Another reason to watch at home instead of going. NFL wants more people to go to the games and buy $10 beers, yet alcohol is almost always involved in these fights. Quite the dilemma.
If Winfield's contract with the Vikes was naturally expired when he came here, the Vikes would have gotten a comp pick based on how well he played here. All-Pro performance=3rd round comp pick. Get 3 or 4 INTs=5th or 6th round comp pick. I'm generalizing with how high of a pick they would get...
Teams only receive compensatory picks for players (whose contracts have gone full term and expired) that sign with other teams in the off-season. Players that were cut in this past weekend's roster purges and sign with another team do not count for comp picks. The key is an expired contract, not...