Complex sentence: Dickerson would end his five hugely successful years for the Rams in 1987 by being traded to the Indianapolis Colts for a number of players and draft picks after a bitter contract dispute, shortly after the players' strike that year ended.
Split into simpler sentences: Dickerson would end his five years for the Rams in 1987, by being traded to the Indianapolis Colts for a number of players and draft picks. The trade occured after a bitter contract dispute, shortly after the players' strike that year ended.