Not sure if this was posted already. but I was curious why the Rams didn't get a 6th round comp. for Fairley when that had been projected all season. This was the explanation I found at OverTheCap.com.

"I had projected the Rams to get a 6th round comp pick for Nick Fairley, on the basis of his APY being $3 million over three years. However, what I did not notice is that Fairley had for all practical purposes signed a one year deal with two void years solely for the purpose of spreading out his signing bonus (a practice that the Saints are notorious for). When I ignored his Paragraph 5 base salaries on those void years–mere placeholder dollars that were never going to be paid out–this reduced his APY to $1.583 million. Upon that adjustment, Fairley was placed exactly where should have been–a 7th round value that just barely missed the 32-pick limit."

Looks like if the league awarded 33 compensatory picks instead of 32 it would have gone to the Rams... [overthecap.com]