Philadelphia Eagles may lose compensatory pick with Caleb Sturgis’ release
With the Chargers release of kicker Caleb Sturgis, the Philadelphia Eagles may have missed out on the opportunity to be awarded a future compensatory pick.
If you’re one of those Philadelphia Eagles fans that has a tendency to watch former players on other teams, your heart had to go out to Caleb Sturgis in Week 9. To say he had a bad day in the Los Angeles Chargers‘ victory over the Seattle Seahawks is a bit of an understatement.
None of us should kick a man when he’s down, but none of us were really surprised either when the news came on Monday that the Chargers were giving him his walking papers.
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Not a surprise but significant: Chargers are releasing kicker Caleb Sturgis, per source.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) November 5, 2018
Truthfully, the name Caleb Sturgis hasn’t rolled off of the tongues of Eagles fans very often. That’s been the case since the team placed him on their IR (injured reserve) on September 12th of 2017 after a hip injury. He slipped out of the minds of Eagles fans almost entirely when their new kicker, Jake Elliott, stepped in and won the hearts of Eagles fans almost instantly.
Kicking the longest game-winning field goal in team history against one of the teams this fan base hates the most will do that for you.
Sturgis’ departure still had some significance to the Eagles’ organization. Following a mass exodus of key players after their Super Bowl victory, the subject of possible compensatory picks came up.
While understanding the process of how comp picks are distributed can be a bit overwhelming (click here for a brief explanation and story), it’s always fun to try and keep up with the comings and goings if you’re a football nerd.
Let’s make long stories short. In losing Sturgis, there was also the hope that Philly may be awarded a comp pick later. Seeing as how he wasn’t able to last until season’s end in a Chargers jersey, that hope may have evaporated. Zack Rosenblatt of NJ.com seems to agree with that theory.
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#Eagles probably lose a comp pick now that Sturgis didn’t last long enough. Likely would’ve been a seventh round pick. https://t.co/hlIma6tqWE
— Zack Rosenblatt (@ZackBlatt) November 5, 2018
Philly seems to have figured out the system of compensatory picks. Maybe they lose one here. Maybe they don’t, but this may be something that you want to start paying attention to if you’re an Eagles fan. Philly may have some extra picks coming in the future.