No Compensatory picks again? (1 Viewer)

[TribuneUK]

Dredge the forum history, I'd bet we griped about lack of them in 2009/10/11 at least two of those three seasons. We love a recurring theme, after all.

 

[BoNcHiE]

Compensatory picks are a reward for smart teams | ProFootballTalk

Cleveland are apparently geniuses I guess.

 

[St. Geezy]

Saints GM Mickey Loomis values Free Agency over Compensatory Picks

The New Orleans Saints' decision to consistently spend big in free agency has had consequences unrelated to the salary cap.

Each year the NFL awards compensatory draft picks at the ends of rounds three through seven to teams that lose more than they add in free agency the previous year. Some teams receive as many as four extra picks in a given year.

The Saints, meanwhile, didn't receive any of the 32 compensatory picks awarded last Friday, and they've had just three compensatory picks since Mickey Loomis took over as general manager in 2002 and 10 since the NFL began doling them out in 1994.

So, New Orleans' front office knows the value of the compensatory picks, but in the never-ending pursuit of improving the roster, the Saints have chosen to add proven veterans year after year instead of seeking extra draft picks.

"Look, it's just the circumstances of our team," Loomis said in January of the team's lack of compensatory picks. "We like to be aggressive in free agency, and we like to supplement our team. We value free agency. We value it in terms of building our roster, creating depth, as opposed to just going out and signing necessarily one or two guys. That's just the circumstances."

Saints GM Mickey Loomis values free agency over compensatory picks | NOLA.com

 

[2009ring]

That's a good point. I'm not sure he would even qualify for a comp pick...further reinforcing that Saints rarely have a good player that leaves. The last was Nicks and that was years ago.

Malcolm Jenkins

But we signed Byrd so we didn't get anything out of it.

In hindsight we should have just re-signed Malcolm and been done with it.