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2017 NFL Draft Thread (April 27-29)

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This is probably a dumb question. How is there 107 picks to get to the end of round 3? Shouldn't it be 96? 32 teams x 3 rounds..
 
CrimsonForce said:
This is probably a dumb question. How is there 107 picks to get to the end of round 3? Shouldn't it be 96? 32 teams x 3 rounds..
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Compensatory picks.

In addition to the 32 selections in each of the seven rounds, a total of 32 compensatory picks are awarded to teams that have lost more or better compensatory free agents than they signed in the previous year.[59] Teams that gain and lose the same number of players but lose higher-valued players also can be awarded a pick, but only in the seventh round, after the other compensatory picks. Compensatory picks are awarded each year at the NFL annual meeting which is held at the end of March; typically, about three or four weeks before the draft. Compensatory picks may not be traded (however, this will change beginning with the 2017 NFL draft).[60] The placement of the picks is determined by a proprietary formula based on the player's salary, playing time, and postseason honors with his new team, with salary being the primary factor. So, for example, a team that lost a linebacker who signed for $2.5 million per year in free agency might get a sixth-round compensatory pick, while a team that lost a wide receiver who signed for $5 million per year might receive a fourth-round pick. However, the NFL has never revealed the exact formula used to determine allotment of compensatory picks, though observers from outside the NFL have been able to reverse engineer it to some degree of certainty.[61]
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Someone is going to absolutely steal Eddie Jackson. I think he is a pretty underrated player, but I understand the concerns they might have with him.
 
There is a funny story circulating that Foster was on the phone with the Saints when he was drafted by the 49ers. Apparently the Saints, who had the last pick in the 1st round, called to tell him that they were going to pick him. The Seahawks were on the clock - the team ahead of the Saints - and LB was not one of their needs, so the Saints had made up their minds that Foster was their guy.

Then the Seahawks traded their pick to the 49ers, who called Foster to tell him that they had just drafted him while he was still on the phone with the Saints.

He then hung up on the Saints. :biggrin:
 
B1GTide said:
There is a funny story circulating that Foster was on the phone with the Saints when he was drafted by the 49ers. Apparently the Saints, who had the last pick in the 1st round, called to tell him that they were going to pick him. The Seahawks were on the clock - the team ahead of the Saints - and LB was not one of their needs, so the Saints had made up their minds that Foster was their guy.

Then the Seahawks traded their pick to the 49ers, who called Foster to tell him that they had just drafted him while he was still on the phone with the Saints.

He then hung up on the Saints. :biggrin:
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Yep. He told it during his introductory presser this afternoon.


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