How can the 1968 Colts be considered one of the greatest teams ever when they couldn’t win their final game? I’d have to put those Colts with the 2007 Patriots as teams with outstanding regular seasons only. A baseball equivalent would be the 2001 Seattle Mariners.

According to the Pro Sports Transactions database (see below), the original “undisclosed” “high draft choice” that the Colts traded to the Giants for Morrall on August 25, 1968 was not “exercised” (whatever that precisely means) and they instead sent George “Butch” Wilson to New York on September 2, 1968. Wilson was one of two tight ends that the Colts had selected in the second round of the 1963 draft; as the other was John Mackey – who still gets my vote as the best tight end in pro football history – Wilson caught only 11 passes with the Colts in five years. Unfortunately for the Giants – and how often one must use that phrase about that team during the 60’s and 70’s! – Wilson caught only 14 more passes over the next two seasons.

http://www.prosportstransactions.com/football/Search/SearchResults.php?Player=Earl+Morrall&Team=&BeginDate=&EndDate=&PlayerMovementChkBx=yes&submit=Search