we should max on compensation picks next year!!!

[RHoffman]

Joey Porter or not...the number of players that we have jettisoned and are now signing with other teams should give us at least a few decent extra picks next year in a draft that looks to be special...

McIntosh - Chiefs
Morris -Patriots
McMichael - Rams
Carter - Bucs
Minor - Rams
Barnes - Jets
James - will likely sign somewhere
Spragan - will likely sign somewhere
Bowens - will likely sign somewhere
Harrington - will sign somewhere
Mare - will sign somewhere...
Who knows with McKinney, Anderson or Jacox..etc.

Now, I don't know how high all our picks will be...but I could see a 4th, couple 5ths and and extra 7th.

 

[finfan54]

Hate to burst your bubble. We cut alot of these guys. And we are just getting started in FA. I dont see us getting anything accept maybe pick # 300-somethin.

 

[SCall13]

If they were released, we get no compensation

 

[RHoffman]

some of the guys were released...but we did have 15 unrestricted FA's

we won't sign nearly that many...also is there is a difference between releasing the players and waiving them so that they become UFAs?

 

[fairbanksb]

UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENT (UFA): A player whose contract has expired and has four or more tenured years in the league. He may sign with any other team with no restrictions. If a team loses more UFAs than it signs, they will be awarded "Compensatory Draft Picks" from the league. The value of the pick is determined by the difference of the contracts signed by the players lost and those acquired. If a team has signed an equal number or more UFAs than it has lost, no "Compensatory Picks" will be awarded.