Compensatory Draft Picks

[BrudLee]

Every year I have the same complaint, but for the benefit of our newer members, I will rehash this as if it were a new thought.

It seems to me the Eagles end up with the most compensatory draft picks every year (this year they get four, which is the most allowed). I know the formula for receiving picks is based on free agents lost, and their salary/success elsewhere. I also know that the Eagles picked up two superstars in free agency. I can't for the life of me think of who they lost, but whoever they did lose, it seems it wasn't enough to keep them out of the Super Bowl.

When a team like the Titans, who was truly gutted by legitimate free agency losses last year (not just cutting players, like they did this year) turns into a 5-11 team because they lose multiple Pro Bowl caliber players, then compensatory draft picks make sense. When the Eagles let a middle linebacker because they don't want to match a big dollar deal, but go to the Super Bowl anyway, it insults the idea of league parity and building through the draft.