The NFL has awarded compensatory draft picks for teams in the 2022 draft. These picks are awarded to the teams that suffered the most significant free agent losses during the 2021 offseason.
This year, the NFL awarded 39 comp picks. The comp pick formula assigns picks to franchises who suffered the largest net losses, so teams that signed multiple free agents have a lesser chance of receiving picks.
This year’s formula also includes the changes made last year, when teams began receiving third-round comp picks due to the hiring of minority head coaches and general managers. Seven such picks were awarded this year. The 49ers landed two additional third-rounders this year, obtaining the extra selections for the Jets’ 2021 Robert Saleh hire and the Dolphins hiring Mike McDaniel this year. Miami’s McDaniel hire will give San Francisco another third-rounder in 2023.
The Chiefs obtained a third-rounder for the Bears’ Ryan Poles GM hire, while the Browns landed a third because of the Vikings’ Kwesi Adofo-Mensah GM hire. The Ravens collected their second third-round for the Texans’ 2021 David Culley hire; Culley has since been fired. The Saints and Rams obtained one apiece after seeing the Falcons and Lions hire minority execs Terry Fontenot and Brad Holmes as GMs in 2021. New Orleans and Detroit also landed thirds because of players given high-value contacts last year (Trey Hendrickson and Kenny Golladay, respectively).
Here is the full list of 2022 compensatory selections:
By round:
Round 3: Lions (No. 97 overall), Saints (98), Browns (99)*, Ravens (100)*, Saints (101)*, 49ers (102)*, Chiefs (103)*, Rams (104)*, 49ers (105)*
Round 4: Steelers (No. 138), Ravens (139), Packers (140), Ravens (141), Rams (142), Titans (143)
Round 5: Cowboys (No. 176), Lions (177), Cowboys (178), Colts (179)
Round 6: Rams (No. 211), Rams (212), Falcons (213), Chargers (214), Cardinals (215), Colts (216), Lions (217), Rams (218), Titans (219), 49ers (220), 49ers (221)
Round 7: Chargers (No. 254), Chargers (255), Cardinals (256), Cardinals (257), Packers (258), Chiefs (259), Chargers (260), Buccaneers (261), 49ers (262)
By team:
San Francisco 49ers (5)
Los Angeles Rams (5)
Los Angeles Chargers (4)
Arizona Cardinals (3)
Baltimore Ravens (3)
Detroit Lions (3)
Dallas Cowboys (2)
Green Bay Packers (2)
Indianapolis Colts (2)
Kansas City Chiefs (2)
New Orleans Saints (2)
Tennessee Titans (2)
Atlanta Falcons (1)
Cleveland Browns (1)
Pittsburgh Steelers (1)
Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1)
* = special compensatory selection
Why are there so many comp picks awarded for coaches in round 3? Giving GB a 4 for Corey Linsley is stupid.
Why give comp picks to a team that a minority coach was hired away from? Give them to the team that actually hired the guy. Baltimore got a pick because Houston hired David Culley? Makes no sense!
So JLin, teams hiring minorities just because they’re minorities to get a pick is not the goal of this process. That would NOT make sense. Think about J
Is Mike McDaniel a minority? SF got a 3rd round comp pick for him.
half black / half white
should that hurt the pick value?
Sorry I’m new to woke equality…
And it would appear even newer to comedy.
Only a 5. He’s only half do the math
“These picks are awarded to the teams that suffered the most significant free agent losses during the 2021 offseason”.
If a team believed a player had value they wouldn’t allow him to become a free agent so this is no loss to them.
Comp picks to the team losing the minority coaching/exec candidate is a poor execution of trying to incentivize more minority hires.
There will be situations where a team doesn’t want to make a hire to a qualified candidate because they don’t want to let “team x” get a comp pick.
If you think that’s far fetched, take a look at how the Rooney rule has worked over the last several years.
So the team who hires the minority coach or GM doesn’t get any comp pick? I understand that they’re rewarding teams who developed them to be hired, but if you’re going to do that you’d think they’d give a comp pick to the team that made the hire.
It would be best to just scrap the entire comp pick system. With regards to the minority issue it merely creates a situation that invites a lot of collusion which will result in a revolving door for these coaches.
How bout hiring the best candidate whether it be yellow, red, black, white, or blue.