The NFL Compensatory Picks Are Out

Yesterday, the NFL handed out 32 Compensatory Picks for the 2019 NFL Draft. These picks are awarded to teams that basically lost more or better free agents than they signed the year before. The formula that the league uses to determine these picks has never been released but many outlets have figured it out to such an extent that they can predict the picks with great accuracy. After yesterday's announcement, there's no need to rely on predictions or projections. We know who received what. 15 teams received the 32 picks. Here's the full list of those Compensatory Picks.

ROUND	OVERALL	TEAM

3	96	Washington
	97	New England
	98	L.A. Rams
	99	L.A. Rams
	100	Carolina
	101	New England
	102	Baltimore
4	135	Indianapolis
	136	Dallas
	137	Atlanta
	138	Philadelphia
5	171	N.Y. Giants
	172	Atlanta
	173	Washington
6	205	New England
	206	Washington
	207	Arizona
	208	Philadelphia
	209	Minnesota
	210	Cincinnati
	211	Cincinnati
	212	San Francisco
	213	Cincinnati
	214	Kansas City
7	247	Minnesota
	248	Arizona
	249	Arizona
	250	Minnesota
	251	L.A. Rams
	252	New England
	253	Washington
	254	Arizona

Considering their activity last offseason, it's remarkable that the Los Angeles Rams received two third round picks and three picks overall. They added a lot of big name talent but but they added that talent through trades (Brandin Cooks, Aqib Talib, Marcus Peters) or street free agents (Ndamukong Suh). They dodged the Compensatory Draft formula by not signing unrestricted free agents. They only lost unrestricted free agents (Sammy Watkins and Trumaine Johnson in particular) thus gaining two third round picks this year.

When the Arizona Cardinals released quarterback Sam Bradford before Week 10 last season it wasn't a great deal for Bradford. It wasn't such a great deal for the Minnesota Vikings either. Due to the large salary that the Cardinals had given Bradford the Vikings were in line to receive a third round Compensatory Pick. That pick faded away when the quarterback was released.

The 32 Compensatory Picks broken down by teams:

TEAM	TOTAL

Arizona	4
New England	4
Washington	4
Cincinnati	3
L.A. Rams	3
Minnesota	3
Atlanta	2
Philadelphia	2
Baltimore	1
Carolina	1
Dallas	1
Indianapolis	1
Kansas City	1
N.Y. Giants	1
San Francisco	1

The 2019 NFL Draft is finally set.

With the 3 Compensatory Picks the Vikings now have 8 total draft picks:

• Round 1, Pick #18 (#18 overall)
• Round 2, Pick #18 (#50 overall)
• Round 3, Pick #17 (#81 overall)
• Round 4, Pick #18 (#120 overall)
• Round 6, Pick #18 (#190 overall)
• Round 6, Pick #37 (#209 overall, Compensatory)
• Round 7, Pick #33 (#247 overall, Compensatory)
• Round 7, Pick #36 (#250 overall, Compensatory)