We have tried to warn you since August or so that the Pittsburgh Steelers were not likely to receive a compensatory draft pick this year. Their trade acquisition of J.J. Wilcox {thus inheriting his formula impact), and Jarvis Jones’ failure due to injury to make the Arizona Cardinals’ roster, plus Markus Wheaton’s lack of playing time, all individually assured that would not happen. And it didn’t.
While the Steelers did lose Jones, Wheaton, and Lawrence Timmons in free agency, those losses were offset by the additions of Tyson Alualu, Wilcox, and Coty Sensabaugh.