BettisFan
03-26-2007, 08:01 PM
"The Steelers received two compensatory picks for the 2007 Draft, including a fourth and a fifth round pick. The picks were a result of the team's free agency moves last year, where they signed Ryan Clark, but lost Antwaan Randle El, Chris Hope and Kimo von Oelhoffen.
A total of 32 compensatory choices in the 2007 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 a 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 223 choices in the seven rounds of the 2007 NFL Draft (April 28-29). 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 (Cincinnati) will receive a compensatory pick even though it did not suffer a net loss of compensatory free agents. Under the formula, the compensatory free agents Cincinnati lost were ranked higher than the ones it signed (by a specified point differential based upon salary and performance).
The following 2007 draft picks have been determined by the NFL Management Council:
ROUND CHOICE/
ROUND
OVERALL SELECTION
TEAM
3
33-96
San Diego
3
34-97
San Francisco
3
35-98
Indianapolis
3
36-99
Oakland
4
33-132
Pittsburgh
4
34-133
Atlanta
4
35-134
Baltimore
4
36-135
San Francisco
4
37-136
Indianapolis
4
38-137
Baltimore
5
33-170
Pittsburgh
5
34-171
New England
5
35-172
San Diego
5
36-173
Indianapolis
5
37-174
Baltimore
6
33-207
Baltimore
6
34-208
New England
6
35-209
New England
6
36-210
Seattle
7
33-243
Green Bay
7
34-244
Atlanta
7
35-245
Tampa Bay
7
36-246
Tampa Bay
7
37-247
New England
7
38-248
St. Louis
7
39-249
St. Louis
7
40-250
New York Giants
7
41-251
Jacksonville
7
42-252
Jacksonville
7
43-253
Cincinnati
7
44-254
Oakland
7
45-255
Detroit
Picks 254 and 255 are supplemental compensatory picks (based upon draft-order formula) to fulfill the number of draft choices permitted by agreement with the NFL Players Association in the Collective Bargaining Agreement."
Wow nice this can be good for us:cheers: :cheer:
A total of 32 compensatory choices in the 2007 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 a 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 223 choices in the seven rounds of the 2007 NFL Draft (April 28-29). 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 (Cincinnati) will receive a compensatory pick even though it did not suffer a net loss of compensatory free agents. Under the formula, the compensatory free agents Cincinnati lost were ranked higher than the ones it signed (by a specified point differential based upon salary and performance).
The following 2007 draft picks have been determined by the NFL Management Council:
ROUND CHOICE/
ROUND
OVERALL SELECTION
TEAM
3
33-96
San Diego
3
34-97
San Francisco
3
35-98
Indianapolis
3
36-99
Oakland
4
33-132
Pittsburgh
4
34-133
Atlanta
4
35-134
Baltimore
4
36-135
San Francisco
4
37-136
Indianapolis
4
38-137
Baltimore
5
33-170
Pittsburgh
5
34-171
New England
5
35-172
San Diego
5
36-173
Indianapolis
5
37-174
Baltimore
6
33-207
Baltimore
6
34-208
New England
6
35-209
New England
6
36-210
Seattle
7
33-243
Green Bay
7
34-244
Atlanta
7
35-245
Tampa Bay
7
36-246
Tampa Bay
7
37-247
New England
7
38-248
St. Louis
7
39-249
St. Louis
7
40-250
New York Giants
7
41-251
Jacksonville
7
42-252
Jacksonville
7
43-253
Cincinnati
7
44-254
Oakland
7
45-255
Detroit
Picks 254 and 255 are supplemental compensatory picks (based upon draft-order formula) to fulfill the number of draft choices permitted by agreement with the NFL Players Association in the Collective Bargaining Agreement."
Wow nice this can be good for us:cheers: :cheer: