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Rik Bonness to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers

January 1979 · Oakland Raiders, Tampa Bay Buccaneers

This trade is the root of the Rik Bonness (1979) trade tree — the full chain is traced there.

The trade

Oakland Raiders receives

  • a 1979 sixth-round pick (No. 142, became Ira Matthews)

Tampa Bay Buccaneers receives

  • LB Rik Bonness

Trade context

The Buccaneers acquired linebacker Rik Bonness from the Raiders for a 1979 sixth-round pick (No. 142, Ira Matthews).

Full trade terms

On January 1979, Oakland Raiders sent LB Rik Bonness to Tampa Bay Buccaneers for a 1979 sixth-round pick (No. 142, became Ira Matthews).

What the assets did next

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