there is a secret formula (seriously) the nfl somehow arrives at a value for players based on perfomance and salary. if a team loses value and doesn't recover it in other players they are awarded picks by the nfl. these aren't taken away from other teams (that happens if you sign away a restricted free agent, you give an appropriate value of draft picks based on the salary you signed him for). these picks begin at the end of round three (if applicable), lets take the baltimore ravens, they lost thomas and he was given a big contract so based on that, and assuming he does well this coming year, they will get a 3rd round pick for that (only guess, could be a 4th, but i bet its a 3rd) this pick is not taken from the pats, it gets created from nothing and is tagged onto the end of the 3rd round, pushing all subsequent picks back 1. usually only a few teams a year are eligable (the others are getting rich from their loss). there is a maximum number of picks that can be created this way but i don't know how many. back to my example, the ravens traded for mcgahee, so he won't count against this process, only players signed as free agents. now if they had signed nate clements that probably would have negated it. so simply put its a compensation for losing more in free agency than you gain.
2007-03-26 15:49:18
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answered by Anonymous
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A team is awarded additional picks when they lose players thru free agency during the previous year, whether or not the players were restricted fa's or unrestricted. Trades have no impact because the team already recieved some kind of compensation for the player. The nfl has a complicated equation based on playing time and perfromance to deterime which round and how many picks a team receives. The picks come straight from the nfl, not other teams. When you watch the draft this year watch how there are more than 32 picks in the 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th rounds. There are only 32 teams, yet more picks, these come straight from the nfl to help teams recover from loseing veteran players thru free agency. The falcons traded schuab for the texans picks not compensatory picks. Compensatory picks cannot be traded by rule in the nfl.
2007-03-27 01:27:50
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answered by pikapp142001 2
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If a team signs a restricted free agent away from another team, they have to supply old team with a compensatory pick based on where the guy was originally drafted.
If a team signs a coach away from a team and gives him a higher title than he had, the new team has to supply the old team with compensatory picks.
It comes from the word 'compensate', which means to pay for something.
In jfenns answer above, Matt Schuab was a restricted free agent, so they worked the deal and had to throw in the compensatory pick based on Matts original draft place coming out of college.
2007-03-26 22:36:34
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answered by royride 2
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Through trades. For example, the Falcons traded Matt Schuab to the Texans for an upgraded first round pick and a compensatory 2nd round pick.
It is bassically compensation for a trade or something else.
2007-03-26 22:32:46
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answered by jmf 5
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Shortage of Players. Say a team looses alot of players to retirement. There you go
2007-03-26 22:32:55
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answered by Preston S 2
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Through trades, retirements, holdouts
2007-03-26 22:34:09
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answered by mister w 3
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