@zebtookak8670]

Too 10 underpaid players

[@darenaker5686]

Cris Carter...

[@youngsizzle444]

Still can’t believe I meat Rodney in a Wendy’s window when working there

[@penguinrea0088]

Thank you King Jesus