The Official 'Guys Who Were Once Awesome' Collector's List

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The threesome that came out of CU in 95 was probably the biggest trifecta flop, two of which have already been mentioned:

Kordell Stewart
Rashaan Salaam
Michael Westbrook

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1995.... Don't forget Ki-Jana Carter! That was an awful draft - only a handful of decent players that entire year (Sapp, Galloway, Collins, Martin, McNair, Law, Brooks, Freeman, Davis.... trying to think of all the guys who signed with Signature Rookies!)

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Carson Palmer

This is a REALLY good example. He had everything - a purebred. And he performed! He wasn't a bust, he was great for a year or two and then just dropped off and his move to the Raiders hasn't helped him.

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Carson's not having too bad a year - he tends to throw a lot of INTs (in the past), but he's on pace for over 4500 passing yards - that'd be his career best. It should be his best year of football since 2006.

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Matt Moore, Felix Jones, Any Giants receiver that has a decent game

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Matt Moore, Felix Jones, Any Giants receiver that has a decent game

I literally 'LOL'd' at the Giants comment because it's true. And yes - Moore stuff sold well, as did Jones (though Jones has never had that great of numbers).

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In 2002 I traded my Chad Pennington SPX RC GU/Auto #/5 for $200 and a Clinton Portis Contenders RC Auto and Ed Reed SPX RC. Sold the Portis for $120, bought 3 Ed Reed RC Autos and a handful of RC's and still had $200 in the bank. Best couple deals I ever made :) The good ol' days.

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I look back at a few past trades that are awesome like that. I wish I would have written some of them down. I used to trade for NES games with this one guy, and I had traded him a David Wright RC Auto/25 for some stuff. You win some, you lose some!

One trade that sticks out is when I traded a SPX Finite Stackhouse 1/1 card for a Kobe E-X RC PSA 8, a T-Mac Finest RC, and $150 - $200 (I forget the exact number - I made the trade on a Yahoo message board). And I didn't even have to propose the trade - the guy wanted the card for he and his son - they loved Stackhouse.

Do you still have the Ed Reed RC autos? One can't go wrong with Ed Reed and Ray Lewis autos. I hope they go to the Super Bowl so Reed can finally get a ring like Lewis.

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Oh yeah kept those Reeds in the PC. I only had about 25 cards in my Reed PC at the time. The times have certainly changed quite a bit.
You don't have to tell me about waiting for that ring! Not much time left for those two, but it has been one awesome ride.

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I think Ray Lewis is an absolute freak of nature - I bet he'll play until his body crumbles apart. His production hasn't dropped. And I assume he'll coach when he does finally retire - he and Reed should both coach, but especially Lewis - he's Mr. Football.