FLORHAM PARK, N.J. -- The New York Jets suffer an October loss to an NFC team. Their rookie quarterback throws three interceptions. The lack of explosive talent at wide receiver is painfully obvious.
So what does the team do? A few days later, it trades for a wide receiver.
Braylon Edwards.
This was 2009, when the Jets were breaking in Mark Sanchez with a pedestrian cast of receivers. Instead of standing pat after a loss to the New Orleans Saints, then-general manager Mike Tannenbaum traded third- and fifth-round draft picks, plus two marginal players, for the talented but enigmatic Edwards.