Quote:Steve Young and Brett Favre both failed with the original teams that drafted them. I don't remember if either of them started right away or if they sat for any length of time, but if they had shown the potential of what their careers turned out to be with the original team that drafted them, neither of them would of been traded.

 

Those are 2 QB's that I can think of that turned out to be HOF QB's for a different team then the one that drafted them.

Quote:the Buccaneers posted 2–14 records in each of Young's two seasons with them, and Young's record as starter was 3–16. In his 19 games, he threw for only 11 touchdowns with 21 interceptions while completing fewer than 55% of his passes. Although his time in Tampa Bay was miserable, San Francisco 49ers coach Bill Walsh was impressed by Young's natural abilities and felt that his problems were due to the struggling Bucs organization. 

The Buccaneers selected University of Miami quarterback Vinny Testaverde first overall in the 1987 NFL Draft because Young was deemed a bust. Young was traded to the San Francisco 49ers on April 24, 1987 to serve as a backup to Joe Montana. The Buccaneers received 2nd and 4th round draft picks in the trade, which they used to draft Miami linebackerWinston Moss, and Arizona State wide receiver Bruce Hill, respectively.

 

Quote:<span style="font-size:10.5pt;">Atlanta coach Jerry Glanville

 did not approve of the drafting of Favre, saying it would take a plane crash for him to put Favre into the game.^[23]Favre's first pass in an NFL regular season game resulted in an interception returned for a touchdown.^[24]</span> He only attempted four passes in his career at Atlanta, was intercepted twice, and completed none of them. Brett took one other snap, which resulted in a sack for an eleven-yard loss.<sup>[9]

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Green Bay Packers general manager <span style="color:#0b0080;">Ron Wolf

 traded a first-round pick (19th overall, which would be used for Tony Smith
) for Favre after the 1991 season. Wolf, while an assistant to the general manager of the New York Jets
</span>, had intended to take Favre in the 1991 NFL draft, but Favre was taken by the Falcons on the previous pick.