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Lions mailbag: Catching up on compensatory picks, fortifying run defense

With a bit of a lull between the end of the regular season and next month's Senior Bowl, it seemed a good time to catch up on our Detroit Lions mail.

u25ba Question: When will comp picks be announced this year? Do you feel the projected third-, fifth- and sixth-round picks will be accurate? — @TimVanHouten1

u25ba Answer: A specific date hasn't been announced, but compensatory draft picks are typically announced between the last week of February and the second week of March.

For those unfamiliar, the NFL awards up to 32 compensatory picks to teams that lost more or better quality unrestricted free agents than they added the previous offseason.