O'Donnell took the
Steelers to a
Super Bowl, then cashed in with the biggest free-agent contract in
Jets history. O'Donnell didn't quite measure up to Joe Namath, and started just six games in a 1-15 season.
The
Raiders signed the MVPs of
Super Bowls XXX and XXXI -- Larry Brown and Desmond Howard -- in consecutive offseasons. Neither player reached expectations in the Silver and Black.
Harper was a key component to one of the NFL's greatest dynasties, but then fell far short of his Dallas production after signing with Tampa Bay. Harper's career ended unceremoniously with the XFL's Memphis Maniax.
Over the past decade and a half, no team has been more proactive in free agency than the
Redskins. The result has been an expensive lesson that money doesn't buy championships.
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