Billy Newsome (1973-1975) trade tree

On January 29, 1973, Baltimore Colts sent a 1973 fourth-round pick (No. 86, became Jim Merlo) and DE Billy Newsome to New Orleans Saints for a 1973 first-round pick (No. 2, became Bert Jones).

Top-5 pickBlockbuster score: 2,760 · #648 of 3,307 trades

2 trades 9 assets January 29, 1973 first trade Follow: Threads · X · Instagram · TikTok · YouTube

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The No. 2 pick in 1973 became Bert Jones — his later trades.

How the assets moved 1 multi-stop asset chain — assets that moved on through more than one trade in this tree

DE Billy Newsome moved from Indianapolis to New Orleans on January 29, 1973, then to New York on January 28, 1975.

Trades in this tree

January 29, 1973 · First trade

New Orleans acquires Billy Newsome from Indianapolis

Top-5 pick

Indianapolis receives

1973 1st-round pick No. 2 (originally NO) — became Bert Jones

New Orleans receives

1973 4th-round pick No. 86 (originally BAL) — became Jim Merlo
Billy Newsome (DE)

Sources: [1] [2] [3] · Trade page

January 28, 1975 · Chapter 2

New York acquires Billy Newsome from New Orleans

New Orleans receives

1975 1st-round pick No. 12 (originally NYJ) — became Kurt Schumacher

New York receives

Billy Newsome (DE)

Sources: [1] [2] [3] · Trade page