Tuesday marks a subtle NFL deadline that could mean we begin to see a little more movement in signing veteran free agents while also clarifying a bit what the Seahawks can expect to have in the 2018 draft.
Specifically, any free agents signed from Tuesday forward will not factor into the formula for doling out compensatory picks.
Until Tuesday, any unrestricted free agent — players whose contracts expired when the new league year began on March 9 but not those who had been waived or released — could factor into the comp pick formula. Via that system, the NFL awards a combined 32 compensatory draft picks every year to teams that suffered a net loss of free agents.