The NFL announced its compensatory picks for the 2019 NFL Draft on Friday, and the Giants got a single fifth-round pick. That left some Giants fans up in arms because an earlier projection has them receiving two picks, a fourth- and fifth-rounder.
So, what happened?
Well, the NFL formula for figuring out those compensatory picks is a complicated one based on calculations involving the number and quality of free agents lost and gained. Nick Korte of Over The Cap is the man who does those projections. Saturday morning, Korte explained what he got wrong about the Giants’ compensatory selections.