An Interesting Article Against the Saints Trading Up

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The last two offseasons have demonstrated that even if the Saints constantly renegotiate contracts in a desperate bid to remain competitive, eventually that mortgage comes due.
This free agent spending binge has also cost the Saints in another area: compensatory draft picks. The Saints have received ten compensatory picks since they were instituted in 1994, second fewest of any team in that time

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Ouch.

Good read.

Compensatory picks are a damn racket

So after reading this I looked up compensatory picks who actually did something in the NFL and found something interesting.....

Most impactful NFL compensatory picks of all time

18. Aaron Brooks (Green Bay, Round 4, Pick No. 131 overall, 1999)
17. David Tyree (N.Y. Giants, Round 6, Pick No. 211 overall, 2003)
16. Malcolm Smith (Seahawks, Round 7, Pick No. 242 overall, 2011)
15. Ahmad Bradshaw (N.Y. Giants, Round 7, Pick No. 250 overall, 2007)
14. Tim Ruddy (Miami, Round 2, Pick No. 65 overall, 1994)
13. Josh Sitton (Green Bay, Round 4, Pick No. 135 overall, 2008)
12. Pat Tillman (Arizona, Round 7, Pick No. 226 overall, 1998)
11. Antoine Bethea (Indianapolis, Round 6, Pick No. 207 overall, 2006)
10. Pierre Garcon (Indianapolis, Round 6, Pick No. 205 overall, 2008)
9. Derrick Alexander (Cleveland, Round 1, Pick No. 29 overall, 1994)
8. Mike Vrabel (Pittsburgh, Round 3, Pick No. 91 overall, 1997)
7. Matt Hasselbeck (Green Bay, Round 6, Pick No. 187 overall, 1998)
6. Marques Colston (New Orleans, Round 7, Pick No. 252 overall, 2006)
5. La'Roi Glover (Oakland, Round 5, Pick No. 166 overall, 1996)
4. Hines Ward (Pittsburgh, Round 3, Pick No. 92 overall, 1998)
3. Brian Dawkins (Philadelphia, Round 2, Pick No. 61 overall, 1996)
2. Larry Allen (Dallas, Round 2, Pick No. 46 overall, 1994)
1. Tom Brady (New England, Round 6, Pick No. 199 overall, 2000)



We have had more successful players who were picked with a compensatory pick than any other team.

Enjoyed reading this. Can someone hand it over to Loomis?

Good read. Thanks.