A day ago we discussed how the NFL’s compensatory draft pick program works, and how devoted general manager Ted Thompson is to procuring such picks. Today we’ll look at just how well the Green Bay Packers have done with Ted’s fondest strategy.
First though, it needs to be pointed out that this NFL program, begun in 1994, is an effort to balance things out when a team loses a bunch of its players to other teams. It’s all about maintaining parity. In order to get good compensatory picks, a team has to lose good players during the previous free agency period.