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Report: Eagles Getting Two Compensatory Draft Picks in 2019
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I thought it was going to be three picks, but Schefty is reporting two for the Birds:
And in other news…
NFL awarded compensatory draft picks today – Patriots and Rams each received two third-round picks. The full list, per sources: pic.twitter.com/NDYBU01WKA
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) February 22, 2019
The Eagles lost Trey Burton, Beau Allen, and Patrick Robinson to free agency, so the projection was that those three guys would return a fourth and two sixth-rounders. In the most basic terms, you receive comp picks if you lose more free agents than you gain.
That fourth rounder is via Burton and the sixth rounder comes from either Allen or Robinson. I’m not sure, specifically.
But as it stands, assuming this is true, the Eagles will have the following selections in the coming draft:
- 1st round – natural
- 2nd round – natural
- 2nd round – via Ravens (they traded up for Lamar Jackson last year)
- 4th round – natural
- 4th round – compensatory (Trey Burton)
- 5th round – natural
- 6th round – natural
- 6th round – compensatory (Patrick Robinson/Beau Allen)
Time’s yours.
Kevin has been writing about Philadelphia sports since 2009. He spent seven years in the CBS 3 sports department and started with the Union during the team's 2010 inaugural season. He went to the academic powerhouses of Boyertown High School and West Virginia University. email - k.kinkead@sportradar.com