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2012 NFL Draft Compensatory Picks: 49ers Likely To Receive None
The NFL usually announces compensatory draft picks in March, but it is not too difficult to at least figure out whether the 49ers will receive compensation picks in the meantime. A team is eligible for compensatory draft picks when it loses "more or better free agents than it acquires in the...
Saints Receive 7th Round Compensatory Draft Pick
The New Orleans Saints are the proud owner of the 242nd overall draft pick in the 2011 NFL Draft thanks to the rules of compensatory draft selections. Because Scott Fujita was more valuable to the Cleveland Browns - based upon salary and performance - than Jimmy Wilkerson was to the Saints here in...
NFL Awards Compensatory Draft Picks; Vikings Given Two More Selections
The National Football League released their list of compensatory selections for the 2011 NFL Draft, and the Minnesota Vikings have been awarded two more selection for this year's annual selection meeting. Minnesota has been given an extra sixth round selection, which will end up being the 200th...
Bengals will receive four compensatory draft picks
As if upswing fun-time momentum of cool draft talk weren't totally awesome enough, the Bengals received more good news. Geoff Hobson writes that the Bengals will receive the maximum four compensatory draft picks come late April. A third-round pick (98th overall) A sixth-round pick (209th...
Bengals could have at least one third-round compensatory pick
When Eric Steinbach left for the Cleveland Browns after the 2006 season, the Bengals received a third-round compensatory draft pick -- it was the highest compensatory pick since Takeo Spikes left (which the Bengals used for drafting Landon Johnson). As a result of Steinbach's departure, the Bengals...
Tracking the Cowboys Draft Picks
The Cowboys paid a high price for WR Roy Williams last month, surrendering a first, a third and a sixth-round pick for him. That said, Dallas had additional picks in the 3rd, 4th and 6th rounds, due to two '08 draft-day deals and Jason Ferguson's trade to Miami. The Cowboys therefore have...
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