March 25, 2023
The Philadelphia Eagles are going to lose a lot of good players in free agency this offseason to other teams around the NFL. However, one of the silver linings is that they will receive a maximum of four compensatory picks in 2024 for the players they lose, minus the players they gain.
Here we'll track each signing (both lost and gained), and whether or not each player will count toward the compensatory pick formula.
• DT Javon Hargrave: Hargrave will reportedly sign a four-year deal worth $84 million with the 49ers. That'll very likely be worth a third-round compensatory pick.
• OG Isaac Seumalo: Seumalo will reportedly sign a three-year deal worth $24 million with the Steelers. That should be fifth-round compensatory pick territory.
• OT Andre Dillard: Dillard will reportedly sign a three-year deal worth $29 million with the Titans. Dillard is hurt by a very low snap count in 2022, so he is projected for now by OverTheCap to be on the fifth/sixth-round border. However, if he plays at least 25 percent of Tennessee’s offensive snaps in 2023, Dillard will comfortably bump up to a fifth-round comp pick.
• S Chauncey Gardner-Johnson: Gardner-Johnson will sign a one-year deal worth $8 million with the Lions. That should be fifth-round compensatory pick territory.
Update: Gardner-Johnson's deal is worth $6.5 million, and up to $8 million with incentives that aren't even fully within his control. From Mike Florio of PFT:
Per a source with knowledge of the deal, it has a base value of $6.5 million. Gardner-Johnson can make another $1.5 million via a package of incentives — all of which require the Lions to finish in the top 16 of yards allowed.
He gets $375,000 for 70-percent playing time or $750,000 for 80-percent playing time. He also gets $375,000 for three interceptions or $750,000 for five interceptions.
So he’ll get another $375,000 or another $750,000 or another $1.125 million or another $1.5 million. Or nothing at all.
Again, even if he has 100-percent playing time and 15 or more interceptions, he gets nothing unless the Lions finish in the top half of the league defensively.
Wondering where the Lions finished in yards allowed in 2022? Dead last. In other words, it's probably more likely than not that Gardner-Johnson won't earn those incentives. What a terrible agent.
Anyway, Gardner-Johnson is likely to qualify as a sixth-round comp pick, not a fifth-round pick.
• LB T.J. Edwards: Edwards will reportedly sign a three-year deal worth $19.5 million with the Bears. That's probably in the sixth-round comp pick range.
• RB Miles Sanders: Sanders will reportedly sign a four-year deal worth $25 million with the Panthers. That's probably in the sixth-round comp pick range.
• S Marcus Epps: Epps will reportedly sign a two-year deal worth $12 million with the Raiders. That's probably in the sixth-round comp pick range.
• LB Kyzir White: White will reportedly sign a two-year deal worth $11 million with the Cardinals. That's probably in the sixth-round comp pick range.
• QB Gardner Minshew: Minshew will reportedly sign a one-year deal worth $3.5 million with the Colts. That's probably in the seventh-round comp pick range, and close to not qualifying at all.
• RB Rashaad Penny: Penny's contract details, via NFL.com:
Philly has agreed to terms with running back Rashaad Penny on a one-year deal with a $1.35 million base salary, $600,000 guaranteed and a max value of $2.1 million, NFL Network Insiders Ian Rapoport and Tom Pelissero reported, per a source informed of the pact.
That's not enough money to qualify toward the comp pick formula.
• QB Marcus Mariota: Because Mariota was released by the Falcons earlier this offseason, he will not count toward the compensatory pick formula.
• CB Greedy Williams: Williams signed a one-year contract worth $1.29 million, per OverTheCap. He won't count toward the comp pick formula.
• S Justin Evans: Evans signed a one-year deal worth $1.56 million, per OverTheCap. He won't count toward the comp pick formula.
• LB Nicholas Morrow: Morrow signed for the veteran minimum at a base salary of $1.08 million, plus some small bonuses, per OverTheCap. He won't count toward the comp pick formula.
We will be referencing OverTheCap's comp pick cancellation chart here:
| Players lost (APY) - Projected round | Players gained (APY) - Projected round |
| Javon Hargrave ($21 million) - 3 | |
| Isaac Seumalo ($8 million) - 5 | |
| Andre Dillard ($9.7 million) - 5 | |
| Chauncey Gardner-Johnson ($8 million) - 6 | |
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