The NFL has awarded 32 compensatory picks in the 2018 NFL Draft to 15 teams.
Who are this year's big winners?
Cincinnati has added picks in the third (No. 100 overall), fifth (No. 170) and seventh (Nos. 252, 253) rounds. Dallas' haul consists of selections in the fourth (No. 137), fifth (Nos. 171, 173) and sixth (No. 208) rounds. Green Bay's spoils are nearly identical, with picks in the fourth (No. 133), fifth (Nos. 172, 174) and sixth (No. 207) rounds.
As a general rule, a team losing more or better free agents than it acquires in the previous year is eligible to receive compensatory draft picks. The choices are determined by a mysterious formula that factors in salary, playing time and postseason honors in addition to the free-agent balance sheet.
Baltimore has benefited from the process as much as any organization since the NFL began awarding compensatory picks in 1994. In fact, assistant general manager Eric DeCosta has acknowledged that the Ravens guard their compensatory pick secrets "like Coke's formula."
That formula came up short this time around, as DeCosta's franchise gained just one draft pick (No. 215 overall) to compensate for the loss of tackle Ricky Wagner to the Lions.
