Maybe this can be pinned or whatever. Just including the first few paragraphs of a long article that goes into greater detail about how comp picks are decided. I'm pretty sure the actual formula has never been revealed publicly. http://overthecap.com/the-basics-and-methodology-of-projecting-the-nfls-compensatory-draft-picks/ The Basics and Methodology of Projecting the NFL’s Compensatory Draft PicksWhen the salary cap era of the NFL began in 1993, many changes came to the league other than just the eponym of this era. One of those changes was the introduction of unrestricted free agency. Another was to reduce the number of rounds in the draft from twelve to seven. However, while there have been officially seven rounds ever since, in truth the total number of draft picks equate to eight rounds. This is due to advent of compensatory draft picks, a entire round’s worth of picks that are distributed among the ends of rounds 3 through 7 that are awarded to teams that lose certain Unrestricted Free Agents (known as Compensatory Free Agents) to other teams.The formula used to award compensatory draft picks, developed by the NFL Management Council, has never been publicly revealed. However, in the years since 1994 outside observers have been able to determine much of how the formula works, and have created projections in an effort to demystify how compensatory picks work, a process that has confused many an NFL fan....
