New York traded running back Leon McQuay to New England on…

The August 21, 1975 transaction is unusually well documented for a lower-profile trade of its era. New England's own historical media guide says the Patriots sent their 1976 sixth-round choice to the New York Giants for running back Leon McQuay. Pro Sports Transactions independently maps that exact draft asset to selection No. 162 in 1976 and identifies the player chosen by New York as linebacker Dan Lloyd. That evidence lets TradeVerdicts remove the two generic undisclosed-consideration placeholders that had been carried forward in the legacy row. The documented exchange was McQuay for one sixth-round pick. New England received limited short-term value from McQuay. NFL career statistics show him playing 13 games for the Patriots in 1975, rushing 33 times for 47 yards and catching four passes for 27 yards. He also handled 15 kickoff returns for 252 yards. McQuay had been more productive with the Giants the previous year, but his Patriots season did not develop into a longer stay; 1975 was his only regular-season season with New England. New York's realized return lasted substantially longer. The Giants used the acquired No. 162 pick on Dan Lloyd in the 1976 draft. Pro Football Reference records Lloyd appearing in 57 regular-season games for New York across four seasons from 1976 through 1979. He was not a star-level sixth-round steal, but he provided the club with four years of roster value from an asset obtained for a running back the Giants were willing to move. That longevity creates a clearer hindsight edge than the old C+/C treatment suggested. The Patriots got one modest season of offensive and return production; the Giants converted the trade into a defender who remained on the roster for four seasons and appeared in dozens of games. TradeVerdicts therefore keeps the New York Giants Win verdict and modestly widens the grade gap to B- for New York and C- for New England. The grades remain restrained because Lloyd's role was primarily depth rather than high-impact starting production, and McQuay did contribute in 13 games. Confidence is high because the official Patriots ledger, the draft-pick transaction record, and both players' career histories align on the transaction and its realized outcomes.