The Ravens and Jets were each awarded four 2014 compensatory draft picks at the league meetings in Orlando.
Compensatory picks began in 1996 as a means of “compensating” clubs for free-agent losses. Ozzie Newsome’s Ravens have been awarded more picks (41) than any team in football, and this year tied the Jets for the most comp picks. Baltimore picked up an additional third-rounder, two fourth-rounders, and a fifth-rounder in exchange for “losing” Paul Kruger, Dannell Ellerbe, Cary Williams, and Ed Reed in 2013 free agency. Put simply, that is robbery by Newsome.