Denver Broncos received rights to Kip Corrington from Detroit…
Denver Broncos received rights to Kip Corrington from Detroit Lions in the 1988-05-13 trade. Denver acquired the rights to safety Kip Corrington. Detroit Lions's return was conditional future draft choice (round/selection not identified). Denver's historical transaction record describes the consideration as a conditional undisclosed future draft choice, not a ninth-round pick. Those realized outcomes, rather than the labels on the assets alone, drive the hindsight grade.
Denver Broncos Received
- other rights to Kip Corrington
Detroit Lions Received
- pick conditional future draft choice (round/selection not identified)
Trade Analysis
The Exchange
On 1988-05-13, Denver Broncos received rights to Kip Corrington, while Detroit Lions received conditional future draft choice (round/selection not identified). Hindsight turns on what those assets actually produced for the acquiring clubs, not on the abstract value of a player name or draft slot.
Denver Broncos Return
Denver acquired the rights to safety Kip Corrington. NFL records show Corrington later appeared in 32 regular-season games for Denver in 1989-90, with one start; in 1989 he recorded 24 tackles, six passes defensed and one interception. That result is the basis for Denver Broncos's C grade. Production created for another franchise is not credited back to Denver Broncos, and a pick later moved again is valued through the transaction Denver Broncos actually made with it. The goal is to isolate the football value that stayed with the acquiring team.
Detroit Lions Return
Denver's historical transaction record describes the consideration as a conditional undisclosed future draft choice, not a ninth-round pick. The exact round/selection is not established by the source set. That supports Detroit Lions'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 Detroit Lions. 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. Denver Broncos's result came from rights to Kip Corrington; Detroit Lions's came from conditional future draft choice (round/selection not identified). 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 Denver Broncos C and Detroit Lions C, producing Even Trade. The key evidence is concrete: Denver acquired the rights to safety Kip Corrington. Denver's historical transaction record describes the consideration as a conditional undisclosed future draft choice, not a ninth-round pick. Those results explain the grades without relying on generic trade-value language.