Under Ted Thompson, the Green Bay Packers were rarely major players in free agency. One contributing factor to that approach was the NFL’s compensatory pick formula, which awards extra draft picks in rounds three through seven of the NFL Draft to teams that lost more unrestricted free agents than they gained.
In 2020, the Packers are likely to have no compensatory picks for the second straight year, reflecting new general manager Brian Gutekunst’s more aggressive approach to free agency. However, that approach — which came to a head in March as the team agreed to terms with four players in the span of a few hours — did help a few other NFL teams pick up comp picks of their own.