Two weeks remain in the regular season, and while a number of teams are jockeying for playoff spots several others are still in contention to land a coveted draft slot. It remains to be seen where the No. 1 selection will wind up.
The Giants and Raiders entered Sunday’s action with two wins apiece, and New York’s loss kept the team strongly in contention to kick off the draft in April. By virtue of winning against the Jaguars, though, the Raiders hurt their chances of finding themselves in that position. A top-two spot (or thereabouts) may be required to draft either of this year’s top passers, but a small move up the order positioning Vegas to add one could still be on the table.
Five teams currently sit a 3-12, and a head-to-head matchup between the Titans and Jaguars on Sunday will be key in deciding where each of them wind up. Another three squads own a 4-11 record, so plenty of potential exists in terms of changes being made to the order at the top of the board. Numerous expected suitors for a Day 1 quarterback (including teams like the Browns and Jets) may very well find themselves out of reach for Cam Ward and Shedeur Sanders without a trade-up being necessary. The Panthers’ starting situation with Bryce Young is certainly not settled for 2025, but adding a passer on Day 1 would come as a surprise at this point.
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:
- New York Giants (2-13)
- New England Patriots (3-12)
- Jacksonville Jaguars (3-12)
- Tennessee Titans (3-12)
- Cleveland Browns (3-12)
- Las Vegas Raiders (3-12)
- Carolina Panthers (4-11)
- New York Jets (4-11)
- Chicago Bears (4-11)
- New Orleans Saints (5-10)
- San Francisco 49ers (6-9)
- Miami Dolphins (7-8)
- Indianapolis Colts (7-8)
- Cincinnati Bengals (7-8)
- Dallas Cowboys (7-8)
- Arizona Cardinals (7-8)
- Tampa Bay Buccaneers (8-7)
- Seattle Seahawks (8-7)
- Atlanta Falcons (8-7)
- Los Angeles Chargers (9-6)
- Houston Texans (9-6)
- Denver Broncos (9-6)
- Los Angeles Rams (9-6)
- Washington Commanders (10-5)
- Pittsburgh Steelers (10-5)
- Baltimore Ravens (10-5)
- Green Bay Packers (11-4)
- Philadelphia Eagles (12-3)
- Buffalo Bills (12-3)
- Minnesota Vikings (13-2)
- Detroit Lions (13-2)
- Kansas City Chiefs (14-1)
Incredible that there are nine teams with fewer than five wins at this point in the season.
Half the league is under .500! There’s just aren’t 32 QBs that we would consider to starting caliber on this planet. There never has been and prob never will be. I think that’s the leagues main issue, simple as that.
I honestly think the league’s difficulty in developing offensive line talent is an even bigger issue right now. And the disparity between the haves and have nots in offensive coaching is huge. A year ago, I would not have put Darnold among the QB haves.
Looks like Travis Hunter is heading to New England
As a Pats fan, I hope not. He won’t play both sides of the ball in the NFL, so he’s going to be grossly overdrafted.
I’d much rather my Pats trade down a few spots.
A list of the best player drafted by each team in it’s current draft spot:
1. Giants – Tucker Frederickson 1965
3. Jaguars – Blake Bortles 2014
5. Browns – Mack Mitchell 1975
6. Raiders – Tim Brown 1988 HOF
7. Panthers – Derrick Brown 2020
8. Jets – James Farrier 1997
9. Bears – Brian Urlacher 2000 HOF
10. Saints – Ken Burrough 1970
11. 49ers – Leo Nomellini 1950 HOF
12. Dolphins – Marco Coleman 1992
14. Bengals – Glenn Cameron 1975
16. Cardinals – Luis Sharpe 1982
17. Buccaneers – Doug Williams 1978
18. Seahawks – Tony Woods 1987
19. Falcons – Sean Witherspoon 2010
20. Chargers – Gary Anderson 1983
21. Texans – Will Fuller 2016
22. Broncos – Demaryious Thomas 2010
23. Rams – Bob Brudzinski 1977
24. Commanders – John Paluck 1956
25. Steelers – Santonio Holmes 2006
26. Ravens – Ray Lewis 1996 HOF
27. Packers – Jon Morris 1964
28. Eagles – Guy Morriss 1973
29. Bills – Joe Cribbs 1980
30. Vikings – Issiac Holt 1985
31. Lions – Lloyd Wickett 1943
32. Chiefs – Frank Pitts 1965
Some teams have not drafted in their current draft spot previously.
I was listening to ny sports radio and they mentioned that in the 1965 draft in which the giants selected Tucker fredrickson, the bears took gale sayers and dick Butkus with picks 3 and 4 and there was one other future HOF taken shortly after the giants . So the giants being bad at talent evaluation is nothing new to this franchise.
I like the idea of doing this!
Begals beat Dallas head to head and have equal records but Bengals pick before Dallas.
Seems legit
The draft order goes by strength of schedule not head to head.
If the Bears stay in that 8-12 pick range they should take Ashton Jeanty. I know they need to overhaul the O-line but there really aren’t any great o-line prospects in this class so drafting Jeanty and using free agency and mid round picks to build the line would be huge to make that offense both explosive and balanced.
That would actually be fun to watch!
Vikings only 2 losses……
It seems like they’ve trailed in lots of games in the 4th Q though.
Are the tie breakers different for the draft order from the waiver wire? The Texans claimed Diontae Johnson and got him over a claim by the Chargers.