NFL announces compensatory picks

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The Bengals get 4 picks (1 in the 3rd round, 1 in the 6th round and 2 in the 7th round)

NFL announces 32 compensatory picks for 15 teams

A total of 32 compensatory choices in the 2008 NFL Draft have been awarded to 15 teams, the NFL announced.

Under terms of the NFL Collective Bargaining Agreement, a team losing more or better compensatory free agents than it acquires in a 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 220 choices in the seven rounds of the 2008 NFL Draft (April 26-27). 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.

One club this year (St. Louis) will receive a compensatory pick even though it did not suffer a net loss of compensatory free agents. Under the formula, the compensatory free agents St. Louis lost were ranked higher than the ones it signed (by a specified point differential based upon salary and performance).


Source: http://www.nfl.com/draft/story?id=09...o&confirm=true

Team               Round       Pick No. 
Washington           3           96 
Cincinnati           3           97 
Atlanta              3           98 
Baltimore            3           99 
Philadelphia         4           131 
Buffalo              4           132 
Baltimore            4           133 
Tennessee            4           134 
Green Bay            4           135 
San Diego            5           166 
New York Giants      6           199 
Philadelphia         6           200 
Indianapolis         6           201 
Indianapolis         6           202 
Philadelphia         6           203 
Miami                6           204 
Indianapolis         6           205 
Baltimore            6           206 
Cincinnati           6           207 
Baltimore            7           240 
Carolina             7           241 
Washington           7           242 
Chicago              7           243 
Cincinnati           7           244 
Miami                7           245 
Cincinnati           7           246 
Chicago              7           247 
Chicago              7           248 
Washington           7           249 
Carolina             7           250 
Buffalo              7           251 
St. Louis            7           252