Think they are considering Hernandez lost too?
Compensatory Picks To Be Announced Today - Any Guesses on If We'll Get Any?
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Think they are considering Hernandez lost too?
fininpsl
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No. It's based on the fact that they lost $4.4 million/year more in FA than they gained, and the FA they lost were far more productive than the ones they gained. They didn't sign crap. An OT that started 2 games, a DT that had a dozen tackles, and Danny "I can't stay on the field" Amendola. I HATE the Patriots, but they aren't beating us simply because the NFL wants to rig the game for them. They're actually good at playing the system. Hopefully our FO figures out how to play free agency to actually gain picks in the draft too. If you draft reasonably well it's not that hard. Oh yeah, and don't cut two decent overpaid LB's, only to sign two other overpaid average-to-bad LB's. That move by JI not only cost us on the field (IMHO Dansby and Burnett were better than Wheeler and Ellerbe), but cost us a decent comp pick as well.
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Exactly. The signing of Wheeler and Ellerbe destroyed us in multiple ways including draft picks.
I have always hated that playing time plays a part of the comp process. If it's a true compensatory reward then why give picks to team who sign injury prone players to big contracts.
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There is something seriously wrong with this compensatory pick thing. What's the point in it ? Surely it's to make the league more competitive and level out the playing field. Well it's not working. Because year after year the teams least in need of the picks get them. Do SF really need a 3rd round pick to make them more competitive, Superbowl 2 years ago, NFC championship last year ? Do NE really need another 4th rounder to make them more competitive, they are perennial SB contenders ? Baltimore are in there too, do they really need help, they just won the SB two years ago.
The metrics to judge these picks by may make sense and show that these teams are entitled to their picks. But that's not the point, the point is, it's clearly not working, they need to come up new metrics, based on performance on the field not what on paper they lost and gain, or better still scrap the whole system, if they want more draft picks in the draft, add an 8th round.
The metrics to judge these picks by may make sense and show that these teams are entitled to their picks. But that's not the point, the point is, it's clearly not working, they need to come up new metrics, based on performance on the field not what on paper they lost and gain, or better still scrap the whole system, if they want more draft picks in the draft, add an 8th round.
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For competitive balance they should just scrap the system altogether. By it's very nature the Compensatory system will reward well run teams that draft well, and because of that will always be losing more free agents than they sign. IMHO that's why the NFL/team owners are keeping it. In it's own way it suppresses salaries by further rewarding teams for drafting well and playing younger, and therefore cheaper players.
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The reason we never get compensatory picks is that we never have any players who are good enough to where losing them in FA damages this team competitively. We have brought in acorns and bottom-feeders for so long that losing any free agents doesn't really become any great loss.
That is yet another ireland thing.
That is yet another ireland thing.