Green Bay Packers received B.J. Goodson, conditional 2020 7th…
Green Bay Packers received B.J. Goodson, conditional 2020 7th round pick (not conveyed) from New York Giants in the 2019-09-02 trade. Green Bay acquired B.J. Goodson, who played 15 games and started nine for the 2019 Packers. New York Giants's return was conditional 2020 7th round pick (not conveyed). The conditional seventh-round picks on both sides were not conveyed, leaving New York without a realized draft asset from the swap. Those realized outcomes, rather than the labels on the assets alone, drive the hindsight grade.
Green Bay Packers Received
- player B.J. Goodson
- pick conditional 2020 7th round pick (not conveyed)
New York Giants Received
- pick conditional 2020 7th round pick (not conveyed)
Trade Analysis
The Exchange
On 2019-09-02, Green Bay Packers received B.J. Goodson, conditional 2020 7th round pick (not conveyed), while New York Giants received conditional 2020 7th round pick (not conveyed). Hindsight turns on what those assets actually produced for the acquiring clubs, not on the abstract value of a player name or draft slot.
Green Bay Packers Return
Green Bay acquired B.J. Goodson. He played 15 regular-season games for the 2019 Packers, started nine, and recorded 37 combined tackles; he also appeared in both Packers playoff games. That result is the basis for Green Bay Packers's B grade. Production created for another franchise is not credited back to Green Bay Packers, and a pick later moved again is valued through the transaction Green Bay Packers actually made with it. The goal is to isolate the football value that stayed with the acquiring team.
New York Giants Return
The conditional seventh-round picks on both sides were not conveyed, leaving New York without a realized draft asset from the swap. That supports New York Giants'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 New York Giants. 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. Green Bay Packers's result came from B.J. Goodson, conditional 2020 7th round pick (not conveyed); New York Giants's came from conditional 2020 7th round pick (not conveyed). 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 Green Bay Packers B and New York Giants C+, producing Green Bay Packers Win. The key evidence is concrete: Green Bay acquired B.J. Goodson, who played 15 games and started nine for the 2019 Packers. The conditional seventh-round picks on both sides were not conveyed, leaving New York without a realized draft asset. Those results explain the grades without relying on generic trade-value language.