At the end of the 2014 NFL season, I bought a Jared Allen home jersey and a Brandon Marshall away jersey. Little did I know that Chicago would trade both players, Marshall, in March and Allen after the 2015 season started. Just like that, my brand-new jerseys were of two former Bears’ players who would never retire as Chicago Bears. I ended up selling them in disappointment.
These kinds of things happen all the time. There are those who want to have a current Bears’ player’s jersey of a current player all the time. But what player’s jersey should you choose knowing that they could get cut or traded at the drop of a hat?