Lyle Alzado
Trade history, asset movement, verdicts, and team impact for Lyle Alzado.
Trade Impact Summary
Lyle Alzado appears in 2 trade records in the TradeVerdicts database.
Related Trades
Denver traded defensive end Lyle Alzado to Cleveland for a package that included the second-round pick used on Rulon Jones, plus two additional selections. Moving a veteran defensive star always carries risk, but Denver converted the deal into younger front-seven talent and multiple draft bites. Rulon Jones became a two-time Pro Bowler, validating the decision in hindsight.
Denver sent kicker Charlie Gogolak to New England for a 1971 fourth-round pick that the Broncos used on defensive end Lyle Alzado. Trading a marginal kicker for a mid-round pick is routine, but this one produced Lyle Alzado — a Pro Bowl pass rusher and franchise icon of the 1970s. One of the best late-round return values in early-franchise history.