No compensatory picks for us

[Ritzarmy]

Once again we get no extra picks. 1994-2015 we have received only 12 picks. That's tied for 3rd worst in the NFL. Ravens #1 with a total of 44 picks.

 

[Sharkinva]

Thats what happens when you build your team through free agency AND draft like shit for a prolonged period of time.

 

[BeaReylo]

Yep. It really shouldn't be a mystery why Wash has struggled all these years.

 

[Darrell Green Fan]

I give up figuring out how the league awards comp picks. But I'm pretty sure there is a reason the Ravens have had so many more than we have. It's called good management vs bad management.

 

[martinez]

seriously though, how does the league pick who gets picks?

 

[Davis_Mike]

It really shouldn't come as much surprise. Teams that consistently draft well & sign very little URFA(s), are likely to receive more compensation picks than the average team. Poor teams that need to sign URFA(s), are likely not to receive compensation picks.

Here is how they are awarded.

As the NFL explains, compensatory picks are awarded to teams that lose more or better compensatory free agents than they acquire. The number of picks a team can receive equals the net loss of compensatory free agents, up to a maximum of four. Compensatory free agents are determined by a secret formula based on salary, playing time and postseason honors. Not every free agent lost or signed is covered by the formula.

Although the formula has never been revealed, by studying the compensatory picks that have been awarded since they began in 1994, I’ve determined that the primary factor in the value of the picks awarded is the average annual value of the contract the player signed with his new team, with an adjustment for playing time and a smaller adjustment for postseason honors.

In order to qualify for the comp equation, a player must have been a true Unrestricted Free Agent whose contract had expired or was voided after the previous season (i.e., he cannot have been released by his old team); he must sign during the UFA signing period (which ended July 27 last year); if he signs after June 1, he must have been tendered a June 1 qualifying offer by his old team; his compensatory value or contract value must be above a specific minimum amount; and he cannot have been permanently released by his new team before a certain point in the season (which seems to be after Week 10) or, possibly, before getting a certain amount of playing time, unless he was claimed off waivers by another team.

 

[skinsdad62]

well we did get some under shanny but he wasted most of them