I am more of a fan of watching NFL games on Sunday than I am obsessing over the 200th pick in a given draft, but everybody has a right to their own hobbies. Starting in 1995 in an effort to help the NFL’s worst franchises (and like usual, not actually doing much for competitive balance), the Ravens, Packers, Patriots, Cowboys, and Steelers have received the most compensatory picks.
But these teams didn’t win games or Super Bowls because they had compensatory picks. They got compensatory picks because they won games and built rosters so well that they couldn’t afford to keep all their quality players.