{"id":15723,"date":"2025-05-01T17:12:09","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T17:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/15723\/"},"modified":"2025-05-01T17:12:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T17:12:09","slug":"ny-jets-flip-embarrassing-defensive-lineman-into-solid-comp-pick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/15723\/","title":{"rendered":"NY Jets flip embarrassing defensive lineman into solid comp pick"},"content":{"rendered":"

At least they will get some compensation for their troubles.<\/p>\n

Per Over The Cap\u2019s latest projections<\/a>, the New York Jets<\/a> are currently expected to receive a fourth-round compensatory pick in the 2026 NFL draft for Haason Reddick\u2019s departure in free agency, a nice silver lining to one of their biggest recent missteps.<\/p>\n

Compensatory picks are awarded to teams that lose more qualifying unrestricted free agents than they sign during the offseason. The NFL uses a complex formula that takes into account factors such as contract value, snap counts, and postseason awards to determine pick value, which ranges from the third to the seventh round.<\/p>\n

Since Reddick signed a significant deal with Tampa Bay (one year, $14 million) and the Jets did not add an equivalent free agent, his departure is projected to earn New York a fourth-round pick in 2026.<\/p>\n

The compensatory formula cuts off the Monday after the draft<\/a>, meaning any free agents signed after that point no longer count toward the formula \u2013 nearly locking in Reddick\u2019s status as a fourth-round value for New York.<\/p>\n

When New York acquired Reddick from the Philadelphia Eagles last March, the plan was clear: bring in a proven edge rusher with four straight double-digit sack seasons to elevate the Jets\u2019 defensive front significantly.<\/p>\n

Instead, they got a holdout<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Reddick skipped all of minicamp, training camp, and a significant portion of the regular season in pursuit of a new deal. By the time he finally agreed to a restructured contract and suited up in Week 8, the damage was already done.<\/p>\n

On the field, things didn\u2019t get much better. The veteran pass rusher managed just one sack across the final 10 games of the season, a stunning collapse for a player who had once been one of the NFL\u2019s most consistent sack artists. <\/p>\n

Still, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers saw enough to offer him a one-year deal worth up to $14 million this offseason.<\/p>\n

While giving up a conditional third-rounder for a one-sack rental looks like a glaring failure, the Jets salvaging a projected fourth-round compensatory pick at least softens the blow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"At least they will get some compensation for their troubles. Per Over The Cap\u2019s latest projections, the New…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15724,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2051],"tags":[7,3228,1823,226,1917,255,2321,2097,6,15,3231,3916,3234],"class_list":{"0":"post-15723","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-jets","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-free-content","10":"tag-haason-reddick","11":"tag-jets","12":"tag-new-york","13":"tag-new-york-jets","14":"tag-newyork","15":"tag-newyorkjets","16":"tag-nfl","17":"tag-nfl-draft","18":"tag-ny-jets-news","19":"tag-ny-jets-players","20":"tag-standard"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114433697087666497","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15723"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15723\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}