Good morning, Gang Green Nation! The Jets’ website has an article asking who will be the Jets’ "X-Factor" this year. Two votes went to Chris Herndon, and one vote went to C.J. Mosley. Both are good.
May 10, 2021
With the NFL Draft now officially in the rearview, most report cards have been kind to the New York Jets.
Zach Wilson, Alijah Vera-Tucker and Elijah Moore all in the first 34 picks cemented this team’s future offensively. They filled holes that had plagued New York’s passing attack throughout the 2020 season.
In trading up for Vera-Tucker and bolstering the offensive line, though, the Jets gave up two marquee picks in the third round that many projected would be used on a cornerback. Several pundits expected New York to select a corner as early as the first round.
Instead, Joe Douglas and the Jets went for quantity over quality, selecting three corners in the later rounds in the hopes of finding a diamond in the rough. It’s a strategy that yielded Bryce Hall and Blessuan Austin in each of the last two drafts, both of whom have looked promising, projecting to be starting corners for Gang Green to open the season.
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It s no secret that many teams are now crafting their free-agency philosophies around the value of receiving potential compensatory selections in any given year. As you will read in this piece, there were some creative methods teams utilized this offseason to improve their chances of gaining a compensatory pick in 2022.
So, how do compensatory picks work?
The number of compensatory picks allotted each year is limited to the number of teams in the league (32), per the Collective Bargaining Agreement. However, compensatory picks are not divided equally among the teams, and no team can receive more than four compensatory picks in a single year. To qualify for compensatory picks, teams must end up with