New York moved up 12 spots in the second round on April 29,…

The transaction occurred on April 29, 2006 during the second round of the NFL draft. New York sent picks No. 56 and No. 87 to Baltimore for pick No. 44 and selected Miami wide receiver Sinorice Moss. Baltimore's official draft history explicitly records that the Ravens obtained No. 56 and No. 87 from the Giants for No. 44, then used those selections on Oklahoma offensive lineman Chris Chester and Northwestern State cornerback David Pittman. The legacy row had the correct asset structure but the wrong January date and did not capture the very different career value produced by the two sides.

Moss never developed into the high-impact receiving option New York was seeking. NFL records credit him with 37 regular-season appearances and only two starts for the Giants from 2006 through 2009. He caught 39 passes for 421 yards and three touchdowns, with his best receiving season coming in 2007 at 21 catches for 225 yards. He also returned 24 kickoffs for 465 yards across his Giants career. Those contributions gave New York some depth and special-teams utility, but the output was light for a second-round trade-up that cost the club an additional third-round pick.

Chester became the central return for Baltimore. Pro Football Reference records him playing 11 games with four starts as a rookie, then 16 games with five starts in 2007, 16 with 11 starts in 2008, 16 with 13 starts in 2009 and 14 starts in 14 games in 2010. That totals 73 regular-season appearances and 47 starts across five Ravens seasons. Chester also made eight postseason appearances with six starts for Baltimore. His later starting work in Washington and Atlanta is not credited to the Ravens here, but the Baltimore portion alone represents a substantial multi-year return from moving down 12 spots.

Pittman added a smaller but real contribution. NFL records show seven games and one start for Baltimore in 2007, with 10 combined tackles, three passes defended and two interceptions. He did not become a long-term starter, so the third-round pick should not be overstated. Still, the Ravens received some defensive production from No. 87 in addition to Chester's five years of offensive-line work.

The hindsight result clearly favors Baltimore. New York received four seasons of limited receiver and return work from Moss, while Baltimore turned the move down into a lineman who started 47 regular-season games for the club plus a defensive back who intercepted two passes in his only active Ravens season. A B+ for Baltimore and D+ for New York reflects the large difference in sustained team value without inflating Pittman's small role or counting Chester's later non-Ravens career.