NFL fans are often heartbroken when their players leave in free agency. Unlike most other sports, the NFL rewards team with a draft pick compensation to teams that are unable to retain their pending free agents. The NFL has announced which teams will receive draft picks for losing free agents from the 2016 offseason.
NFL awarded compensatory draft picks early this year. Here's the full list of extra picks for teams: pic.twitter.com/0SAAd7qet2
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) February 24, 2017
The hilarious part of this offseason might be that the Broncos received a 3rd round pick for losing Brock Osweiler. My esteemed colleague recently put together a list of potential free agent busts for this upcoming offseason. It’s normally smart business to just let your mediocre free agents walk replacing them with draft picks. Below is the official formula for computing the comp picks via NFL.com.
ARIZONA
Lost: Rashad Johnson; Ted Larsen; Bobby Massie; Bradley Sowell; Sean Weatherspoon; Corey White
Gained: Tyvon Branch; Evan Mathis
BALTIMORE
Lost: Kelechi Osemele; Matt Schaub; Courtney Upshaw
Gained: Benjamin Watson; Eric Weddle
CAROLINA
Lost: Josh Norman; Brad Nortman
Gained: Gino Gradkowski
CINCINNATI
Lost: Marvin Jones; Emmanuel Lamur; Reggie Nelson; Mohamed Sanu; Andre Smith
CLEVELAND
Lost: Johnson Bademosi; Travis Benjamin; Tashaun Gipson; Alex Mack; Craig Robertson; Mitchell Schwartz
Gained: Demario Davis
DENVER
Lost: David Bruton; Vernon Davis; Ryan Harris; Malik Jackson; Evan Mathis; Brock Osweiler; Danny Trevathan
Gained: Jared Crick; Russell Okung; Donald Stephenson
GREEN BAY
Lost: Casey Hayward; Scott Tolzien
INDIANAPOLIS
Lost: Coby Fleener; Jerrell Freeman; Dwight Lowery
Gained: Patrick Robinson; Scott Tolzien
KANSAS CITY
Lost: Jeff Allen; Tyvon Branch; Chase Daniel; Sean Smith; Donald Stephenson
Gained: Mitchell Schwartz
LOS ANGELES RAMS
Lost: Nick Fairley; Janoris Jenkins; Rodney McLeod
MIAMI
Lost: Rishard Matthews; Lamar Miller; Derrick Shelby; Kelvin Sheppard; Olivier Vernon
Gained: Isa Abdul-Quddus; Andre Branch
NEW ENGLAND
Lost: Akiem Hicks; Tavon Wilson
Gained: Shea McClellin
NEW YORK JETS
Lost: Demario Davis; Damon Harrison; Chris Ivory
Gained: Matt Forte; Steve McLendon
PITTSBURGH
Lost: Kelvin Beachum; Antwon Blake; Will Johnson; Steve McLendon; Sean Spence
Gained: Ladarius Green; Ryan Harris
SAN FRANCISCO
Lost: Alex Boone
SEATTLE
Lost: Bruce Irvin; Brandon Mebane; Russell Okung; J.R. Sweezy
Gained: Bradley Sowell; J’Marcus Webb
