11-03-2020, 09:17 PM
The best resource out there for understanding comp picks is definitely overthecap.com. They're usually reasonably accurate, though they may get some picks in the wrong round.
Here's their projection for the 2021 draft: https://overthecap.com/draft/
I've been following their site for a few years, and since there are only 32 total comp picks given out (basically a round 8), and they start with the biggest deals and go down from there, we likely don't receive anything if he signs a deal for less than about 3 million per year. And unless he has a big second half I doubt anybody gives him that.
That's why I don't think this was about the comp pick. If there were offers, the Bengals must've figured they were less of an asset than having a fast WR who knows the offense for the second half of the year. Meaning, what if AJ goes down again, and we activate Ross? And what if he has a big game (like he did against Seattle) that nets another win? That's not an impossible scenario, and I guess worth more to them than whatever conditional pick teams were offering.
Here's their projection for the 2021 draft: https://overthecap.com/draft/
I've been following their site for a few years, and since there are only 32 total comp picks given out (basically a round 8), and they start with the biggest deals and go down from there, we likely don't receive anything if he signs a deal for less than about 3 million per year. And unless he has a big second half I doubt anybody gives him that.
That's why I don't think this was about the comp pick. If there were offers, the Bengals must've figured they were less of an asset than having a fast WR who knows the offense for the second half of the year. Meaning, what if AJ goes down again, and we activate Ross? And what if he has a big game (like he did against Seattle) that nets another win? That's not an impossible scenario, and I guess worth more to them than whatever conditional pick teams were offering.
