Some teams actually have hope this year. Here's the latest change in how the NFL draft will work according to ESPN.com: Quote:
Philadelphia and St. Louis will get four compensatory picks in next months' NFL draft and Carolina, New England and San Francisco will get three each among the 32 extra choices mandated by the league's labor agreement.
A total of 14 teams will get extra selections in the third through seventh rounds, based on the value of the free agents they lost in 2004.
The Titans, who lost defensive linemen Jevon Kearse to Philadelphia and Robaire Smith to Houston, will get the first of the choices, 96th overall at the end of the third round. Denver will get two compensatory choices in that round, 97th and 101st. Seattle, Kansas City and New England also will get third-rounders.
The number of picks a team receives and the rounds they come in are based on a formula that takes into account salary, playing time and postseason honors by players they lost. The maximum any one team can get is four picks.
The Seahawks have lost about five free agents already. Since we aren't getting as well compensated as Philly and St. Louis evidently we're better off without the players we lost. I wonder how the league determines the value of these free agents? And what if they become an All Pro on their new team? Will the team be compensated even more? Just food for thought...
"You kind of get tired giving the other team credit. At some point you've got to look in the mirror and say 'I sucked.'"
Alex Rodriguez, after the NY Yankees were eliminated from the 2006 ALDS by the Detroit Tigers.
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