TradeVerdicts connects Mike Fanning to 3 exact
public NFL transactions involving Green Bay Packers, Indianapolis Colts, Los Angeles Rams, and Detroit Lions.
Every transaction below comes from an explicit player-to-trade
relationship in the TradeVerdicts database. Name-only substring
matching is not used.
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Chronological Timeline
3 Recorded Trades
Oldest to newest
Trade 1 of 3
Green Bay Packers and Indianapolis Colts
Green Bay Packers Win Tier: major
Confidence: high
Baltimore sent Ted Hendricks and a 1975 second-round choice to Green Bay for linebacker Tom MacLeod and the 1975 eighth-round pick that became Mario Cage. Hendricks gave the Packers only one season before leaving for Oakland, but that season was exceptional: he earned first-team All-Pro and Pro Bowl honors. Baltimore's return did not approach that peak value, leaving Green Bay ahead despite the short tenure.
Pick 1975 second round pick (#28) [later traded with 1975 first round pick (#9-Mike Fanning), 1975 third round pick (#61-Geoff Reece), 1976 first round pick (#8-Dennis Lick) and 1976 second round pick (#39-Pat Thomas (S.)) to Los Angeles Rams for John Hadl]
Los Angeles Rams Win Tier: standard
Confidence: high
Green Bay sent first-, second- and third-round choices in 1975 plus first- and second-round choices in 1976 to Los Angeles for 34-year-old quarterback John Hadl. Hadl went 7-12 as a Packers starter across 1974 and 1975 and threw nine touchdowns against 29 interceptions in his 22 Green Bay games. The Rams used or converted the haul into Mike Fanning, Monte Jackson, Geoff Reece, Ron Jessie and Pat Thomas, with Jackson and Thomas becoming Pro Bowl defensive backs. That balance of realized value gives the edge to Los Angeles Rams.
Detroit Lions acquired Mike Fanning; 1983 fifth round pick (#115-Demetrious Johnson) from Los Angeles/St. Louis Rams for 1984 fifth round pick (#133-Hal Stephens); Russ Bolinger. The final grade stays even because neither side created a clear long-term value gap from the recorded return.
