NFL ANNOUNCES 32 COMPENSATORY DRAFT CHOICES TO 19 CLUBS

 

 

A total of 32 compensatory choices in the 2010 NFL Draft have been awarded to 19 teams, the NFL announced today.

 

Under terms of the NFL Collective Bargaining Agreement, a team losing more or better compensatory free agents than it acquires in the previous year is eligible to receive compensatory draft picks.

 

The number of picks a team receives equals the net loss of compensatory free agents up to a maximum of four. The 32 compensatory choices announced today will supplement the 223 choices in the seven rounds of the 2010 NFL Draft (April 22-24). This year, the compensatory picks will be positioned within the third through seventh rounds based on the value of the compensatory free agents lost.

 

Compensatory free agents are determined by a formula based on salary, playing time and postseason honors. The formula was developed by the NFL Management Council. Not every free agent lost or signed by a club is covered by this formula.

 

Three clubs this year (Oakland, Miami and Tampa Bay) will each receive a compensatory pick even though they did not suffer a net loss of compensatory free agents last year. Under the formula, the compensatory free agents lost by these clubs were ranked higher than the ones they signed (by a specified point differential based upon salary and performance).

 

Thirty compensatory picks were awarded to clubs based upon the compensatory pick formula. By rule, two additional choices were awarded at the end of the seventh round to bring the total number of compensatory selections to 32, equaling the number of NFL clubs. The two additional picks were awarded to St. Louis and Detroit based upon the 2010 draft selection order.

 

The following 2010 draft picks have been determined by the NFL Management Council:

 

ROUND CHOICE/ ROUND OVERALL SELECTION TEAM

 

3 33-96 Cincinnati

 

3 34-97 Tennessee

 

3 35-98 Atlanta

 

4 33-131 Cincinnati

 

5 33-164 Pittsburgh

 

5 34-165 Atlanta

 

5 35-166 Pittsburgh

 

5 36-167 Minnesota

 

5 37-168 San Diego

 

5 38-169 Green Bay

 

6 33-202 Carolina

 

6 34-203 Jacksonville

 

6 35-204 Carolina

 

6 36-205 New England

 

6 37-206 San Francisco

 

6 38-207 Tennessee

 

7 33-240 Indianapolis

 

7 34-241 Tennessee

 

7 35-242 Pittsburgh

 

7 36-243 Philadelphia

 

7 37-244 Philadelphia

 

7 38-245 Seattle

 

7 39-246 Indianapolis

 

7 40-247 New England

 

7 41-248 New England

 

7 42-249 Carolina

 

7 43-250 New England

 

7 44-251 Oakland

 

7 45-252 Miami

 

7 46-253 Tampa Bay

 

7 47-254 St. Louis

 

7 48-255 Detroit

 

Following are the compensatory free agents lost and signed last year by the clubs that will receive compensatory picks in the 2010 NFL Draft:

 

ATLANTA Lost: Michael Boley, Keith Brooking, Domonique Foxworth, Grady Jackson

 

Signed: Mike Peterson, Brett Romberg

 

 

CAROLINA Lost: Geoff Hangartner, Mark Jones, Frank Omiyale

 

 

CINCINNATI Lost: Stacy Andrews, Ryan Fitzpatrick, T.J. Houshmandzadeh

 

Signed: J.T. O’Sullivan

 

 

GREEN BAY Lost: Colin Cole

 

 

INDIANAPOLIS Lost: Darrell Reid, Hunter Smith

 

 

JACKSONVILLE Lost: Khalif Barnes, Mike Peterson, Gerald Sensabaugh

 

Signed: Sean Considine, Tra Thomas

 

 

MIAMI Lost: Andre’ Goodman, Renaldo Hill

 

Signed: Joe Berger, Jake Grove

 

 

MINNESOTA Lost: Matt Birk, Darren Sharper

 

Signed: Karl Paymah

 

 

NEW ENGLAND Lost: Heath Evans, Jabar Gaffney, Larry Izzo, LaMont Jordan, Lonie Paxton

 

Signed: Brandon McGowan

 

 

OAKLAND Lost: Jake Grove

 

Signed: Khalif Barnes

 

 

PHILADELPHIA Lost: Correll Buckhalter, Sean Considine, Brian Dawkins, L.J. Smith,

 

Tra Thomas

 

Signed: Stacy Andrews, Sean Jones, Leonard Weaver

 

 

PITTSBURGH Lost: Byron Leftwich, Bryant McFadden, Nate Washington

 

 

SAN DIEGO Lost: Mike Goff, Igor Olshansky

 

Signed: Kevin Burnett

 

 

SAN FRANCISCO Lost: Ronald Fields, Bryant Johnson, J.T. O’Sullivan, Donald Strickland

 

Signed: Demetric Evans, Brandon Jones, Moran Norris

 

 

SEATTLE Lost: Rocky Bernard, Maurice Morris, Leonard Weaver, Floyd Womack

 

Signed: Colin Cole, T.J. Houshmandzadeh, John Owens

 

 

TAMPA BAY Lost: Phillip Buchanon, Jovan Haye

 

Signed: Byron Leftwich, Derrick Ward

 

 

TENNESSEE Lost: Chris Carr, Albert Haynesworth, Brandon Jones, Eric King, Daniel Loper, Chris Simms

 

Signed: Jovan Haye, Mark Jones, Nate Washington

 

TOTAL 2010 NFL COMPENSATORY DRAFT PICKS

 

 

New England 4

 

Carolina 3

 

Pittsburgh 3

 

Tennessee 3

 

Atlanta 2

 

Cincinnati 2

 

Indianapolis 2

 

Philadelphia 2

 

Detroit 1

 

Green Bay 1

 

Jacksonville 1

 

Miami 1

 

Minnesota 1

 

Oakland 1

 

St. Louis 1

 

San Diego 1

 

Seattle 1

 

San Francisco 1

 

Tampa Bay 1

 

TOTAL 32

 

NFL CLUB SUMMARY OF COMPENSATORY DRAFT PICKS, 1994-2010 *

 

Arizona 15

 

Atlanta 10

 

Baltimore 29

 

Buffalo 24

 

Carolina 10

 

Chicago 17

 

Cincinnati 17

 

Cleveland 1

 

Dallas 28

 

Denver 8

 

Detroit 15

 

Green Bay 25

 

Houston 3

 

Indianapolis 16

 

Jacksonville 19

 

Kansas City 12

 

Miami 14

 

Minnesota 13

 

New England 26

 

New Orleans 9

 

NY Giants 18

 

NY Jets 5

 

Oakland 12

 

Philadelphia 27

 

Pittsburgh 22

 

St. Louis ** 26

 

San Diego 15

 

San Francisco 17

 

Seattle 17

 

Tampa Bay 17

 

Tennessee *** 25

 

Washington 11

 

TOTAL 523

 

* 1994 was the first year that compensatory draft choices were awarded; ** St. Louis picks include those awarded to Los Angeles Rams: *** Tennessee picks include those awarded to Houston Oilers.

Rodney Dangerfield once said “A girl phoned me the other day and said… Come on over, there’s nobody home. I went over. Nobody was home.” The poor man got no respect. Are the Saints the Rodney Dangerfield’s of the NFL? Why are they getting no respect after starting the year 13-0?

Rodney Dangerfield: I get no respect. The way my luck is running, if I was a politician I would be honest. (Not in N’Awlins Podna)

In 2006 the Saints went to the NFC championship game. Drew Brees led the league in passing yardage and the team led the league in yards per game. All of the pundits jumped on the bandwagon and were picking the Saints to represent the NFC in the Superbowl the following two years. But all the Saints could muster was a 7-9 record in 2007 and an 8-8 record in 2008.

Rodney Dangerfield: I told my psychiatrist that everyone hates me. He said I was being ridiculous – everyone hasn’t met me yet.

Maybe that is what is going on with the Saints. Maybe everyone hasn’t met the 2009 Saints. Although I can not fathom why this would be the case. The Saints have played in multiple primetime games this year. And all they did throughout the season was score 35 or more points on multiple opponents and led the league in scoring (31.9 points per game) and yards per game (403.8).

Rodney Dangerfield: My psychiatrist told me I was crazy and I said I want a second opinion. He said okay, you’re ugly too.

Maybe the national media and the odds makers need to take a second look at this years team. Have they overlooked some key pieces of the 2009 team? Have they not seen that we have a very aggresive defense? A bunch of ball hawks that can pick off an errant pass or strip a ball from an unsuspecting running back. I mean come on, even our offenseive players know how to strip a ball and take it back for a touchdown (Robert Meachem bring back any memories).

Rodney Dangerfield: This morning when I put on my underwear I could hear the fruit-of-the-loom guys laughing at me.

Don’t worry Rodney. Come Superbowl Sunday nobody is going to be laughing at you or the New Orleans Saints anymore. You will get your respect and so will we. Who Dat!

Not necessarily. Statistics show that since the 1970 merger of the NFL and the AFL there have been 20 instances of a team from the opposite conference winning the Superbowl as opposed to the conference team that won the Pro Bowl in the same year. There have been 19 instances of a team from the same conference as the Pro Bowl winner , winning the Superbowl in the same year. This makes it almost dead even. Since 2000 there have been only 4 times that a team from from the opposite conference as the Pro Bowl winner, has gone on to win the Superbowl.