Compensatory Picks

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(09-02-2017, 05:44 PM)ElkValleyBengal Wrote: You'd probably be very hard pressed to find an impressive list, regardless of team.

From my count, there's actually been 14 Pro Bowlers that have come out of the compensatory round in the Marvin Lewis era ('03-'16 drafts) or 1 a year averaged out. Granted, that's out of 32 picks a year, or 448 picks. Meaning 3.125% of comp picks in the Marvin Lewis era have been Pro Bowlers, with the Bengals making 23 of those picks and getting 0.


The REALLY sad thing is? Over the time that 14 Pro Bowlers were selected in comp rounds (so end of 3rd round or later) the Bengals have only drafted 11 Pro Bowlers. Sure there's a pick differential of 425 (the 448 minus the Bengals' 23) to 124, but the Bengals 124 includes all their 1st, 2nd, and 3rd round picks, which are statistically significantly more likely to produce (9 of the Bengals 11 Pro Bowlers in the Lewis era came from the 1st and 2nd round). The only two Pro Bowlers the Bengals have drafted after the 2nd round in the Lewis era are Kevin Huber and Geno Atkins.