Bengals net 2 draft picks in final compensatory picks projection

The Cincinnati Bengals will have two additional selections in the upcoming 2024 NFL draft due to the compensatory pick process.

So says the final projections from Over The Cap’s Nick Korte, which projects the Bengals land an extra fifth-round pick and an extra seventh-round pick, bringing their overall count in the draft to nine selections.

The fifth would arrive due to the loss of safety Vonn Bell to the Carolina Panthers in free agency, while the seventh would be due to running back Samaje Perine to the Denver Broncos.

Compensatory picks are awarded by weighing a team’s new signings vs. outgoing players on the market. So in the cancellation chart, the signing of Orlando Brown Jr. negated a possible third-round comp pick for losing Jessie Bates, while the arrival of Nick Scott canceled out the loss of Hayden Hurst.