Users submitted their worst free agents of all time. Below are the best responses. For the top five choices of ESPN.com's John Clayton, click here.

The Lists

I didn't count UFA's who re-signed on this list. Otherwise, the Patriots' Max Lane and Heath Irwin would also count because the contract size didn't match the production.
1. Larry Brown, CB, Raiders (1996). Complete joke. Was handed the Super Bowl MVP by Neil O'Donnell and Al Davis rewarded him handsomely for it. Terrible signing.
2. Desmond Howard, WR/KR, Raiders (1997). Al Davis just didn't learn the Super Bowl MVP lesson, did he? (psst ... hey Al ... if they're available, chances are that they suck). In fairness to Desmond, he returned to form with the Lions when he got away from Rusty Tilman's special teams.
3. Chester McGlockton, DT, Chiefs (1998). He was supposed to finally live up to his potential.
4. All of the Washington Redskins decisions last season (and Stubblefield a few years back). What a bust!

1. Scott Mitchell, QB, Lions (1994). This one should count twice because the Lions and the Ravens got taken with him.
2. Deion Sanders, CB, Redskins (2000). Washington paid way to much for this corner who is well past his prime. Good thing they weren't paying him by fumbles on punt returns.
3. Yancey Thigpen, WR, Titans (2000). Turned out to be that big playmaker the Titans were looking for. Yeah right.

Other bad calls

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Jon Kitna, QB, Cincinnati Bengals (2001). Honestly, I don't see the point of signing Kitna. Sure, the Bengals are in desperate need of rebuilding, but is Kitna really the answer? In his few years in Seattle, the only thing he proved is that he as no leadership abilities and does his best playing backup. Now, he gets another shot at starting in the NFL? Please. Add Kitna to the list of Seattle's problems that have wound up in Cincinnati (Ken Griffey Jr., anyone?).
Michael Frisone
Graham, Wash.

Chuck Smith, DE, Panthers (2000). He went from the Pro Bowl to the outhouse as quickly as Odomes. Granted, both were due to injury.
George Salmon
Anniston, Ala.

Dale Carter, CB, Broncos (1999). Might have been a warrior with the Chiefs but played like a squaw with the Broncos. Not only got burned on the field but off it witha one-year league suspension. One big reason the Broncos' secondary is still in shambels.
Jeff Hamm
Arvada, Colo.

Sean Gilbert, DE, Panthers (1998). In my opinion, Sean Gilbert may be the worst all time. While making millions a year because "God told him to hold out", he has been unable to catch even the slowest of QBs or RBs.
Karl Zimmerman
Manassas, Va.

Dana Stubblefield, DT, 49ers (1998). Stubblefield was signed to a then-record $56 million dollar contract and played horribly ... seven sacks in his three seasons with Washington vs. the 16 he had his last year with San Francisco when he was 1997 NFL Defensive Player of the Year. What makes this the worst signing rather than just another high-priced bust, however, is that Stubblefield's numbers in Washington were actually about what he had done in San Francisco for four years previous to his breakout year. He simply returned to form. Anyone using ESPN.com's player profile could have predicted this.
Bill Lewis
Washington, D.C.

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Andre Rison, WR, Browns (1995). He was a hot name on the market and the Browns needed a big name to take that one extra step towards becoming a Super Bowl team. They fought with Green Bay to sign him and he landed a lucrative contract to come to Cleveland. He was a major flop. Furthermore, Art Modell "claimed" he had to scrape the bottom of the barrel to gather the funds to sign Rison. This was one of the reasons Modell gave for his move of the Browns to Baltimore which basically stole the heart of the city.
Scott J. Scheucher
New Berlin, Wis.