Compensatory picks this year

[mraynrand]

Perhaps I wasn't crazy? Oakland received only a 7th round pick, and the article on nfl.com lists them as having lost only Cornell Green. Nothing for Asomugha. Several sites insisted that they would get compensation for him, but it never really made any sense to me, no matter how it was twisted, turned or analyzed.

yep, you got it right. But that contract is weird. You would think the NFL wouldn't want to have contracts that can be voided if the player plays poorly. OK, now look at that sentence and it doesn't make sense. What I mean is that you don't want a player to be able to scuttle a contract by playing lousy football. It seems like a very strange fine line - if a player has a clause to void a contract based on performance, and he wants out, he can dog it - but that should reduce his value as well as make any future team very nervous. Should be self correcting, no? I don't think Asomugha dogged it, but it still seems strange.

[pbmax]

Perhaps I wasn't crazy? Oakland received only a 7th round pick, and the article on nfl.com lists them as having lost only Cornell Green. Nothing for Asomugha. Several sites insisted that they would get compensation for him, but it never really made any sense to me, no matter how it was twisted, turned or analyzed.

Silverstein Tweets that Oakland got the only 3rd round compensatory pick.

[mraynrand]

Silverstein Tweets that Oakland got the only 3rd round compensatory pick.

I take back the part about "yep, you got it right" Patler.

[pbmax]

https://twitter.com/#!/NFL345/status/184374836859125762

link to PR

http://nfllabor.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/2012-compensatory-draft-picks2.pdf

link to PDF of picks

[mmmdk]

Compensatory Picks Announced: https://twitter.com/#!/packers/statu...51741804945408


2-4ths and 2-7ths and Kuhn would have been another 7th but 4 is the max.

Just as this guy predicted: http://packerrats.com/showthread.php...l=1#post658270

Or this guy: http://www.mockingthedraft.com/2012/...ck-predictions

I just jizzed in my pants!

[Patler]

Silverstein Tweets that Oakland got the only 3rd round compensatory pick.

Yup. I am crazy.

Article I was reading discussed picks awarded this year, but then had a list of 2011 picks awarded, and 2010 FAs lost. For example, they listed only Kampman for the Packers.

I quit!

[pbmax]

	  ROUND CHOICE/
ROUND	OVERALL SELECTION	TEAM
3	33-95			Oakland
4	33-128			Minnesota
	34-129			Oakland
	35-130			Baltimore
	36-131			New York Giants
	37-132			Green Bay
	38-133			Green Bay
	39-134			Minnesota
	40-135			Dallas
5	33-168			Oakland
	34-169			Baltimore
	35-170			Indianapolis
6	33-202			New York Jets
	34-203			New York Jets
	35-204			Cleveland
	36-205			Cleveland
	37-206			Indianapolis
	38-207			Carolina
7	33-240			Pittsburgh
	34-241			Green Bay
	35-242			New York Jets
	36-243			Green Bay
	37-244			New York Jets
	38-245			Cleveland
	39-246			Pittsburgh
	40-247			Cleveland
	41-248			Pittsburgh
	42-249			Atlanta
	43-250			San Diego
	44-251			Buffalo
	45-252			St. Louis
	46-253			Indianapolis

[smuggler]

Minny also got two fourth rounders.

[MadScientist]

With all these picks, TT won't have to trade down to get more picks, we've got what? 11-12 picks now in this draft?

I would rather have another Scott Wells in the 7th!

There are 4 7th round picks, enough to get the next Wells, Driver, Taucher and Flynn. Make it happen Ted.

[Patler]

There are 4 7th round picks, enough to get the next Wells, Driver, Taucher and Flynn. Make it happen Ted.

They really don't need another Matt Flynn. How about another Adam Timmerman instead?
Heck, Ill take a Dave Tollefson or Keith McKenzie!

[HarveyWallbangers]

Oh, I think we very much could use another Matt Flynn. I think I'd take another Flynn over Timmerman right now. I think Lang and Sitton have the OG spots on lock down.

[Patler]

Oh, I think we very much could use another Matt Flynn. I think I'd take another Flynn over Timmerman right now. I think Lang and Sitton have the OG spots on lock down.

Why do they need a guy who sits around for four years, then leaves in free agency?

I am more concerned with depth in the O-line than I am with depth at QB. "Flynn II" isn't going to be much help this year or next anyway, if Rodgers goes down... Its different on the O-line, where a Super Bowl run doesn't have to be torpedoed if a rookie steps in. Lang could always move to RT, Bulaga to LT and "Timmerman II" at LG. Long term, Lang could move to center as Timmerman II moves in seamlessly in 2013 at LG.

Maybe EDS is good enough. I don't know.

[sharpe1027]

Tough call. Being able to win a couple games with a backup QB can make the difference for playoffs; however, the chances of a lineman going down are much greater -- there are five of them.

[pbmax]

Why do they need a guy who sits around for four years, then leaves in free agency?

I am more concerned with depth in the O-line than I am with depth at QB. "Flynn II" isn't going to be much help this year or next anyway, if Rodgers goes down... Its different on the O-line, where a Super Bowl run doesn't have to be torpedoed if a rookie steps in. Lang could always move to RT, Bulaga to LT and "Timmerman II" at LG. Long term, Lang could move to center as Timmerman II moves in seamlessly in 2013 at LG.

Maybe EDS is good enough. I don't know.

Wasn't there another Packer lineman of relatively recent vintage who was thought of as the perfect stop gap backup (you could survive and win with him for a couple of games) but who was considered a non-starter as a starter?

Does that remind anyone of a O lineman the Packers kept around for a while? Its been bugging me since the center discussion about EDS. You might not want to start him, but you don't want to lose him. The Jarret Bush of the O line.

[Bretsky]

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