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Message: [QUOTE="Alsacs, post: 2893486, member: 652"] Mathematically his point is correct no matter where the pick is in the 4th round. As the compensatory pick in the 3rd round is always at the end of the round. I didn’t get that until Belichick explained why he trades future picks as often as he does. By getting the pick earlier you are able to use the player cheaply in the present. Thus any compensatory 3rd pick next year would be the equivalent of any 4th round pick this year. I think your Eagles will take a 4th rounder if they have to control where Foles goes over just wanting the 3rd round pick next year and him going to a NFC East rival. It’s smart by Philly if they take the 4th rounder. Last year Miami traded Landry to Cleveland for a 4th round pick when they would have gotten a 3rd this year as a compensatory pick but they didn’t want Buffalo/Jets signing him and controlled where he went. [/QUOTE]