Nine players, infinite sadness: The Redskins-Rams trade in 2012 reaches its final nadir By Matt Bonesteel
Robert Griffin III, a major player in the most meaningless big trade of all time. (Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)
The Los Angeles Rams on Thursday traded tackle Greg Robinson to the Detroit Lions in exchange for a sixth-round draft pick in 2018, ESPN reported, and while that might not seem all that newsworthy on the surface, it’s notable for two reasons.
Robinson was the No. 2 pick in the NFL draft just three years ago.
He was the last player the Rams selected with the smorgasbord of picks they ultimately ended up with after the 2012 draft-selection swap they made with the Washington Redskins.
The Redskins landed Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Robert Griffin III with that trade, sending the sixth overall pick and their second-round selection in the 2012 draft and first-rounders in 2013 and 2014 to the Rams. Eventually, the Rams made even more deals with those picks and ended up with eight players, three selected in the first round. It was a deal that could have changed the course of both franchises, in other words.
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