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Jets’ hiring of Aaron Glenn means Lions get two extra NFL draft picks
With the New York Jets hiring Aaron Glenn to be their subsequent head coach, the Detroit Lions will obtain two additional draft picks, due to a 2020 modification to the NFL’s collective bargaining settlement because it pertains to the Rooney Rule.
The Lions get third-round draft picks within the 2025 and 2026 drafts beneath a rule that stipulates that if a group misplaced a minority govt or coach to a different group, that group receives compensatory picks. The 5-year-old rule was put in place to reward groups that develop minority coaches and entrance workplace personnel who go on to grow to be head coaches or common managers. For instance, when the Lions employed present common supervisor Brad Holmes from the Los Angeles Rams, the Rams obtained compensatory third-round picks within the 2021 and 2022 NFL drafts.
The Rams and San Francisco 49ers every had compensatory picks within the 2024 draft for shedding Raheem Morris (present Atlanta Falcons head coach) and Ran Carthon (former Tennessee Titans GM), respectively. The Rams and 49ers can have extra compensatory picks within the 2025 draft as properly.
For Glenn, the Jets job represents his first head teaching gig. Glenn, who performed as a defensive again, was a first-round draft decide by the Jets in 1994. He went on to play 15 NFL seasons with six completely different groups and was a three-time Professional Bowl choice. Glenn, who began his NFL teaching profession in 2014 as an assistant defensive backs coach, was the Lions’ defensive coordinator for the earlier 4 seasons.
What are compensatory draft picks?
Compensatory draft picks are designed to assist stability the extent of competitors in a league that prides itself on parity. Compensatory choices are offered to groups that endure main losses of key veteran gamers in free company.
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Compensatory draft picks are also offered to groups that lose minority assistant coaches or entrance workplace personnel to go teaching or common supervisor positions with different groups.
The compensatory choices are positioned on the backside of Rounds 3-7 and a complete of 32 choices are offered. The announcement of the compensatory picks for the 2025 NFL draft will are available March.
Based on Over The Cap, the 49ers, Lions and Rams will obtain compensatory picks for minority hirings in 2025, whereas the Minnesota Vikings (Kirk Cousins) and Miami Dolphins (Robert Hunt) are projected to obtain compensatory choices for free-agent losses.
What’s the Rooney Rule?
In 2003, the NFL adopted a rule that every group should interview at the least one minority candidate previous to deciding on a brand new head coach. The rule was named for late Pittsburgh Steelers proprietor Dan Rooney, who led the league’s variety committee.
The Rooney Rule has advanced over time, with the aforementioned 2020 addition to reward groups for creating minority head teaching and common supervisor expertise. In 2021, the league required each group to interview at the least two exterior minority candidates for open head teaching and common supervisor positions and at the least one exterior minority candidate for a coordinator place. The rule additionally was expanded to guarantee at the least one minority and/or feminine candidate be interviewed for senior stage entrance workplace positions.
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