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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 further draft picks, because of 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 workforce misplaced a minority govt or coach to a different workforce, that workforce 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 change into head coaches or normal managers. For instance, when the Lions employed present normal 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 dropping 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 alternatives are introduced to groups that endure main losses of key veteran gamers in free company.
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Compensatory draft picks are also introduced to groups that lose minority assistant coaches or entrance workplace personnel to move teaching or normal supervisor positions with different groups.
The compensatory alternatives are positioned on the backside of Rounds 3-7 and a complete of 32 alternatives are introduced. The announcement of the compensatory picks for the 2025 NFL draft will are available March.
In line with 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 alternatives for free-agent losses.
What’s the Rooney Rule?
In 2003, the NFL adopted a rule that every workforce should interview no less than one minority candidate previous to choosing a brand new head coach. The rule was named for late Pittsburgh Steelers proprietor Dan Rooney, who led the league’s range committee.
The Rooney Rule has advanced over time, with the aforementioned 2020 addition to reward groups for creating minority head teaching and normal supervisor expertise. In 2021, the league required each workforce to interview no less than two exterior minority candidates for open head teaching and normal supervisor positions and no less than one exterior minority candidate for a coordinator place. The rule additionally was expanded to guarantee no less than one minority and/or feminine candidate be interviewed for senior degree entrance workplace positions.
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