re: Official 2017 NFL Draft Thread

This is what I understand about the comp system.

You have to lose high value free agents AND bring in less FAs than you let leave. I am relatively sure breaking even is not good enough. If I remember correctly, not picking up a team option is considered letting a free agent leave. Resigning a person also doesn't effect the system one way or the other.

That's why, when you see a team lose a decent or better free agent, it's beyond dumb to sign meh backups and special teamers. If you lost say 1 big free agent, two good ones, and three mehs, you'd be in line for say a third, a sixth and a seventh for comps. If you then signed seven backups that had no chance of making the final roster, you receive nothing.