Raiders Receive Great News in Compensatory Pick Projection

Here is why the Raiders will receive a compensatory pick in 2026, per NFL.com.

• Projected compensatory picks: one in Round 4.
• Key free-agent losses: Tre'von Moehrig (Panthers), Nate Hobbs (Packers), Robert Spillane (Patriots), Divine Deablo (Falcons)
• Key free-agent additions: Jeremy Chinn, Eric Stokes, Elandon Roberts

"The additions of Chinn, Roberts and Stokes are washed out by the losses of Hobbs, Spillane and Deablo, leaving Moehrig’s departure to net a fourth-round pick," NFL.com said.

Per NFL: 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 up equally among the teams, and no team can receive more than four compensatory picks in a single year. Teams that end up with more qualifying free agents lost than gained in a particular year are eligible to receive compensatory selections. A team that lost as many qualifying free agents as it gained might be eligible to receive a Round 7 compensatory pick, based on the value of the qualifying free agents it lost versus the value of the qualifying free agents it gained.

Teams are awarded compensatory draft picks between Rounds 3 and 7 based on a league formula that takes into account a player's average salary per year (APY), snap count and postseason awards. While there is an expected level of compensation for a player based on the amount he has signed for, his playing time (or lack thereof) in the upcoming season could alter the expectation.

In November of 2020, the NFL announced it would award two third-round selections (one each in consecutive years) to any team who had a minority coach or executive hired as head coach or general manager by another NFL club (teams that lost employees to a head coach and general manager position would receive three). Those selections come at the back end of the compensatory picks awarded in the third round. In 2025, the Lions will receive the second of two picks for having former defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn (now the Jets head coach) hired away this year.

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