A few site readers and Twitter followers emailed and messaged me Friday morning concerning a report that the Pittsburgh Steelers can recoup a sixth-round draft pick in 2022 via the compensatory value process by merely cutting tackle Joe Haeg before Week 1 of the regular season. Well, that report just isn’t true.
Up until last year, NFL teams could game the compensatory value process by parting ways with players prior to Week 10. We saw examples of that in action in 2019 with the Steelers release of wide receiver Donte Moncrief and the Baltimore Ravens release of safety Justin Bethel.