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In today's Gainesville Sun there was a story from the Chicago Tribune about the Bears.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/...,2247903.column
Piling up the picks
Bears may recoup losses with bonus draft choices
As it stands today, the Bears have eight picks in the upcoming NFL draft, but if everything goes right they could end up with a dozen.
The formula by which compensatory picks are awarded is a closely guarded secret. Even NFL teams don't know it. But they do know the picks are determined by the value of the contracts the players they lose sign and their performances in the subsequent season.
Lest anyone think those compensatory picks are meaningless, consider this: there has been a direct correlation to compensatory picks and winning over the last decade.
The compensatory pick system rewards the teams that draft well and do not look for the quick fix.
A team selects a player who becomes a starter. They lose him as a free agent and he gets a lucrative contract, so they are rewarded with a compensatory pick that can be as high as a third-rounder. Then they have a chance to draft a player of commensurate abilities who takes up less space under the salary cap.
Even though comp picks can't be traded, they enable teams to take more chances in the draft, and can set up trades with other picks. The more picks a team has, the more flexibility it has on draft day.
So get this Dolphin fans, we draft Rex Hadnot in the 6th round and he became a starter in his rookie season. He has started for three years. He signed a decent contract with another NFL team this year. So I'm thinking this will give us a 3rd or 4th round pick.
Bill Parcells and Jeff Ireland might just know a few things about the NFL that we do not know.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/...,2247903.column
Piling up the picks
Bears may recoup losses with bonus draft choices
As it stands today, the Bears have eight picks in the upcoming NFL draft, but if everything goes right they could end up with a dozen.
The formula by which compensatory picks are awarded is a closely guarded secret. Even NFL teams don't know it. But they do know the picks are determined by the value of the contracts the players they lose sign and their performances in the subsequent season.
Lest anyone think those compensatory picks are meaningless, consider this: there has been a direct correlation to compensatory picks and winning over the last decade.
The compensatory pick system rewards the teams that draft well and do not look for the quick fix.
A team selects a player who becomes a starter. They lose him as a free agent and he gets a lucrative contract, so they are rewarded with a compensatory pick that can be as high as a third-rounder. Then they have a chance to draft a player of commensurate abilities who takes up less space under the salary cap.
Even though comp picks can't be traded, they enable teams to take more chances in the draft, and can set up trades with other picks. The more picks a team has, the more flexibility it has on draft day.
So get this Dolphin fans, we draft Rex Hadnot in the 6th round and he became a starter in his rookie season. He has started for three years. He signed a decent contract with another NFL team this year. So I'm thinking this will give us a 3rd or 4th round pick.
Bill Parcells and Jeff Ireland might just know a few things about the NFL that we do not know.
