The Green Bay Packers enter the 2026 offseason with plenty of difficult decisions looming on the horizon. The team is getting expensive, cap space is short, and numerous key players are heading to unrestricted free agency. The unfriendly combination of factors leads me to believe that securing compensatory draft picks, or comp picks, will be a key focus of this offseason. Stick with me while I go through what that means, why it’s important, and how the Packers can build a championship caliber team with this in mind.
What is a compensatory or comp pick?
Comp picks began in 1994 as part of a relatively genius strategy the NFL employed to ensure parity in the league.