The NFL Draft has had some wild moments in the past, but none wilder than the 1999 draft.

The top player that season was Heisman Trophy running back Ricky Williams. Everybody wanted Williams, especially Mike Ditka and the New Orleans Saints.

Ditka won a Super Bowl with the Chicago Bears back in 1985, but hadn’t found much success in New Orleans. He thought that if he drafted Williams, it would change everything around.

So Ditka did one of the wildest things in draft history: he gave up his entire draft to get Williams.

People thought that Ditka and the Saints were insane for doing this. Giving up your entire draft for one player was unusual before.

Sports Illustrated even did a photo shoot with Ditka as a groom and Williams as a bride, indicating they were now “married” to one another in football terms.

That marriage lasted three years. Eventually, Williams was traded to the Miami Dolphins, and Mike Ditka was fired.

What a lot of people didn’t know was that Williams was dealing with a lot of personal issues, including drug abuse and his mental health.

He was even suspended by the NFL and played briefly in Canada while suspended. The Ricky Williams draft taught us all that it takes more than one player to win a championship.

This article originally appeared on Touchdown Wire: The Draft Chronicles: 1999 Saints give away draft for Ricky Williams