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Once upon a time, the Phoenix Cardinals were the St. Louis Cardinals. And before that, they were the Chicago Cardinals, playing in Comiskey Park when everyone in the city had eyes glued to Papa Bear in Wrigley Field.
The Cardinals decided they needed to do something to jumpstart their failing franchise. So they traded one of the best players in the league (and their only star), Ollie Matson, to the Rams in exchange for seven players...and two draft choices in the upcoming draft.
It was a disaster. The Cardinals...with all of those 'other pieces'...went 2-10 the next year...and departed for St. Louis.