Compensatory Picks

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(09-02-2017, 03:38 PM)Pat5775 Wrote: Pitiful.

Why do our drafts get so much praise again?

To me, this is looking at a hot girl and complaining about a pimple on her butt cheek.  No one is perfect, and this draft looks amazing and they have drafted very well, overall, for some time now.  

The people complaining about letting good veterans go for comp picks that were backups don't understand that those picks were never going to replace those players directly, but they did afford the opportunity to get more nute-and-bolts key pieces for this team.  When you "build through the draft", you are able to sign your key core players to long-term contracts (AJ, Andy, Eifert, Gio, Atkins, Dunlap, Burfict, Williams, Iloka, Dre, etc) because you aren't overpaying for FA also-rans to take the place of later round draft picks.  

Sure, that list of compensatory picks is a who's-who of guys that were not very impactful, but by merely having those extra selections, it allowed the Bengals to have more opportunities to hit on guys in the later rounds and with their original seven picks.  Look at recent history of guys like Iloka (5th), TJ Johnson(7th), James Wright (7th), Uzomah (5th), Derron Smith(6th), Westerman(5th), Core(6th) Fejedelem(7th), and this year's Jordan Evans(6th).  I think you would all agree that these guys are in some way vital pieces to this team.  

Maybe some of the current cuts also find their way on to the practice squad.  The current crop also stepped up their game because they were drafted as well.