Vikings Awarded 2 Compensatory Picks in 2018 NFL Draft

I hope Rick does not start trading back for the sake of accumulating 10 picks. We are not in rebuilding mode.  I am not against trading back a few spots if they are pretty certain they can still get the guy they want. But we are in quality over quantity mode now.

Its not exactly a stacked deck to work with.  I don't see a trade coming, so this is probably it.
If they get 3 of their top 50, it's A Win.  It does appear to be a deep, even draft through three rounds.

And our friends the Packers? Received FOUR...count 'em FOUR.

that gives them 12 selections in the draft.

whoever figures this shit out must be a damn Packer fan

Don't know why Viking fans ALWAYS revert to "conspiracy" theories when it comes to these compensatory picks. 

 If a team LOSES more free agents than they GAIN, they are awarded draft picks, based on what OTHER TEAMS DO. If a team GAINS more free agents than they LOSE, they get nothing.

Only 32 comp picks can be awarded each year, thus there may be SOME loss's that appear to warrant compensation, but are surpassed by a more worthy loss. 

Bottom line : The teams that USUALLY get CDP's are one of the following:

 Bad teams that can't sign top talent and can't keep top talent once they qualify for free agency (i.e Cleveland)

Teams that are consistently in the playoffs, and draft judiciously and/or have A FUCKING QB IN PLACE (NE, Packers, Steelers, Seahawks, etc.)

Teams that find themselves in bad salary cap position and CAN'T sign FA's to offset their FA losses. (Dallas, NYG, Arizona)

The reason the Vikings have their first compensatory picks in 5-6 years, is that Saint Ricky has historically spent MORE on free agency players than he has lost....pretty straight forward.

Now all he has to do is get 3 Seventh round selections in this draft to reach the "ALMIGHTY 10" draft picks.... that's worked out SOOOO WELL....2 playoff wins in 12 seasons is mighty impressive.

Rick should trade both 6th round picks for 4th and call it a day.

@"ArizonaViking" said: Rick should trade both 6th round picks for 4th and call it a day.

All 3 of our 6th rounders wouldn't equal a decent 4th. Maybe 3 would slide is in at the end of the 4th.

@"JimmyinSD" said:

@"ArizonaViking" said: Rick should trade both 6th round picks for 4th and call it a day.

All 3 of our 6th rounders wouldn't equal a decent 4th. Maybe 3 would slide is in at the end of the 4th.

@"ArizonaViking" said:

@"JimmyinSD" said:

@"ArizonaViking" said: Rick should trade both 6th round picks for 4th and call it a day.

All 3 of our 6th rounders wouldn't equal a decent 4th. Maybe 3 would slide is in at the end of the 4th.

It's just tiring to see Rick trading back and picking up multiple 6th and 7th round picks.  Just like to get maybe a decent player around the 4th round and move on.

I thought you couldn't trade comp picks? I could be wrong. 

@"Purplemachine" said: I thought you couldn't trade comp picks? I could be wrong. 

they changed that rule a couple years ago... they are marketable now.

@"Purplemachine" said: I thought you couldn't trade comp picks? I could be wrong. 

This is the first year that teams can trade comp picks. 

@"Wetlander" said:

@"Purplemachine" said: I thought you couldn't trade comp picks? I could be wrong. 

This is the first year that teams can trade comp picks. 

Only one thing I know for sure. We'll end up with a 4th rounder. Come hell or hiwatta, Rick will get his 4th back. Man loves picking as close to the top of day 3 as possible. And it makes some sense. There's always a handful of droppers sitting there at the end of Friday's draft who, after a night of sleep, start sounding real good. I would bet those picks right around 100 are the most traded in the draft. 

The NFL should do away with comp picks. If they want to add an 8th round to the draft, that's fine. But why reward teams for letting free agents leave? If you did not want those players, great, let them leave. You can replace them in FA or in the draft - with your existing picks. Or not. But you should not get compensation for letting players walk.

@"dadevike" said: The NFL should do away with comp picks. If they want to add an 8th round to the draft, that's fine. But why reward teams for letting free agents leave? If you did not want those players, great, let them leave. You can replace them in FA or in the draft - with your existing picks. Or not. But you should not get compensation for letting players walk.

I agree,  in a hard salary cap league with no "luxury" spending allowed,   its really kind of stupid to reward teams that are already strong enough and dont want to part ways with their vets, that they cant afford to pay their younger guys to retain them.  or to bail out teams that spend stupidly on players that arent producers and then lose their younger guys because of cap issues.

in uncapped leagues or like baseball where the big market teams simply pay a luxury tax on the extra millions they spend, then I can see helping the small markets (essentially farm teams)  who get their best players snipped by the big spenders on a regular basis.