Baltimore Ravens general manager Ozzie Newsome covets his draft picks like no other in the NFL. That doesn’t change when it comes to compensatory picks. Since the system began in 1994, the Ravens have received the most of any team with 48. That’s not necessarily a good thing, however; considering teams receive compensatory picks for losing players in free agency.
There’s a specific formula the NFL uses to calculate compensatory picks. That formula isn’t known to the public but sites like Over The Cap have detailed projections based on team’s free agency losses. What we do know is that there are 32 total compensatory picks are awarded every year ranging from round three to round seven.