NFL Team-to-Team Trade Archive
TradeVerdicts records 2 trades between Buffalo Bills and Pittsburgh Steelers across 1976–1977. Historical franchise identities are normalized to the current franchises here, while each underlying trade keeps its own sourced date, assets, grades, and verdict.
How This Archive Works
This page includes every public TradeVerdicts record in which both current franchises participate. Multi-team trades remain in the chronology when both clubs are part of the transaction.
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Trade 1
Buffalo acquired wide receiver Bob Gaddis from Pittsburgh on September 6, 1976 for its 1977 tenth-round pick, No. 253. Gaddis appeared in two games for the Bills and contributed one six-yard punt return and one 16-yard kickoff return.
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Buffalo Bills and Pittsburgh Steelers completed this exchange on 1977-09-20. Buffalo Bills received Ron Schock, while Pittsburgh Steelers received Brian Spencer. The historical sources agree on the core package and transaction identity. In hindsight, With the package and date well established, the result comes down to realized production. The returns were modest and reasonably comparable, supporting matching grades. The final grades are C for Buffalo Bills and C for Pittsburgh Steelers, producing a Even Trade verdict.
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