Ruh Roh.....

Thanks - I did have a vague memory he’d been signed elsewhere.

 

Holten, switzer, moncrief. I'm scared.

 

The formula is a secret, here is some stuff I found:


The number of compensatory picks allotted each year is limited to the number of teams in the league (32). However, compensatory picks are not divvied up equally among the teams, and no team can receive more than four compensatory picks in a single year. To qualify for compensatory picks, teams must end up with more compensatory free agents lost than gained in a particular year.

Teams are awarded compensatory draft picks between Rounds 3 and 7 based upon a formula, which is not released by the league, that takes into account a player's average salary per year (APY), snap count and postseason awards. While there is an expected level of compensation for a player based on the amount he has signed for, his playing time (or lack thereof) in the upcoming season could alter the expectation.

The compensatory picks for the 2020 draft won't be determined by the NFL Management Council's formula until after the 2019 season is over, but in this post, I'll attempt to project who will be receiving compensatory picks next year and the round in which those picks could fall.

Keep in mind: To qualify as a compensatory free agent, players need to have been signed as unrestricted free agents before May 8, be on their team's roster for at least 10 weeks of the regular season and rank in the top 50 percent of the NFL's compensatory-pick formula. Players who were released by their previous team are not eligible for the formula.



PITTSBURGH STEELERS


Projected compensatory pick: Round 3.
Key free-agent losses: Le'Veon Bell (Jets); Jesse James (Lions).
Key free-agent additions: Steven Nelson (Chiefs); Donte Moncrief (Jaguars).
Comp-pick analysis: With the departure of Le'Veon Bell, Pittsburgh is set to receive a comp pick for the first time since 2017.

 

I've defended Tomlin on other topics, but not on this subject.

The starters are clearly better than the backups, when rested and healthy.
But he will continue playing injured and/or exhausted starters, even when the back-ups are rested.

 

They seem to have a pecking order that has trickled down to the coordinators as well. I don’t like it and I don’t think it’s the right mentality. Speaking on the zero touches that Samuels got last week Fichtner commented that the lack of sustained drives on the O didn’t allow them to get to plays designed for Samuels because Conner hardly got any action himself. To me that’s not trying to exploit the weakness of a defense. Samuels is the bigger threat in the passing game and seeing how they aren’t even trying to establish a running attack why wouldn’t they “find” a way to get Samuels involved even once?

On the surface it may seem to be collateral damage from a inefficient offense right now but to me it speaks to a much bigger issue. The lack of game planning to exploit a opponents weakness is frustrating to say the least. The SF game may be a better example of not putting players in a position to succeed and not using the proper players skill set to match your own game plan. I don’t feel Conner has separated himself from Samuels to where it should be stamped in ink that Samuels shouldn’t be given the chance to at least do what he does better.. We can no longer get by with “we do what we do” anymore. The superior talent advantage we used to have on D in the past and on O more recently, is gone. We now have to prepare,game plan and actually execute at a very high level to be successful. I’m very skeptical we have the brain trust in place to actually make that happen....

The DC has to go and the OC will have this season to see if he is the right guy for Mason and this offense. We need much more creativity and better play calling than what we have seen so far from Fichtner. Oh! and take the blame and responsibility of a struggling offense off of your young QB.