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this is a discussion within the Saints Community Forum; Originally Posted by Foot Stomper Don't get lost in the trees. 7 of the top 10 positions are held by teams in the playoffs...so they must be doing somethign right to keep the roster stocked with players that make the ...

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Old 01-22-2015, 01:36 PM   #11
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Re: Projected Compensatory Picks (None for us yet again)

Originally Posted by Foot Stomper View Post
Don't get lost in the trees.

7 of the top 10 positions are held by teams in the playoffs...so they must be doing somethign right to keep the roster stocked with players that make the playoffs/superbowl but yet have more draft picks tossed to them.
Not lost at all. I'd just rather follow the mantra of lose a player, sign a player. I'd rather have a vet playing for an entire year instead of a draft pick a year later. And, at best, that draft pick is #97 overall, and that's if you lose a $8 million a year player.
Back to my original question- would you rather have Colston playing for us in 2015, or a 5th round pick in 2016?
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Old 01-22-2015, 01:45 PM   #12
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I have said before and will say again,the whole system is a mess.
You get the picks by not paying players so they go elsewhere,then you get a pick as compensation,that pick allows you not to pay another player so you get another pick and it goes on and on.

Look at teh 49ers and Ravens,let players leave and get a 3/4 round comp pick,trade your late round pick for a higher/more pick the following year,use the comp pick to get a rookie,then do the same each year.

Comp picks should only be for players retiring,you should not get a pick for not offering FA/existing players market rate deals

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It's another broken system.......run by Godhell.
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Old 01-22-2015, 06:59 PM   #14
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Not lost at all. I'd just rather follow the mantra of lose a player, sign a player. I'd rather have a vet playing for an entire year instead of a draft pick a year later. And, at best, that draft pick is #97 overall, and that's if you lose a $8 million a year player.
Back to my original question- would you rather have Colston playing for us in 2015, or a 5th round pick in 2016?
Losing $8M in salary and replacing it with an as good/better 3rd -7th draft pick or cheaper FA isn't a bad thing. Using the Colston example wont work as no one is going to pay him what we pay him. He will be a $9.7M cap hit this year. But if someone would I would happily let him go.

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I have said before and will say again,the whole system is a mess.
You get the picks by not paying players so they go elsewhere,then you get a pick as compensation,that pick allows you not to pay another player so you get another pick and it goes on and on.

Look at teh 49ers and Ravens,let players leave and get a 3/4 round comp pick,trade your late round pick for a higher/more pick the following year,use the comp pick to get a rookie,then do the same each year.

Comp picks should only be for players retiring,you should not get a pick for not offering FA/existing players market rate deals
Agree the system seems a mess but if we were getting picks out of it I wouldn't have any issue with it.

The best teams in the league use this system. We don't. Even the Panthers seem to be able to use it with the new GM they have. Some teams value draft picks and other teams treat them as wet paper towels and toss them away such as we do.
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Old 01-22-2015, 07:52 PM   #15
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Originally Posted by Foot Stomper View Post
Losing $8M in salary and replacing it with an as good/better 3rd -7th draft pick or cheaper FA isn't a bad thing.

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Yep, teams that replace 8 million dollar players with better, cheaper players, or draft choices (minus an entire year) certainly do better massive eye roll
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Old 01-22-2015, 08:37 PM   #16
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Yep, teams that replace 8 million dollar players with better, cheaper players, or draft choices (minus an entire year) certainly do better massive eye roll

Let's just agree to disagree...no need to get snarky. I don't do that on message boards (anymore)

From my POV very successful teams have figured out a way to churn rosters and reap extra picks. We have not. Nothing more to it than that.

Edit - thanks ScottF...

Also, keep in mind that yes it is minus an entire year but it isn't like there is a gap on the roster. The prized player is gone but in their place is a solid contributor with the added bonus of another pick the following year. So the teams succesfull at this get a 2 for 1 if you will.
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Compensatory picks should be eliminated...
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