In the NFL Draft what does "Compensatory Selection" mean?
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a draft pick that is given to a team to compensate for a free agent loss it is usually given anywhere between the 3rd and 7th round depending on how bad the free agent loss was.
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Yep, he as the guy before me said, Marques Colston was drafted as a Tight End because they said he was too slow for the Wide Receiver position. He came from Hofstra University in New York and has blossomed for the Saints. I don't know why he is only listed as a TE, in my league he is a TE/WR. And I have Yahoo. Too bad I don't have him in my league. Everybody is too dang on smart!!
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Scouts for each team look at college players and the best ones go to the draft. Some may not get chosen though
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Because of the draft system, the worst teams have the rights to the best players.  This is to encourage parity and better competition.  The NFL doesn't want eternal bottom dwellers, so teams like the Cardinals and Lions get the opportunity to draft fine young promising players like Leinert every year until they improve.\n\nActually, Leinert dropped all the way to the 10th pick overall, so several NFL teams felt there were better players available. Or perhaps they were unwilling to pay Matt the big bucks they thought he would ask for.
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The NFL requires you to be three years out of high school before you are eligible for the draft.  Maurice Clarett unsuccessfully challenged this rule in Federal court and lost.\n\nWhile you are not required to go to college during those 3 years, the NFL recommends it to keep you in shape and expand your skills as a player.
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Just a guess, but I'd say "mid-level exception." It's an approximately $5 million exception to the salary cap afforded to every team. If you see it next to a player, that might mean that they've been offered, or accepted, a team's mid-level exception.
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(i)      “NFL Rules” means the Constitution and By‑Laws, rules, and regulations of the NFL and/or the Management Council.\n\nThis was taken from the first source listed.  The "NFL Rules" can be found at NFL.com.
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There are rules for consciencious objection to being drafted.  Check it out.
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As in that scene in 'Remember the Titans'?\n\nThey were referring to the strong side of the Defense.  The strong side is where the offense has a tight-end in for an extra blocker.  It's usually where the bigger linebacker or extra safety is lined-up.
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It sounds a little shady to me.  My Commish always has a witness around when the draft order is selected (we do it old school and draw names out of a hat).  He had the 8th pick this year so I think it's safe to say that my commish is not cheating!! I would discuss this with other members and discuss how to approach your manager on this issue.
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Well teams draft based on "need" because that is what they need.  Do you think that the Colts would draft a QB because he is the best player on the board when it's their turn to pick?  No, they pick based on team needs, not fan favorite.  I do understand that passing on Bush is a gamble on the Texans part, but they didn't need a RB.  The Texans have lots of other positions on the team they need to fill, and I don't think Reggie would have filled their "needs" as well as Williams will.  Houston is hurting for good defensive players, and Offensive line, Reggie doesn't play in any of those positions.
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The first answer is wrong. The supplemental first round of the MLB draft is for teams that lost high-profile players to free agency during the previous offseason. For example, the Red Sox received a supplementary sandwich pick between the first and second rounds for losing Johnny Damon to the Yankees. There are additonal supplemental rounds throughout the draft, with picks lower according to the value of the free agent the picking team lost.
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In football, a player in a position can choose from a set of numbers designated to their position.  \nAll sports: Rookies sometimes don't get the numbers they want because they are already taken by someone else on the team, and some teams retire the numbers of great players and nobody can ever wear the number on that team.
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it means the player would have been a free agent, but the team "taged" him as a franchise player.  They have to pay him the average of the top 5 contracts in the league at his position or 20% of his previous years contract.  Whichever is higher.  He is under contract for only the next year.  The team still can work out a long term deal to keep him longer.
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In late summer, the NFL also holds a Supplemental Draft to accommodate players who did not enter the regular draft because they thought they still had academic eligibility to play college football. The supplemental draft maintains the same team order from the regular draft, with the team with the worst record in the previous season picking first. However, in the supplemental draft, a team is not required to use any picks. Instead, if a team wants a player in the supplemental draft, they submit a "bid" to the Commissioner with the round they would pick that player. If no other team places a bid on that player at an earlier spot, the team is awarded the player and has to give up an equivalent pick in the following year's draft. (For example, RB Tony Hollings was taken by the Houston Texans in the second round of the Supplemental Draft in 2003. Thus in the 2004 NFL Draft, the Texans forfeited a second-round pick).\n\nThe 1985 Supplemental Draft was particularly controversial. Bernie Kosar of the University of Miami earned his academic degree a year early but did not enter the regular draft that year. Rather than finish his eligibility at Miami, he entered into talks with his hometown Cleveland Browns, who advised him to delay his professional eligibility until after the regular draft. They then traded for the right to choose first in the Supplemental Draft. This angered many clubs, notably the Minnesota Vikings and New York Giants, who had expressed interest in choosing him in that season's regular draft. Many of today's Supplemental Draft rules aim at preventing a reoccurrence of this incident.\n\nAs of 2006, players who enter the Supplemental Draft usually are graded as players who should be drafted at a later round, or who have college eligibility problems (poor academic or discipline issues). Only 32 players have been taken in the past 26 Supplemental Drafts.
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Sorry.  The draft is great if you know what to look for.  It's how teams work their future.  If you watch college football, you get to respect certain players.  Then you get excited to see that player join your team.  OR you get upset to see that player join another team in your division.
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ROUNDPK(OVR)NOTES\nNo 1st Rd pick this year.\n221 (53) \n320 (84) \n521 (153) \n620 (189) \n627 (196)from Carolina\n722 (230) \n742 (250)Compensatory selection