Cleveland Browns received 1951 fourth round pick (#41-Bob…
Cleveland Browns received 1951 fourth round pick (#41-Bob Smith). Cleveland received Green Bay's 1951 fourth-round choice and used No. 41 on Bob Smith. Smith went on to play 15 NFL games, giving the pick a modest realized player outcome even though he did not become a long-term cornerstone. The Browns therefore converted Boedecker into identifiable draft value and some professional service.
Cleveland Browns Received
- pick 1951 fourth round pick (#41-Bob Smith)
Green Bay Packers Received
- player Bill Boedecker
Trade Analysis
The Exchange
On 1950-08-30, Cleveland Browns and Green Bay Packers completed a trade in which Cleveland Browns received 1951 fourth round pick (#41-Bob Smith), while Green Bay Packers received Bill Boedecker. This review credits only value the acquiring team actually realized and traces later assets only when the downstream connection is supportable.
Cleveland Browns Return
Cleveland received Green Bay's 1951 fourth-round choice and used No. 41 on Bob Smith. Smith went on to play 15 NFL games, giving the pick a modest realized player outcome even though he did not become a long-term cornerstone. The Browns therefore converted Boedecker into identifiable draft value and some professional service.
Green Bay Packers Return
Green Bay received Bill Boedecker, but his Packers stay was brief and he was waived during the 1950 season. The club did not receive a long-term contributor comparable to even the modest value Cleveland extracted from the draft choice. His short tenure limits the Packers' realized return.
Value in Hindsight
Neither side landed a major long-term piece, but Cleveland can trace its return through a named draft choice and a player with an NFL career, while Boedecker's Green Bay stay ended quickly. Unidentified picks, cash amounts, or future consideration remain explicit rather than being converted into a guessed player or value. That keeps the comparison tied to documented outcomes instead of the apparent value of the names at the time of the trade.
Where the surviving record is incomplete, the evaluation stays deliberately conservative: documented games, starts, production, and traceable asset outcomes receive credit, while unsupported assumptions about hidden consideration or later careers do not.
Final Verdict
Cleveland Browns Win. Cleveland Browns earns a C+, while Green Bay Packers earns a D+. The grades reflect the actual post-trade service, production, and traceable downstream value described above.