Editing NFL draft (section)

=== Resolution JC-2A{{anchor|2020 Resolution JC-2A}} ===
Resolution JC-2A, which was enacted by the NFL in November 2020, rewards teams for developing minority candidates for head coach and/or general manager positions.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Bell|first=Jarrett|title=NFL approves plan to reward teams with draft picks for developing minority coaches, GMs|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2020/11/10/nfl-minority-coach-general-manager-hiring-proposal-approved/6234064002/|access-date=January 16, 2021|website=USA Today|language=en-US|date=November 10, 2020}}</ref> The resolution rewards teams whose minority candidates are hired away for one of those positions by awarding draft picks:

* Two draft picks are awarded if a team has one qualified candidate hired for either a coach or a general manager position.
* Three draft picks are awarded if a team has two qualified candidates hired for both positions, whether by the same team or two different teams.
* These draft picks are at the end of the third round in consecutive years, after standard compensatory picks. For example, the first team to receive such picks, the [[Los Angeles Rams]], received picks in 2021 and 2022 after the [[Detroit Lions]] hired their director of college scouting, [[Brad Holmes]], as their general manager.<ref>{{Cite web|date=January 14, 2021|title=Rams are 1st team to earn compensatory picks thanks to NFL's new hiring initiative|url=https://theramswire.usatoday.com/2021/01/14/rams-draft-picks-brad-holmes-minority-hiring/|access-date=January 16, 2021|website=Rams Wire|language=en-US}}</ref>
* if multiple teams qualify in a given year, they are awarded in draft order from the first round. The number of picks awarded via the resolution has no impact on the 32 compensatory picks described above.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Overthecap.com|title=2020 Resolution JC-2A|url=https://overthecap.com/2020-resolution-jc-2a/|access-date=January 16, 2021|website=Over the Cap|language=en-US}}</ref>

The resolution followed moves strengthening the league's [[Rooney Rule]] to require two minority candidates be interviewed for head coach positions (previously one), and one minority candidate for open coordinator positions (previously not required). It also replaced an earlier resolution that would have rewarded teams for hiring minority candidates rather than for developing them.<ref name=":0" />