Bills get compensatory 7th round pick

[Bangarang]

We get an additional 7th round pick in this year's draft.

Link: http://www.buffalorumblings.com/2011...-buffalo-bills

[YardRat]

Re: Bills get compensatory 7th round pick

Pretty sure it has nothing to do with the trade.

[TigerJ]

Re: Bills get compensatory 7th round pick

Really? I'm surprised. I thought compensatory picks were awarded when the value of the free agents you lost exceeds the value of those you signed, not for trades. Does this mean the league thinks the Bills got fleeced in that trade?

[YardRat]

Re: Bills get compensatory 7th round pick

Really? I'm surprised. I thought compensatory picks were awarded when the value of the free agents you lost exceeds the value of those you signed, not for trades. Does this mean the league thinks the Bills got fleeced in that trade?

The Lynch trade was mentioned in the article within the context of their extra 4th round pick, not the seventh.

As far as I know, the league has never awarded comps for trades, only free agent losses.

[bflojohn]

Re: Bills get compensatory 7th round pick

Amazingly, New England didn't recieve any comp picks. I looked it over (the list is on NFL.COM) and, lo and behold, it's true!!

[Bangarang]

Re: Bills get compensatory 7th round pick

Fixed the part about it being from the Lynch trade. Was this from when TO left?

[deathadder]

Re: Bills get compensatory 7th round pick

I bet the pick was for losing Owens in Free Agency. We lost both Owens and Reed last year.

[TigerJ]

Re: Bills get compensatory 7th round pick

The Lynch trade was mentioned in the article within the context of their extra 4th round pick, not the seventh.

As far as I know, the league has never awarded comps for trades, only free agent losses.

You're right, the article never links the comp pick with the Lynch trade. That blows up my post that I thought was kind of funny.

[djjimkelly]

Re: Bills get compensatory 7th round pick

I bet the pick was for losing Owens in Free Agency. We lost both Owens and Reed last year.

its definitely not becuz of reed is he even in the league

[djjimkelly]

Re: Bills get compensatory 7th round pick

http://www.nfl.com/players/search?category=lastName&filter=R&playerType=current

josh reed is not even a current player in the league yet we had him here forever

i know im beating a dead horse but a jauron favorite considered to a turd by the rest of the league

[NOT THE DUDE...]

Re: Bills get compensatory 7th round pick

mario harvey or alex wujciak could be the pick...

[Slim]

Re: Bills get compensatory 7th round pick

Here comes another Jason Peters or Stevie Johnson.

[NOT THE DUDE...]

Re: Bills get compensatory 7th round pick

jah reid, keith williams, lee smith
charlie gantt
mike blanc

[BertSquirtgum]

Re: Bills get compensatory 7th round pick

nothing to do with the trade. we get it just because they traded away a former 1st round pick.

[Jan Reimers]

Re: Bills get compensatory 7th round pick

Normally, teams receive compensatory picks when they lose more free agents than they gain. This year, though, not enough teams - including the Bills - were eligible, and the number of compensatory picks has to equal 32 (the number of teams in the league).

So the Bills and several other teams received an additional 7th round pick to satisfy this requirement.

It has nothing to do with the value of free agents lost or the trading of high round picks.