NFL announces compensatory picks; New England Patriots 2016 draft slots set

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NFL announces compensatory picks; New England Patriots 2016 draft slots set

John Morgan

On Friday the National Football League announced the allocation of 33 compensatory draft picks for the 2016 NFL Draft, which will be held April 28-30. The New England Patriots received the maximum four compensatory picks: one in the third round, and three in the sixth round. With that news the Pats slots in April’s NFL draft has been set.

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[OhExaulted1]

A very nice not-so-subtle blasting of the League. Bravo. This article had me giggling, especially the shot about the picks not being tradeable this year and why. Great stuff John. The team should put this in the Critical Articles section of The Wells Report in Context

It's exactly where it belongs.

 

[BlueThunder]

What happened to Houston's pick #178 that the Pats acquired in the Martin trade???

 

[jmt57]

What happened to Houston's pick #178 that the Pats acquired in the Martin trade???

My mistake.

I was using multiple sources of information, and the first one I used was incorrect.

The Patriots received the 196th pick, not the 178th in that trade. I'll fix that now.


Good catch! There are at minimum two people are reading the blog!!!!