Starting today, unrestricted free agents that are signed will not count towards the league’s 2018 compensatory pick formula. Today is the second Tuesday after the draft and, as stipulated by the rules, teams can now sign players without having to worry about hurting their standing in next year’s draft. 
Compensatory picks are given to teams that lose a greater number of compensatory free agents (or, a greater quality of free agents) than they acquire. The complicated formula that dictates how the picks are dispersed is not disclosed to the public, but teams are wary of signing lower impact UFAs while it is in effect. Now that we’re past that point of the offseason, a major barrier has been lifted for veteran free agents like LeGarrette Blount and others.
For a more complete explanation of the compensatory pick formula, we recommend this primer from Over The Cap.
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Sucks for the pats. 18 TD’s would’ve been a decent comp pick.
That’s why he isn’t signed yet…..
Yeah