When Bud Dupree hit free agency and secured the bag with Tennessee to the tune of a five-year, $82.5 million contract, it felt like a slam dunk that Pittsburgh would receive a third-round compensatory pick in the 2022 NFL Draft.
Fast forward eight months and the odds of that happening are shrinking. Yesterday, the Titans placed Dupree on IR, shelving him for at least the next three games. Though he is expected to return this season, the damage may have already been done. According to Over The Cap’s Nick Korte, the leading expert on all things compensatory, Dupree may not reach the snap count threshold to qualify for third-round compensation.