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Bills Get 4th and 7th Round Compensatories
by Chris Brown, Lead Journalist Last Updated: 3/31/2008 3:09 PM ET The Bills weren't expecting much feeling they would not be credited with a net loss of free agents from last offseason, meaning they would not be awarded any compensatory picks. But the league awarded them a fourth and seventh-round pick Monday at the NFL annual owners meetings. Buffalo will pick 34th (selection #132 overall) ...
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Bills Awarded Two Compensatory Picks
Buffalo Rumblings — ... which indicated that the Buffalo Bills would not be receiving compensatory picks, the NFL today awarded the Bills with fourth and seventh round selections. Compensatory picks are awarded based on net free agent loss from the previous off-season; the Bills lost several prominent free agents last season, most notably CB Nate Clements and LB London Fletcher, and those losses led to some nice additional selections for the Bills. ...

Buffalo lands two compensatory draft picks
Buffalo Bills — Russ Brandon and the restructured Bills front office are certainly going to have a lot of opportunities to find quality talent in the 2008 NFL Draft. In addition to Buffalo’s current stock of picks, the team was awarded two compensatory picks by the NFL. The first one is the 34th pick in the fourth round (No. 132 overall) and the other is the 44th pick in round seven (No. 251 overall). The way compensation draft picks are awarded is based on the net loss of free agents in the previous free agent season. In 2007, the Bills lost Nate Clements, Andre Davis, London Fletcher and Mike Gandy. Meanwhile, Derrick Dockery, Langston Walker, ...

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