The Week 12 slate of games is in the books. For many teams, attention is increasingly turning toward the offseason with a playoff berth no longer in reach.
Plenty of time remains for the draft order to change over the coming months, and it will be interesting to see which teams wind up in position to add at the quarterback spot in particular. The crop of prospects for 2025 is not held in high regard after Shedeur Sanders and Cam Ward, meaning the demand for potential franchise passers is set to outweigh demand at the top of the board. Of course, players like Sanders’ Colorado teammate Travis Hunter will be among the ones worth watching closely as well.
The Jets have moved on from head coach Robert Saleh and general manager Joe Douglas, inviting questions about a reset under center as well. Aaron Rodgers wants to play in 2025, but it remains to be seen how his relationship with the organization will take shape down the stretch and if a new regime will prefer to move on at the position. The Giants, meanwhile, confirmed they will be in the market for a new signal-caller with Daniel Jones no longer in the fold.
Teams such as the Raiders have long been mentioned as a team to watch regarding a rookie QB pursuit. Jayden Daniels was a target for head coach Antonio Pierce last spring, and it would come as no surprise if Vegas were to make a push for a long-term starting option this time around. Other franchises not on track to qualify for the playoffs figure to give the Raiders plenty of competition in that department, though.
For non-playoff teams, the draft order will be determined by the inverted 2024 standings — plus a series of tiebreakers, starting with strength of schedule — with playoff squads being slotted by their postseason outcome and regular-season record. Here is an updated look at the current draft order:
- Jacksonville Jaguars: 2-9
- New York Giants: 2-9
- Las Vegas Raiders: 2-9
- New England Patriots: 3-9
- Carolina Panthers: 3-8
- Tennessee Titans: 3-8
- New York Jets: 3-8
- Cleveland Browns: 3-8
- New Orleans Saints: 4-7
- Cincinnati Bengals: 4-7
- Dallas Cowboys: 4-7
- Chicago Bears: 4-7
- Indianapolis Colts: 5-7
- Miami Dolphins: 5-6
- Tampa Bay Buccaneers: 5-6
- Los Angeles Rams: 5-6
- San Francisco 49ers: 5-6
- Arizona Cardinals: 6-5
- Atlanta Falcons: 6-5
- Seattle Seahawks: 6-5
- Washington Commanders: 7-5
- Houston Texans: 7-5
- Denver Broncos: 7-5
- Los Angeles Chargers: 7-4
- Baltimore Ravens: 8-4
- Pittsburgh Steelers: 8-3
- Green Bay Packers: 8-3
- Minnesota Vikings: 9-2
- Philadelphia Eagles: 9-2
- Buffalo Bills: 9-2
- Kansas City Chiefs: 10-1
- Detroit Lions: 10-1
the Eagles are on fire! they will end up with the #32 pick in the 2025 NFL draft, cause I see Jalen hurts holding up the Lombardi in February as confetti falls from the sky!!!
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Back in the spring when the Eagles hired Fangio I predicted they would have a big turn around. That defense is currently ranked 3rd. Howie made a lot of good moves during the off season. A rematch against the Chiefs in the SB would be very interesting. Of course the Lions might have something to say about that.
Why do you think Jalen Hurts is so starved for attention that he needs to crash the Lions trophy ceremony?
Barkley has been putting up Nintendo numbers, like the kind of guy who can carry an offense in the playoffs.
What team has had the most top 5 or 10 picks. I’m guessing the Jags would be high up on that list, excluding the inaugural season.
They’ve only been around 30 seasons and have 20 top 10 picks since their inauguration
I definitely think someone like Cleveland has more in their history cause they’ve been around a lot longer as a franchise probably almost triple but certainly double the jaguars if we are talking pre merger.
Lions would be high on my list too. There’s a reason people blame the curse of Bobby Layne all those years
Throw the Jets in the mix as well! Cinny, AZ; long list of bad teams.
Well let’s set a bar at the last franchise allowed in which was what Houston in 2002?
Let’s see who’s been the worst top 5 and top 10 teams in that span.
Hard to fault new franchises entering the gig at 25 something teams when others entered at like 10-15 over the years.
Being a big Lions fan it’s weird yet exciting too see my Lions potentially drafting last in the draft next season. We’re not used to drafting that low.
I suppose the big surprises would be the Bengals drafting in the top 10 and the Panthers drafting outside the top 5 if those scenarios materialize,
According to AI, I received this answer.
The Indianapolis Colts and Los Angeles Rams have each made the most first overall selections in history with seven.
That’s wild.
Well I had pretty much ruled out Washington as George Allen never trusted rookies that much.
going to be a lot of movement. Jags play Tenn twice, Jets, & another bad team.
Giants have an easier path to #1
Panthers and Saints should have 1 more game too.
Jags will not win another game if Trevor Lawerence is shutdown for the rest of the year as Mac Jones is the worst QB in the league.
Season isn’t over yet and here we are talking about the spring draft
There’s more pressing problems than worrying about where your team picks