Kansas City traded veteran defensive back Bobby Ply to…
Kansas City traded veteran defensive back Bobby Ply to Buffalo on October 6, 1967 for an undisclosed draft choice. Ply appeared in three games for the Bills before finishing the season with Denver. Because the Chiefs' pick remains unidentified in the evidence reviewed, Kansas City's return should be credited only as undisclosed draft capital, while Buffalo's return can be measured as a short three-game stint.
Buffalo Bills Received
- player Bobby Ply
Kansas City Chiefs Received
- pick draft pick (selection not identified)
Trade Analysis
The Exchange
In October 1967, Kansas City sent veteran defensive back Bobby Ply to Buffalo for an undisclosed draft choice. Contemporary UPI reporting confirms the trade and describes the consideration only as an undisclosed pick.
Buffalo Bills Return
Buffalo acquired an experienced defensive back who had spent the bulk of his AFL career with the Texans/Chiefs. NFL records show Ply appeared in three games for Buffalo in 1967. He then finished the season with Denver, where he appeared in one game. That makes Buffalo's direct return concrete but short-lived: three games of service, not a multiyear contribution.
Kansas City Chiefs Return
Kansas City received draft consideration, but the exact choice is not established in the available sources. The Chiefs therefore receive credit for obtaining an asset without assigning an unsupported round, pick number, or selected player. For an older transaction with incomplete surviving detail, keeping the downstream identity explicitly unresolved is more accurate than inventing precision.
Value in Hindsight
Neither side generated a major football return that can be traced confidently from this transaction. Buffalo got brief veteran depth. Kansas City moved a player who was near the end of his AFL career and received some draft capital in return, but the eventual value of that capital remains unidentified. The surviving evidence supports a modest edge to Kansas City without supporting a large grade gap.
Final Verdict
Kansas City receives C+ and Buffalo receives C. The Chiefs get slight credit for converting a departing veteran into draft consideration, while Buffalo's three-game return was limited. The supported record centers those concrete facts and leaves the unidentified pick unresolved rather than assigning unsupported downstream value.