Every year the NFL awards 32 additional draft picks to teams based on a complicated (and secret) formula that takes into account net free agent losses versus free agent acquisitions.
Some teams -- such as the Ravens, Bengals and Patriots -- appear to have figured out the system and know how to work it. Each year these teams always seem to have multiple compensatory picks. One trick, for example, is to identify those free agents whom would not count as a free agent acquisition against the Compensatory Pick calculation if picked up -- a player who had been cut by his prior team, fr example.
One note of interest is that the compensatory picks this year are top-heavy, meaning many are 3rd rounders as opposed to bottom-heavy (more 7th rounders) as we have seen in the past.
Note also that this will be the first year that teams allowed to TRADE compensatory picks. It will be VERY interesting to see what impact this will have on the 2017 drat.
The layout below is: Round Pick-Overall Pick Team.
Round 3
- 33-97 Miami
- 34-98 Carolina
- 35-99 Baltimore
- 36-100 Los Angeles Rams
- 37-101 Denver
- 38-102 Seattle
- 39-103 Cleveland
- 40-104 Kansas City
- 41-105 Pittsburgh
- 42-106 Seattle
- 43-107 New York Jets
Round 4
- 32-138 Cincinnati
- 33-139 Cleveland
- 35-141* Los Angeles Rams
- 36-142 Cleveland
- 37-143 San Francisco
- 38-144 Indianapolis
Round 5
- 33-178 Cincinnati
- 34-179 Denver
- 35-180 Miami
- 36-181 Arizona
- 37-182 Kansas City
- 38-183 Cleveland
- 39-184 Green Bay
- 40-185 New England
- 41-186 Miami
Round 6
- 33-218 Kansas City
- 34-219 Cincinnati
- 35-220 Kansas City
Round 7
- 33-253 Cincinnati
- 34-254 Denver
- 35-255 Denver