January 02, 2022
Are we really going to track whether Joe Flacco plays enough snaps this season so that a sixth-round pick from the New York Jets will become a fifth-round pick, and similarly, whether Gardner Minshew plays enough snaps for the Philadelphia Eagles that a sixth-round pick that the Eagles owe the Jacksonville Jaguars will become a fifth-round pick? Yes. Yes we are.
• The Jets traded a sixth-round pick (originally owned by the Buccaneers) to the Eagles for Flacco. That sixth-round pick can become a fifth-round pick if Flacco plays at least 50 percent of the snaps in four games in 2021. Since the Buccaneers will almost certainly have a late pick in each round and the Jets will have early picks, the difference could actually be somewhere in the ballpark of around 60 draft slots.
• The Eagles traded a sixth-round pick to the Jaguars for Minshew. That sixth-round pick can become a fifth-round pick if Minshew plays at least 50 percent of the snaps in three games in 2021.
So let's just do this.
| Week | Snaps played | Possible snaps | 50 percent? |
| 8 | 0 | 84 | No |
| 9 | 0 | 77 | No |
| 10 | 6 | 77 | No |
| 11 | 60 | 60 | Yes |
| 12 | 0 | 67 | No |
| 13 | 0 | 59 | No |
| 14 | 0 | 66 | No |
| 15 | 0 | 57 | No |
| 16 | 0 | 58 | No |
| 17 | 0 | 60 | No |
| 18 |
Flacco will not play in at least 50 percent of the Jets' snaps in the necessary 4 games. The compensation from the Jets to the Eagles will remain a sixth-round pick.
| Week | Snaps played | Possible snaps | 50 percent? |
| 1 | 0 | 71 | No |
| 2 | 0 | 58 | No |
| 3 | 0 | 58 | No |
| 4 | 0 | 74 | No |
| 5 | 0 | 67 | No |
| 6 | 0 | 52 | No |
| 7 | 0 | 69 | No |
| 8 | 14 | 65 | No |
| 9 | 0 | 57 | No |
| 10 | 0 | 64 | No |
| 11 | 0 | 78 | No |
| 12 | 0 | 67 | No |
| 13 | 71 | 71 | Yes |
| 15 | 0 | 71 | No |
| 16 | 7 | 63 | No |
| 17 | 0 | 61 | No |
| 18 |
Minshew has played at least 50 percent of the Eagles' snaps in 1 of the necessary 3 games so far. The compensation from the Eagles to the Jaguars will remain a sixth-round pick.
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