The NFL is about set to hand out compensatory picks for the 2020 NFL Draft, but the Jets will not be receiving any this year.
Compensatory picks are based on free agent additions and subtractions. The Jets have a few players that they signed during free agency last offseason who created compensatory picks for their previous team.
Those players include Le’Veon Bell, C.J. Mosley and Jamison Crowder. In Bell’s case, the Steelers will receive a third-round pick. The Ravens will get a fourth-round pick for Mosley, as will the Redskins for Crowder.
General manager Joe Douglas is big on compensatory picks. His former team, the Ravens, have had the most compensatory picks in the league since 1994 with 50. Meanwhile, the Jets are 30th in the league in compensatory picks with 14 since 1994.
However, Douglas has said that he’s not going to worry about obtaining compensatory picks. That could mean that he’s going to spend a lot of money in free agency not only on his own guys, but other free agents as well.
The Jets should have about $80 million in cap space this offseason once they cut a handful of players from the roster. It’ll be interesting who Douglas targets given the holes on the offensive line in addition to cornerback and edge rusher.
For at least this year though, Douglas will not be able to fix the Jets’ problems with any compensatory picks.
