surprise surprise, we get none, and the Pats get THREE 3d rounders and a 6th. THREE 3d rounders?? are you fning kidding me??

That is highly unlikely for the Patsies to get 3 3rd rounders...it must be 7th rounders.

this is what sun sentitnel reported (though I think he's clearly wrong about it being based on this year, not last year, so maybe take it all with a grain of salt)


UPDATE 4:51 p.m: ESPN is reporting some bad news for Dolphins fans: No compensatory picks for the Dolphins, even with the loss of nickel corner Nate Jones to the Broncos (more than offset by the Karlos Dansby signing).

But the Patriots, of all teams, just picked up THREE more third-rounders and a sixth-rounder as compensation for free-agent losses. That gives them SEVEN picks in the first three rounds. Yes, no worse than SEVEN of the top 102 players taken (depending on where those comp picks are slotted). They also have four of the top 53 picks, according to draftinsider.net.

Yeah we picked up a 7th...YIPPEEEE

boy the sun sentinel was WAY off

Niiice!

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its a complicated formula but I understand why New England got what they got this year losing who they lost

I can't believe we don't any comp picks at all,thats ridiculous.

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> its a complicated formula but I understand why New
> England got what they got this year losing who
> they lost

Who did they lose?

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Matt Cassell

He won them 11 games as a starter

They agreed on their own compensation for Vrable and Cassel...the 34th overall pick last year. Why should they get more if they made the deal?

So that's it?

We also lost two starters to FA (without compensation) who went on to start for another team and got fat contracts.

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There a go. That explains it.

Good find!

explains the reasoning but does not qualify it IMO. None of those players were starters and most were scrubs and ST's players.

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You guys are overly complicating the issue. New England has pictures of whoever runns the compensatory pick show.

New England gets 2-3 picks every year. Somebody is selling hard in the ortganziation to whoever makes the selections.

Nothing about what new England lost last year,,,it is every year.

I'm surprised we even got one, but as noted lost a lot.

Anyone know how comp picks are designated?

number of FA's lost/signed, quality of FA's and the value of the contracts the FA's sign with new team all play a big part.

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I'm not usually a conspiracy guy, but something is definitely fshy about the pats getting all those pics. none of the guys they lost did squat last year except gaffney and they get all those picks?


lost
Heath Evans, played in 6 games, 5 carries

Jabar Gaffney, 54 catches

Larry Izzo, 12 games, 7 tackles

LaMont Jordan, 25 carries, 86 yars

Lonie Paxton, 1 tackle

Signed
Brandon McGowan, 79 tackles, 3 FF

I'd say that McGowan and Gaffney cancel each other out as both had decent years, and the other 3 players they lost are scrubs. For this they get the most comp picks--again??