Buccaneers: The Five Best Trades in Team History

3. Keyshawn Johnson – 2000

During the 1999 season the Bucs had the killer defense that carried them to the NFC Championship game but their offense could not get the necessary points needed to win the game and they lost to “The Greatest Show on Turf” St. Louis Rams 12-6.

In April of 2000 they decided that they needed to add a weapon on offense. They traded two first round picks (#13 and #27) to the New York Jets for the a top wide receiver and the last wide receiver selected number one overall in the draft in Keyshawn Johnson.

The Bucs had their own pick #27 and received pick #13 in a trade with the Chargers in 1998.

In his first season in Tampa, finally giving them a main receiving threat, he flourished catching 71 passes for 874 yards and eight touchdowns from quarterback Shaun King.

In 2001, quarterback Brad Johnson was signed in free agency and Keyshawn’s numbers exploded. Johnson caught 106 passes for 1,266 yards but only one touchdown.

He was obviously instrumental in the Super Bowl run for the first time giving them a big offense threat to go with a stellar defense.

In his four seasons in Tampa Bay,  he had 298 receptions for 3,828 yards, seventeen touchdowns, was voted to the Pro Bowl once, and of course won a Super Bowl title in 2002.

During the 2003 season it all fell apart as he was deemed too much of a distraction and was basically deactivated by the Bucs for the final six games of the season.

Just after free agency began in March of 2004, Johnson was traded to the Dallas Cowboys for wide receiver Joey Galloway.

Johnson ended up being part of a trade that brought greatness in a Super Bowl title to the team, and then became a problem and was part of trade that saw his greatness be clouded.

He continued on playing three seasons in Dallas before ending his career at NFC South divisional rival Carolina for the 2006 season.