While I was looking over the cap situation for the Denver Broncos, I came across a thorough breakdown of every team's projected compensatory picks for 2017 via Over The Cap. The Broncos ended up with the first and fourth highest projected picks from the mega-deals both Brock Osweiler and Malik Jackson received.
The other two should come from Danny Trevathan and Ryan Harris. The total compensatory picks should come to two third-rounders, a fifth-rounder and a seventh-rounder.
Over The Cap uses the same methodology as the blogger who first began accurately projecting the NFL compensatory picks in the late 2000s. It's meant to be a projection, so these are not the actual compensatory picks teams will receive for the 2017 NFL Draft.
2017 Projected Compensatory Picks
Team | Round | Compensated Free Agent | Avg./Year |
---|---|---|---|
DEN | 3 | Brock Osweiler | $18,000,000 |
MIA | 3 | Olivier Vernon | $16,750,000 |
CAR | 3 | Josh Norman | $15,000,000 |
DEN | 3 | Malik Jackson | $14,250,000 |
LA | 3 | Janoris Jenkins | $12,400,000 |
BAL | 3 | Kelechi Osemele | $11,200,000 |
KC | 3 | Sean Smith | $9,250,000 |
SEA | 4 | Bruce Irvin | $9,000,000 |
CLE | 4 | Alex Mack | $9,000,000 |
CIN | 4 | Marvin Jones | $8,000,000 |
IND | 4 | Coby Fleener | $7,120,000 |
CLE | 4 | Tashaun Gipson | $7,106,250 |
LA | 4 | Rodney McLeod | $7,000,000 |
KC | 4 | Jeff Allen | $6,875,000 |
SF | 4 | Alex Boone | $6,600,000 |
CLE | 4 | Mitchell Schwartz | $6,512,000 |
CIN | 4 | Mohamed Sanu | $6,500,000 |
MIA | 4 | Lamar Miller | $6,500,000 |
SEA | 4 | J.R. Sweezy | $6,500,000 |
DEN | 5 | Danny Trevathan | $6,025,000 |
CLE | 5 | Travis Benjamin | $6,000,000 |
ARI | 5 | Bobby Massie | $5,868,750 |
PIT | 5 | Kelvin Beachum | $5,375,000 |
GB | 5 | Casey Hayward | $5,100,000 |
KC | 6 | Donald Stephenson | $4,666,667 |
KC | 6 | Tyvon Branch | $4,000,000 |
CIN | 6 | Reggie Nelson | $4,000,000 |
BUF | 6 | Nigel Bradham | $3,500,000 |
CIN | 6 | Andre Smith | $3,218,750 |
DEN | 7 | Ryan Harris | $1,950,000 |
GB | 7 | Scott Tolzien | $1,750,000 |
PIT | 7 | Antwon Blake | $1,500,000 |
Compensation over 32-pick limit; not awarded | |||
ARI | 7 | Sean Weatherspoon | $1,468,750 |
PIT | 7 | Will Johnson | $1,150,000 |
ARI | 7 | Bradley Sowell | $1,000,000 |