The New York Jets spent a ton of money this offseason, and they will have to deal with the consequences.
According to Over The Cap, the Jets aren’t set to receive any compensatory picks in the 2027 NFL draft. The comp pick formula is based on the free agents you lose on the open market versus the ones you add to the roster.
This offseason, the Jets lost five players to other teams who qualified for the formula:
- Alijah Vera-Tucker (New England Patriots; three-year $42 million contract)
- John Simpson (Baltimore Ravens; three-year $30 million contract)
- Quincy Williams (Cleveland Browns; two-year $17 million contract)
- Micheal Clemons (Indianapolis Colts; three-year $18.5 million contract)
- Nick Folk (Atlanta Falcons; two-year $9 million contract)
If the Jets didn’t sign any free agents that qualified in the formula, they would have been projected to receive a fifth rounder, two sixth rounders, and two seventh rounders in the 2027 NFL draft.
However, they signed players who canceled out the formula.
This offseason, the Jets added six players who qualified for the formula:
- Demario Davis (two-year $22 million deal)
- Joseph Ossai (three-year $34 million deal)
- David Onyemata (one-year $10.5 million deal)
- Kingsley Enagbare (one-year $10 million deal)
- Dane Belton (one-year $6 million deal)
- Dylan Parham (two-year $20 million deal)
The Jets’ additions outweighed the losses. So they aren’t projected to receive any bonus picks in 2027.
Jets Spent a Ton of Money in Free Agency
According to Spotrac, the Jets spent $85 million in free agency. Due to a rule in the latest NFL CBA, the Jets had no choice; they had to meet a spending threshold, and this was the last year of the three-year period.
That total doesn’t include all of the trades the Jets pulled off, highlighted by the Minkah Fitzpatrick deal with the Miami Dolphins. As part of that trade, the Jets worked out a new three-year, $40 million contract with Fitzpatrick to keep him for the foreseeable future.
The Jets desperately needed to make these upgrades, comp picks be damned.
Jets Have Been Historically Terrible at Comp Pick Bingo
This offseason, the Jets received two bonus picks in the 2026 NFL draft. That was a result of their free agent losses from last offseason outweighing their additions.
This was a rare haul for the green and white. The league has been handing out compensatory selections since 1994. Over those 32 years, the Jets have received 19 total comp picks, which ranks as the third fewest of any NFL team.
Those additional picks are nice when you can get them, but this offseason, the Jets couldn’t afford to get cute. The roster needed serious upgrades, and the Jets made the necessary moves without considering the impact on the compensatory pick formula.
The good news is the Jets don’t have to worry about next year because they already have plenty of selections at their disposal.
In the 2027 NFL draft, the Jets have 10 total picks (per ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter):
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- First round: their own, the Indianapolis Colts, and whichever is higher between the Dallas Cowboys and the Green Bay Packers
- Second round: their own
- Third round: their own
- Fourth round: their own
- Fifth round: their own
- Sixth round: San Francisco 49ers, Chiefs, and the Philadelphia Eagles
- Seventh round: n/a
Jets Get Blunt News After $85 Million Free Agency Spending Spree