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Transaction Snapshot
Recorded Trade
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Detroit Lions and New Orleans Saints
Even Trade Tier: standard
Confidence: high
New Orleans acquired linebacker Adrian Young from Detroit on April 9, 1973, for the Saints’ 1974 sixth-round pick, No. 139, later used on Willie Burden. Young was released before the season and never played a regular-season game for New Orleans. Burden also never appeared in an NFL regular-season game for Detroit. Neither side turned the trade into meaningful NFL value.
