31.   They did, but he chose to return as a free agent to Boston, which will surrender a draft pick as compensation.

32.   This fusillade was foreseeable because after last Sunday, teams signing free agents no longer had to give up draft picks as compensation.

33.   Tony Gonzalez is a projected first-round draft pick as a tight end from the University of California, Berkeley.

34.   Ward was a restricted Group II free agent, enabling the Sabres to match any offers made for him by other teams or receive draft picks as compensation.

35.   You know, I was a first-round draft pick as a quarterback and I was supposed to come in and play.

36.   After his third season, he signed as a restricted free agent with the Jets, and the Patriots took draft picks as compensation to let him go.

37.   After a messy confrontation between the Jets and Patriots over his availability, Parcells wound up in New York, and the Patriots received four draft picks as compensation.

38.   He was a unanimous pick as champion older horse.

39.   If either of them are signed by another team, the Cardinals must receive a first-round draft pick as compensation.

40.   If the Rockies had offered Hammonds arbitration and he signed with another club, the Rockies would have gotten two top-round draft picks as compensation.