The Cincinnati Bengals will have two compensatory picks in the 2024 NFL draft, according to the final projections from Over The Cap’s Nick Korte. Korte 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-round pick would be awarded because of the loss of safety Vonn Bell to the Carolina Panthers in free agency, while the seventh-rounder would be due to the loss of running back Samaje Perine to the Denver Broncos.
Compensatory picks are awarded by weighing a team’s signings and departures in free agency. In Over The Cap’s 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.
