It is old news that beginning in 2017, NFL teams will be allowed to trade their compensatory picks, which should be a big boon for the Baltimore Ravens, who are the masters at accumulating these extra picks. The picks are usually awarded in late March of each year at the owners meeting, and are calculated using a formula which is a closely held secret. However, our friends at Overthecap have figured out the basic parameters of the formula, continuing the work of an anonymous online blogger, AdamJT13, who had the basic formula down but disappeared a few years ago from the internet.
NFL will allow the trading of future compensatory picks
