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Another way we're emulating New England: compensatory picks

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According to Over The Cap, through the way we've approached the offseason -- the McKinney trade, going after released players and lower-cost depth free agents -- we are presently poised to receive two compensatory 5th-round picks next year.

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Compensatory Picks | Over the Cap

Compensatory Picks | Over the Cap
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And before anyone dismisses the value of a 5th-round pick, we've drafted some pretty good players in the 5th round.

Jim Kiick, Charlie Baab, Don Strock, Jeff Uhlenhake, Bryan Cox, Gene Williams, Chris Gray, Norman Hand, Shane Burton, Zach Thomas, Barron Tanner, Arturo Freeman, Donald Lee, Nolan Carroll, Reshad Jones, Caleb Sturgis, Bobby McCain, Jay Ajayi, Davon Godchaux, Andrew Van Ginkel
 
DolfanDaveInMI said:
And before anyone dismisses the value of a 5th-round pick, we've drafted some pretty good players in the 5th round.

Jim Kiick, Charlie Baab, Don Strock, Jeff Uhlenhake, Bryan Cox, Gene Williams, Chris Gray, Norman Hand, Shane Burton, Zach Thomas, Barron Tanner, Arturo Freeman, Donald Lee, Nolan Carroll, Reshad Jones, Caleb Sturgis, Bobby McCain, Jay Ajayi, Davon Godchaux, Andrew Van Ginkel
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What are you defining as a good player? Didnt get cut in training camp?
 
It’s day 2 in FA don’t count your chickens just yet.
 
This is a great strategy in terms of sustainability. Trading for players with 1 & 2 years left on their contracts is good business ESPECIALLY if they can play. They help us on the field and when they negotiate with their next team...which is one reason I want to keep Albert Wilson this year.
 
Martel13 said:
He literally just listed a bunch of good players??
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I think he listed every 5th round pick who actually made the team. Barron Tanner, Nolan Carroll, Donald Lee, Arturo Freeman. I would consider them warm bodies, not good players.
 
And now if the Pats can emulate too many years of Miami's franchise (ie overspending for free agents, losing compensatory picks, getting into cap hell, and blowing draft picks) we will be in business.
 
carroll was mccain before mcaain was mccain, lol
 
And look at how we just addressed the vacancy at center. One-year deal for Matt Skura. Started 39 games for Baltimore before blowing out his knee late in 2019, struggled with snaps in his first year back from the injury, benched late in the season. At worst, we're almost certainly getting him for cheap enough that he won't cancel the picks we're slated to get for Fitzmagic and Godchaux. At best, he looks back to his pre-injury self in his second season post-surgery, as most athletes with ACL injuries do.
 
eMCee85 said:
You included Nolan Carrol? He wasn't that good was he?
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When he left here he signed for starter money somewhere else and also started at the end of his tenure here.

I forgot though, he struggled as a rookie, which automatically makes him a bad player for eternity.
 
Clearly New England didn’t do anything special other than have one of the greatest quarterbacks of all time. I like how we like to try and compare how we are running this business with how they run their’s but last year showed that organization is nothing more than any other organization they just happen to have Tom Brady
 
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