The Divisional Round has come to end, and after each game was decided on the final play, the season has come to a bitter end for another four teams. That brings the total number of squads locked into their first round draft position to 28. Interestingly, the Rams and 49ers are still standing after they each parted ways with top draft picks this past offseason. San Francisco’s first choice is currently slated to be 61st overall, while the Rams aren’t projected to be on the board until the 101st pick. For Los Angeles in particular, the decision is certainly paying off so far.
For non-playoff teams, the draft order is determined by the inverted 2021 standings, plus a series of tiebreakers, starting with strength of schedule. For playoff teams, the order is determined by their postseason outcome and regular season record.
Here is the updated order after this weekend’s results:
- Jacksonville Jaguars: 3-14
- Detroit Lions: 3-13-1
- Houston Texans: 4-13
- New York Jets: 4-13
- New York Giants: 4-13
- Carolina Panthers: 5-12
- New York Giants(via Bears)
- Atlanta Falcons: 7-10
- Denver Broncos: 7-10
- New York Jets (via Seahawks)
- Washington Football Team: 7-10
- Minnesota Vikings: 8-9
- Cleveland Browns: 8-9
- Baltimore Ravens: 8-9
- Philadelphia Eagles (via Dolphins)
- Philadelphia Eagles (via Colts)
- Los Angeles Chargers: 9-8
- New Orleans Saints: 9-8
- Philadelphia Eagles: 9-8
- Pittsburgh Steelers: 9-7-1
- New England Patriots: 10-7
- Las Vegas Raiders: 10-7
- Arizona Cardinals: 11-6
- Dallas Cowboys: 12-5
- Buffalo Bills: 11-6
- Tennessee Titans: 12-5
- Tampa Bay Buccaneers: 13-4
- Green Bay Packers: 13-4
- Cincinnati Bengals: 10-7*
- Miami Dolphins (via 49ers)
- Detroit Lions (via Rams)
- Kansas City Chiefs: 12-5*
* = Remaining playoff teams
the Pack should be happy, they have a higher pick to help with their [not-]rebuild.
Who isn’t SF (Miami) listed as #29? They were a wildcard entrant into the playoffs and have the worst record of the 4 teams remaining.
Cinci was also 10-7 and the tie-breakers work backwards in draft selection.
Two teams that picked in the top 5 in last years draft are in the conference championship a year later. Has that ever happened before? Has it even happened to one team before to go from bottom 5 to last 4 standing in less than a year?
It’s even more special for the bengals because the 49ers were not a bottom team last year, they traded up. But the bengals were legitimately a bottom 5 team last year and now they are one win from going to the Super Bowl
The highest pick traded away is…..Wait for it……Wait for it……Ryan Pace and the Bears who traded away number 7. So they could go 6-11 and save his and Nagy’s jobs. Worked out well don’t you think? God what a fool.
So the Jets have the 4th pick. I wonder who will be the next guaranteed superstar that will surely lead them to the Supoerbowl…who will never pan out.