I looked for a specific thread for Marvin Lewis and could not find it.
I asked THE MAN on comp picks (Nick Korte) for Lewis’s info and he was gracious enough to provide it.
(I will link the tweets at the end for reference.)
Under Marvin Lewis, the Bengals were eligible for “26 regular compensatory picks and 2 supplemental comp picks. The Bengals were also eligible for two picks that missed the 32 pick limit.”
The players that exited via FA that netted them the comp picks are listed
2003: supplemental 7th
2004: 4th (Takeo Spikes)
2007: 7th (net value)
2008: 3rd, 6th, 7th, 7th (Eric Steinbach, Kevin Kaesviharn, Kelley Washington, Anthony Wright)
2009: 3rd, 6th, 7th, 7th (Justin Smith, Landon Johnson, Bryan Robinson, Alex Stephanovich)
2010: 3rd, 4th (TJ Houshmanzadeh, Stacy Andrews)
2011: supplemental 7th
2013: 7th, 7th (Jerome Simpson, Mike McGlynn)
2014: 6th, 7th (Manny Lawson, Pat Sims) (A 7th for Brian Leonard failed to make the 32 pick limit)
2015: 3rd, 4th (Michael Johnson, Anthony Collins)
2016: none (A 7th for Marshall Newhouse failed to make the 32 pick limit)
2017: 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th (Marvin Jones, Mohamed Sanu, Reggie Nelson, Andre Smith)
2018: 3rd, 5th, 7th, 7th (Kevin Zeitler, Andrew Whitworth, Margus Hunt, Karlos Dansby)
This is the “novelty” that Quinn referenced. While the Lions were losing talent and replacing them with other failed free agents, teams like Green Bay, Seattle, Dallas, New England, Baltimore and Cincinnati are successful enough drafting that they’re able to let more guys walk each year than they sign, resulting in even more picks. I don’t think any moment in Quinn’s tenure outed him as inept as much as his referring to comp picks as a novelty, especially considering how much New England and a couple others were gaming the system with option years for the express purpose of scoring additional comp picks. I suppose when you know you’re not a good drafter, you don’t care how many chances you get at it? (Sorry, I didn’t mean for this to be a Quinn rant, this really is about Marvin Lewis.)