The Green Bay Packers came away like bandits with today’s announcement of compensatory draft picks – Just the way GM Ted Thomson likes it.
In what could be Thompson’s final draft with the Packers (if he doesn’t re-sign with the team and heads off into retirement), Green Bay is slated to accept the maximum of four compensatory picks next spring.
Green Bay signed two free agents that will affect next year’s compensatory pick formula: tight end Martellus Bennett and guard Jahri Evans.
The players the Packers lost through free agency are as follows:
The signing of Bennett cancels out the loss of defensive back Hyde, while the signing of Evans is canceled out by Peppers‘ contract with Carolina.