Seahawks' Three Comp Picks Confirmed
by Doug Farrar on Mar 23, 2009 5:08 PM PDT
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A total of 32 compensatory choices in the 2009 NFL Draft have been awarded to 16 teams, the NFL announced today.
Under terms of the NFL Collective Bargaining Agreement, a team losing more or better compensatory free agents than it acquires in the previous year is eligible to receive compensatory draft picks.
The number of picks a team receives equals the net loss of compensatory free agents up to a maximum of four. The 32 compensatory choices announced today will supplement the 224 choices in the seven rounds of the 2009 NFL Draft (April 25-26). This year, the compensatory picks will be positioned within the third through seventh rounds based on the value of the compensatory free agents lost.
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.
One club this year (Arizona) will receive a compensatory pick even though it did not suffer a net loss of compensatory free agents last year. Under the formula, the compensatory free agents Arizona lost were ranked higher than the ones it signed (by a specified point differential based upon salary and performance).
Thirty compensatory picks were awarded to clubs based upon the compensatory pick formula. By rule, two additional choices were awarded at the end of the seventh round to bring the total number of compensatory selections to 32, equaling the number of NFL clubs. The two additional picks were awarded to Detroit and Kansas City based upon the 2009 draft selection order. (Note: St. Louis and Kansas City finished 2008 with identical records. St. Louis chooses second in all odd rounds and Kansas City chooses second in all even rounds. Once compensatory picks have been awarded according to the formula, draft selection order is followed to assign any remaining picks, and for this purpose, the assignment of the pick is made as if it were the eighth round, so Kansas City is awarded the choice.)
The Seahawks get three picks in the seventh round -- 245th, 247th, and 248th overall. Hey, maybe they can draft a couple more kickers and really gum up the roster!
Here's how the formula works for Seattle:
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Lost: |
Kevin Bentley, Josh Brown, Chuck Darby, D.J. Hackett, Niko Koutouvides, Ellis Wyms |
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Signed: |
Keary Colbert (acquired via trade from Denver), T.J. Duckett, Julius Jones |
Colbert was sort of lost and signed at the same time, but there you go.
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Meh.
Next year’s haul should be better.
"Part, fools!
Put up your swords. You know not what you do."
Next year
is tough to project because they assign picks not only based on numbers of players lost but also the size of the contracts signed. We have lost Mo Morris, Pork Chop Womack, Howard Green, Rocky Bernard, Bobby Engram, and Leonard Weaver. However, we’ve added Colin Cole and TJ. I’m not sure how these will all balance out considering contract size.
Three kickers on the active roster?
sounds like a plan! We could always dump Forsett again and send Julius Jones with him.
Brandon Coutu for KR/RB!
He approves.
"Part, fools!
Put up your swords. You know not what you do."
by Fearless Frog on Mar 23, 2009 6:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, he kind of reminds me of a caveman.
It's great to be a Florida Gator!
by Wayward Llama on Mar 24, 2009 8:23 PM PDT up reply actions
He could conceivably become of the new Geico Cavemen if the NFL thing doesn't work out.
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"Part, fools!
Put up your swords. You know not what you do."
by Fearless Frog on Mar 24, 2009 9:46 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I thought
we could go after another undersized Pac 10 RB, Keegan Herring, and let him duke it out with Forsett. Seriously, though, a punter or healthy long snapper would be nice.
I just don't understand the Colbert thing.
Considering he was a trade. It seems to me the logical thing is to take him out of the equation entirely for both Seattle & Denver – since we worked out compensation on our own.
If it was worth getting worked up about 7th round picks, I’d think the NFL FO went out of their way to screw us again.
It must be McMullen from the Redskins...
and not Colbert. Charging us a pick for a player we traded a mid-round pick for is blatantly fkd-up, and the league would never do that to us. Come on, we all know they love us back at the NFL HQs…
You think that's bad?
The Chargers only got a 4th round pick for the runner-up to the rushing title.
"Part, fools!
Put up your swords. You know not what you do."
by Fearless Frog on Mar 24, 2009 1:11 PM PDT up reply actions
i wonder how many 7 rounders you would need
to trade up into the first round. how many points are 7 rounders worth? 2?
Good.
Let’s get ready to see them draft another long snapper. Although, reports from the Seattle Times were that Tyler Schmitt’s back is doing better and was getting ready for OTA’s. However, I don’t know if that’s just PR talk concerning the health of his back, which in a lot of cases, it is with the Seahawks.
Source: http://blog.seattletimes.nwsource.com/seahawks/2009/03/10/tyler_schmitt_b.html
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