People Forget Darryl From 'The Office' Made The Worst Trade In Fantasy Football History

The Office has several moments which would be considered much more offensive now than they were when they aired, but maybe none more so to anyone who has ever played fantasy football than this scene from "Christmas Party," an episode in which Darryl and Roy find themselves discussing their respective teams. It's during this discussion that Roy reveals to the audience Darryl has made a trade which would make even the most novice fantasy football player do a double take, shipping off Shaun Alexander for an unspecified defense.

As the TikTok above notes, this episode aired in 2005, when Alexander rushed for 1,880 yards and 27 touchdowns. Those numbers were good for 362 fantasy points, making Alexander the top fantasy player in the NFL and 35 points clear of second-place Larry Johnson. He was a monster.

Even if Darryl traded Alexander for the Chicago Bears D/ST, which had the most points among defenses that season with 198, that's still a horrible deal. That would be the same as trading Alexander for Jake Delhomme. Unless Darryl got the Bears D/ST, Steven Jackson and Plaxico Burress, he was fleeced to a degree we may not have seen before or since.

The worst part is Darryl defending the move to Roy like he knows something that everyone else doesn't. You just made the worst trade imaginable, pal. Take a seat.

And they're at a Christmas party! It should be the playoffs at this point, meaning this league either doesn't have a trade deadline — which is pure anarchy — and this trade just happened or it happened many weeks ago and there should be enough evidence at this point that the deal was an atrocity.

However it went down, this has to be a stain on Darryl's legacy. Simply no way to justify it.