Comp picks dictating FA approach

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(03-16-2017, 11:12 AM)jj22 Wrote: Comp picks dictating free agent approach, but watch somehow Cle,Bal,Pit,NE get 3rd round comp picks again (like they did this draft) given the amount of money they spend and people they sign in free agency. Something isn't right.

As I understand it...the NFL doesn't disclose the Comp pick formula. So the amount of money spent may just be one of many factors in it.

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.


http://overthecap.com/the-basics-and-methodology-of-projecting-the-nfls-compensatory-draft-picks/