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Redskins earn four compensatory picks for 2019 NFL Draft

By Ian Cummings

BALTIMORE, MD - AUGUST 30: A Washington Redskins helmet sits on the grass before the start of the Redskins and Baltimore Ravens preseason game at M&T Bank Stadium on August 30, 2018 in Baltimore, Maryland. (Photo by Rob Carr/Getty Images)
BALTIMORE, MD - AUGUST 30: A Washington Redskins helmet sits on the grass before the start of the Redskins and Baltimore Ravens preseason game at M&T Bank Stadium on August 30, 2018 in Baltimore, Maryland. (Photo by Rob Carr/Getty Images) /
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The Redskins will have some extra ammunition to rebuild their team with, when the 2019 NFL Draft comes around.

Among other things, the collapse of the Washington Redskins late in the 2018 regular season showcased the team’s need for depth. Over the past few offseasons, Washington has done a decent job of acquiring value deals in the later rounds of the NFL Draft, but there is still more work to be done.

The Redskins lost a fourth-round pick midway through the 2018 season, in order to trade for Packers safety Ha Ha Clinton-Dix. But today, the Redskins got four picks back, via the NFL’s compensatory draft pick formula. They didn’t get back a fourth-round pick, but they did acquire the very first compensatory pick in Round 3, and three later picks in Round 5, Round 6, and Round 7. NFL insider Adam Schefter first reported the news.

The Redskins can thank Kirk Cousins for their extra third-round pick, a selection that will undoubtedly serve to benefit the team in April, provided how deep the 2019 NFL Draft class is at positions of need. For the fifth-round pick, the Redskins can thank Trent Murphy, who logged four sacks in thirteen games with the Bills in 2018. Ryan Grant’s contract granted Washington their sixth-round compensatory pick, and Niles Paul earned them a seventh-rounder.

The Redskins hauled in an impressive amount of picks via the compensatory formula; they’re one of just three teams this year to earn the maximum amount, which is four. They could’ve swapped their seventh-round pick for an extra fifth-rounder, however, if they hadn’t signed Paul Richardson to a five-year, $40 million deal, as Spencer Long’s deal wouldn’t have been canceled out.

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Either way, however, today is the rare day where the Redskins are winners. They now have a total of nine picks in the 2019 NFL Draft: One pick in Round 1, one in Round 2, two in Round 3, two in Round 5, one in Round 6, and two in Round 7. With five picks on Day 3 of the NFL Draft, they’ll have the opportunity to add a few late-round steals, just like they’ve done over the past three drafts.

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