Chicago Bears received Preston Powell from San Francisco…
Chicago Bears received Preston Powell from San Francisco 49ers in the 1962-07-01 trade. Chicago acquired Preston Powell, but NFL records show his only regular-season season was with Cleveland in 1961; he did not create a Bears regular-season return. San Francisco 49ers's return was 1963 fifth round pick (#66-Gary Moeller). San Francisco received the fifth-round pick used on Gary Moeller at No. 66. Those realized outcomes, rather than the labels on the assets alone, drive the hindsight grade.
Chicago Bears Received
- player Preston Powell
San Francisco 49ers Received
- pick 1963 fifth round pick (#66-Gary Moeller)
Trade Analysis
The Exchange
On 1962-07-01, Chicago Bears received Preston Powell, while San Francisco 49ers received 1963 fifth round pick (#66-Gary Moeller). Hindsight turns on what those assets actually produced for the acquiring clubs, not on the abstract value of a player name or draft slot.
Chicago Bears Return
Chicago acquired Preston Powell, but NFL records show his only regular-season season was with Cleveland in 1961; he did not create a Bears regular-season return. That result is the basis for Chicago Bears's C grade. Production created for another franchise is not credited back to Chicago Bears, and a pick later moved again is valued through the transaction Chicago Bears actually made with it. The goal is to isolate the football value that stayed with the acquiring team.
San Francisco 49ers Return
San Francisco received the fifth-round pick used on Gary Moeller at No. 66. Moeller did not record an NFL regular-season playing career, so the pick produced no on-field 49ers value. That supports San Francisco 49ers's C grade. A condition that never triggered, a player who never appeared, or a pick sent elsewhere is treated differently from a contributor who actually played for San Francisco 49ers. The grade follows the realized outcome rather than the nominal size of the asset.
Value in Hindsight
The comparison is therefore specific to this exchange. Chicago Bears's result came from Preston Powell; San Francisco 49ers's came from 1963 fifth round pick (#66-Gary Moeller). The chain stops when an asset leaves the club, unless the club received another identifiable asset in that downstream move. That prevents the evaluation from assigning a later player's career to the wrong franchise.
Final Verdict
The supported grades are Chicago Bears C and San Francisco 49ers C, producing Even Trade. The key evidence is concrete: Chicago acquired Preston Powell, but NFL records show his only regular-season season was with Cleveland in 1961; he did not create a Bears regular-season return. San Francisco received the fifth-round pick used on Gary Moeller at No. 66. Those results explain the grades without relying on generic trade-value language.