Oakland acquired Hershell Jacobs, also listed as Herschel…
Oakland acquired Hershell Jacobs, also listed as Herschel Jacobs, while Miami received a draft choice whose exact selection remains unidentified in the record. The surviving outcome material gives Miami the clearer realized value, but the uncertain pick trail does not support attaching a specific downstream player to this summary. Oakland's player return does not show enough durable value to match Miami's side, leaving the Raiders with the weaker result.
Las Vegas Raiders Received
Miami Dolphins Received
- pick draft pick (selection not identified)
Trade Analysis
Why the Trade Happened
Oakland Raiders and Miami Dolphins made this deal during the 1969 football year. Oakland Raiders received Hershell Jacobs / Herschel Jacobs, while Miami Dolphins received draft pick (selection not identified). The exchange fits the roster-building logic of the era, when clubs regularly moved veteran rights and future draft capital to solve immediate needs. The terms are stated exactly at the level carried by the transaction record, without turning uncertain draft links into facts.
What Oakland Raiders Received
Oakland Raiders came away with Hershell Jacobs / Herschel Jacobs. The grade considers whether that return created usable roster value, a meaningful draft opportunity, or a later asset that can be traced with confidence. Miami sent John Roderick to Oakland and received the 1969 fifth-round selection used on kicker Karl Kremser. Kremser handled Miami kicking duties in 1969 and appeared again in 1970, while Roderick played only the 1968 season for Oakland. That gives Miami the clearer realized value from the exchange. Where the downstream path is uncertain, the evaluation stops at the strongest documented point rather than awarding credit for a speculative connection.
What Miami Dolphins Received
Miami Dolphins received draft pick (selection not identified). Its grade is measured by the same standard: practical football value, durability of the return, and any securely traceable later movement. Historical trades from this period can have incomplete paper trails, so the comparison favors documented outcomes over assumptions. That keeps both sides on equal footing and avoids overstating what the surviving evidence can prove.
Final Verdict
The final grades are Oakland Raiders C+ and Miami Dolphins B+. The verdict is Miami Dolphins Win. Miami Dolphins earns the edge because its return produced the clearest identifiable value after the transaction. This is a complete historical judgment of the recorded deal while preserving uncertainty where the old transaction trail does not support a stronger claim.