The Los Angeles Rams are one of the best teams when it comes to collecting compensatory draft picks, receiving 43 of them since 1994. That’s the fifth-most in the NFL, and it’s not by accident, either.
The Rams allow some of their higher-priced free agents to leave, knowing they’ll get a draft pick in return. But that only works if the Rams also refrain from signing outside free agents who count against the pick formula and cancel out compensatory selections.
Already, the Rams are projected to receive four extra picks in the 2023 draft for losing free agents this offseason, and as valuable as that is, those picks won’t prevent them from adding immediate help in free agency.
