Mike Davis

Denver acquired 2014 2nd round pick (56th overall, Cody Latimer) and 2014 7th round pick (242nd overall, Corey Nelson) from San Francisco 49ers in exchange for 2014 2nd round pick (63rd overall subsequently traded, Jarvis Landry), 2014 5th round pick (171st overall subsequently traded, Jordan Tripp) and 2015 4th round pick (126th overall, Mike Davis). This was primarily a draft-position exchange, with Denver reshaping its pick stack rather than adding an established player. The grades stay conservative because the historical value depends on how the selected players developed after the swap.

Minnesota acquired Warren Moon for a 1994 fourth-round pick and a 1995 third-round pick. Moon immediately stabilized the offense, threw for major production in Minnesota, and gave the franchise credible veteran quarterback play during the mid-1990s. The cost was real but nowhere close to an F-level loss.