29 NFL free-agent signings that resulted in epic failure

Deion Sanders, Larry Csonka and Orlando Pace were among free-agent signings that did not work out for new teams.

Larry Csonka

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Another Hall of Famer who was a whiff as a free agent. Larry Csonka signed a three-year deal for around $2 million with the Giants and endured three losing seasons. In his first season, the Giants lost their first nine games and Csonka played in 11 before injuring his knee. He was also later involved in one of the franchise’s most infamous plays when QB Joe Pisarcik was instructed to run a play rather than take a knee — an attempted handoff to Csonka — and it resulted in the fumble that the Eagles recovered and scored in what is famously known as “Miracle at the Meadowlands.”