How long do you keep Devin Thomas and Malcolm Kelly if they don't produce?

[BigHairedAristocrat]

Originally Posted by GTripp0012

Thanks to the same technicality that we exploited to spread MB's cap hit over 6 years when restructuring his deal, it also means his departure from Washington was technically a "release" and therefore he's not part of the compensatory picks formula.

my bad. I read an article speculating (with detailed analysis) which teams would receive comp picks and in which rounds. i took it at face value. i dont think a team has to draft a player to receive a comp pick, but its my understanding the player has to be a UFA because his contract expired, but if we technically "released" him, then obviously we wouldnt get anything.

personally, i dont think 7th round picks hold much value anyways. chances are, the player we would take in the 7th round would be a FA anyways. Yeah, i know we found Horton in the 7th last year, but there were only 3 picks in the draft after we selected him, if i remember, and i doubt any of those 3 teams were hoping to pounce on Horton. If we hadnt drafted him, he very likely would have been a FA and we could have signed him anyways.