The 2018 NFL compensation picks have been announced, and 15 teams have gotten them. Find out which teams are drafting where.
On Friday, the NFL announced the compensation picks being handed out for the upcoming 2018 NFL Draft. All told, 15 teams received additional selections, ranging from the third to seventh rounds.
Here’s the complete breakdown:
3rd round
No. 97 – Arizona Cardinals
No. 98 – Houston Texans
No. 99 – Denver Broncos
No. 100 – Cincinnati Bengals
4th round
No. 133 – Green Bay Packers
No. 134 – Arizona Cardinals
No. 135 – New York Giants
No. 136 – New England Patriots
No. 137 – Dallas Cowboys
5th round
No. 170 – Cincinnati Bengals
No. 171 – Dallas Cowboys
No. 172 – Green Bay Packers
No. 173 – Dallas Cowboys
No. 174 – Green Bay Packers
6th round
No. 207 – Green Bay Packers
No. 208 – Dallas Cowboys
No. 209 – Kansas City Chiefs
No. 210 – Oakland Raiders
No. 211 – Houston Texans
No. 212 – Oakland Raiders
No. 213 – Minnesota Vikings
No. 214 – Houston Texans
No. 215 – Baltimore Ravens
No. 216 – Oakland Raiders
No. 217 – Oakland Raiders
No. 218 – Minnesota Vikings
7th round
No. 251 – Los Angeles Chargers
No. 252 – Cincinnati Bengals
No. 253 – Cincinnati Bengals
No. 254 – Arizona Cardinals
No. 255 – Tampa Bay Buccaneers
No. 256 – Atlanta Falcons
Nobody knows the exact system to determine NFL compensation picks outside the league office, but the standard notion is that when a player leaves a team via free agency, the system rewards said team with a pick based on contract and performance of said player.
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The Bengals, Packers, Raiders and Cowboys all ended up with four picks after watching a bevy of high-end talent leave last year. Green Bay, for example, watched as Micah Hyde, Julius Peppers, T.J. Lang and others went elsewhere.
It should also be said that these picks can be traded. Until a few years back, compensation picks were not allowed to be dealt, but that has changed.