Green Bay acquired veteran center John Schmitt from the Jets…
Green Bay acquired veteran center John Schmitt from the Jets for a future conditional draft choice, but the Packers’ 1975 media guide says the payment was later voided because the trade conditions were not fulfilled. Schmitt still played all 14 games for Green Bay in 1974 and started once. The Jets ultimately received no draft choice, so the corrected package produces a clear Green Bay advantage rather than crediting New York with an unidentified pick.
Green Bay Packers Received
- player John Schmitt
New York Jets Received
- pick future conditional draft choice (payment voided; did not convey)
Trade Analysis
The Exchange
On September 3, 1974, Green Bay acquired veteran center John Schmitt from the New York Jets. The current row labels the Jets’ return as an unidentified draft pick, but the Packers’ 1975 media guide supplies the missing condition: Green Bay owed a future conditional draft choice, and that payment was later voided because the trade conditions were not fulfilled. The structural repair must therefore record a non-conveyed conditional choice rather than imply that New York received usable draft capital.
Green Bay Packers Return
Green Bay acquired veteran center John Schmitt from the Jets for a future conditional draft choice, but the Packers’ 1975 media guide says the payment was later voided because the trade conditions were not fulfilled. Schmitt still played all 14 games for Green Bay in 1974 and started once. The Jets ultimately received no draft choice, so the corrected package produces a clear Green Bay advantage rather than crediting New York with an unidentified pick.
New York Titans/Jets Return
The Jets sent John Schmitt to Green Bay for a future conditional draft choice that never conveyed. Green Bay’s own media guide states that the payment was voided when the trade conditions were not fulfilled. Schmitt then appeared in all 14 Packers games in 1974, including one start. New York therefore received no realized draft value from the conditional consideration, while Green Bay received a full season of veteran center depth.
Value in Hindsight
The corrected provenance changes the logic of the trade. The old row treated both sides as having received assets, even though one side’s conditional consideration disappeared. Green Bay got 14 games from Schmitt; New York got no pick. That is a meaningful separation even if Schmitt started only once.
Final Verdict
Green Bay wins, B- to D. The decisive fact is not speculation about what a future pick might have become. It is the Packers’ own record that the conditional payment was voided, paired with Schmitt’s documented 14-game season in Green Bay.