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What's the deal with these this year? Last year we didn't have many big FA's, but its a different story this year with us having about a third of the team going into FA and its an unlikely scenario we will sign more than half of them back.

Is there a limitation? Does it matter what type of FA (UFA or RFA)? Is it limited to second day picks? Also does cutting players like Joey Harrington affect this?
 
daniel3 said:
What's the deal with these this year? Last year we didn't have many big FA's, but its a different story this year with us having about a third of the team going into FA and its an unlikely scenario we will sign more than half of them back.

Is there a limitation? Does it matter what type of FA (UFA or RFA)? Is it limited to second day picks? Also does cutting players like Joey Harrington affect this?
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we won't get compensation for this years fa till next draft. your jumping the gun.
 
We should get a compensatory pick just because of what happened with Saban...Who got one last year because something horrible happened to their team? I forgot which team it was but someone got an extra pik because of something extraordinary that happened to them...Was it New Orleans? I cant remember
 
dolpns13 said:
We should get a compensatory pick just because of what happened with Saban...Who got one last year because something horrible happened to their team? I forgot which team it was but someone got an extra pik because of something extraordinary that happened to them...Was it New Orleans? I cant remember
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you don't get comp picks for coaches.

The number and position of comp picks is based on a fairly complex formula, but it is essentially: If you lose more free agents than you gain, and/or the ones you lose were better than the ones you gained, then you get comp picks. But, no more than 4 and no higher than the end of the 3rd round.

and it is based on the previous year's free agency, so we wont be compensated for any losses till the 2008 draft.
 
yankeehillbilly said:
you don't get comp picks for coaches.

The number and position of comp picks is based on a fairly complex formula, but it is essentially: If you lose more free agents than you gain, and/or the ones you lose were better than the ones you gained, then you get comp picks. But, no more than 4 and no higher than the end of the 3rd round.

and it is based on the previous year's free agency, so we wont be compensated for any losses till the 2008 draft.
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100% correct...no comp picks....and we will never get them as long as we continue to rely on free agents...the teams with the most comp picks in recent years...(chargers, steelers, patriots, off the top of my head) all have front offices that draft well and will not pay the big money for a "name" guy...thus they always get comp picks...
 
dolpns13 said:
We should get a compensatory pick just because of what happened with Saban...Who got one last year because something horrible happened to their team? I forgot which team it was but someone got an extra pik because of something extraordinary that happened to them...Was it New Orleans? I cant remember
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That would suggest that Saban leaving was a bad thing?
 
daniel3 said:
What's the deal with these this year? Last year we didn't have many big FA's, but its a different story this year with us having about a third of the team going into FA and its an unlikely scenario we will sign more than half of them back.

Is there a limitation? Does it matter what type of FA (UFA or RFA)? Is it limited to second day picks? Also does cutting players like Joey Harrington affect this?
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gotta wait a yr on those!:dolphins:
 
cs2p said:
Are you sure? We did lose Madison last year.
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When a player is a restricted free agent, a team is required to put a tender on him. Teams then offer up contracts of which the players current team has the option to match, or if they forfeit the contract, they are given compensatory selections.

And no, they are not limited to bottom of the 3rd round selections through the 7th round
 
dolpns13 said:
We should get a compensatory pick just because of what happened with Saban...Who got one last year because something horrible happened to their team? I forgot which team it was but someone got an extra pik because of something extraordinary that happened to them...Was it New Orleans? I cant remember
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Are you kidding me? We should give the league a pick because Saban left. He was horrible. We are SOOOO much better off, and I am not even a CC fan.
 
hdjetta6316 said:
100% correct...no comp picks....and we will never get them as long as we continue to rely on free agents...the teams with the most comp picks in recent years...(chargers, steelers, patriots, off the top of my head) all have front offices that draft well and will not pay the big money for a "name" guy...thus they always get comp picks...
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All those teams have reputations as being slightly cheap at times and in SD's and NE case its been more then a few cases. SD until Marty got there with LT they didnt pay anyone big bucks. NE still lets good players go over money and this year it came back to bite them.

Think they win that game if its deion branch not dropping passes instead of reche caldwell? I think they might have.
 
yankeehillbilly said:
you don't get comp picks for coaches.

The number and position of comp picks is based on a fairly complex formula, but it is essentially: If you lose more free agents than you gain, and/or the ones you lose were better than the ones you gained, then you get comp picks. But, no more than 4 and no higher than the end of the 3rd round.

and it is based on the previous year's free agency, so we wont be compensated for any losses till the 2008 draft.
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Yep, and there are other factors such as:
- Salary of players lost compared to players signed. Essentially they base the value of your FA's by the contract total insinuating that a higher salary = better player. This is one reason why some teams do not sign players to backloaded contracts just for the sake of doing so in years that they are losing a lot of players.

Compensatory free agents are determined by a formula based on salary, playing time and postseason honors. The formula was developed by the NFL Management Council. Not every free agent lost or signed by a club is covered by this formula

http://nfl.com/draft/story/9341500
 
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