5 best midseason moves in the NFL that worked wonders

Marshawn Lynch for Seattle Seahawks v Philadelphia Eagles

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#3 - Marshawn Lynch, RB, Buffalo Bills to Seattle Seahawks, 2010

Continuing with midseason moves, Marshawn Lynch was a phenomenon for the Buffalo Bills in his first couple of seasons. He ran for 2151 yards combined over those two seasons. But his performance dropped and he was poor in the 2009 season with just 450 yards. His next season did not start auspiciously and he only had 164 yards in his first four games.

Hence, a midseason move made perfect sense for the Bills. The Seattle Seahawks were also looking for a midseason move for a player that could power their offense. Their destinies met and the trade happened. The midseason move could not have worked out better for the Seahawks as Lynch turned on Beast Mode and had 5,357 yards from 2011 to 2014.

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#2 - Michael Haynes, CB, New England Patriots to Los Angeles Raiders, 1983

Michael Haynes was unsettled with the Patriots and he wanted a move. His agent held him out after the season started a forced a move through. The Raiders got a future hall-of-fame cornerback in this midseason move and paired him with Lester Hayes to create one of the best cornerback duos in history. He was instrumental in their success that year as the Raiders won the Super Bowl. In the final, he came up with a vital interception.

#1 - Herschel Walker, RB, Dallas Cowboys to the Minnesota Vikings, 1989

This move is the mother of all midseason moves and it has to be there. Even though the other midseason moves worked wonders for the team who got the player, this went the other way. The trade worked out wonders for the selling team, in this case, the Dallas Cowboys. But at the time many felt otherwise.

The Minnesota Vikings thought that adding Herschel Walker to their team would get them a Super Bowl. In exchange for Walker and two third-rounders, one fifth-rounder and one tenth-rounder, the Dallas Cowboys received five veteran players, three first-rounders, three second-rounders, a third-rounder and a sixth-rounder. It was a bold move to say the least and it paid off handsomely going forward.

The Dallas Cowboys built a dynasty with that trade as they used these draft picks to build the core of a team that would go on to win three Super Bowls in four years. One of those draft picks was Emmitt Smith, who would go on to become one of the greatest running backs of all time, far surpassing Walker himself in the NFL.