FA Guard Dillon Radunz visited the Saints [Saints sign Dillon Radunz to 1 year deal]

I would hope he falls in the lower tier and is not considered. However, it is technically not just the top 32 salaries as if a team signs more players than it loses (that qualify as CFA), they do not get a comp pick regardless of how large the salaries are.

This is not accurate. Only compensatory free agents count towards the compensatory pick formula.

Here’s an example of a team that’s lost seven total free agents, gained six, yet they have three comp picks currently.

Non-compensatory free agents have no bearing.

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