The Packers let a 21-3 halftime lead slip away in a wild-card loss to the Bears. Patrick McDermott / Getty Images
By The Athletic NFL Staff
Jan. 11, 2026Updated 11:11 am EST
The Athletic has live coverage of Bills vs. Jaguars and 49ers vs. Eagles from the NFL playoffs wild-card round.
The Green Bay Packers’ wild-card round collapse Saturday night was the Dallas Cowboys’ gain. The Cowboys own the Packers’ first-round selection this year as part of their return on the Micah Parsons trade, and Green Bay’s loss locked that pick in at No. 20.
The full order for picks 19-32 will be decided by playoff results — teams eliminated in the wild-card round will be placed into slots 19-24; divisional-round losers will hold picks 25-28, and so on. The first tiebreaker for draft positioning is strength of schedule, with the team that’s faced an easier schedule receiving the higher pick.
Here’s how Round 1 stands after the conclusion of Saturday’s wild-card games.
(Note: Current playoff teams are designated by asterisks below.)
1. Las Vegas Raiders (3-14)2. New York Jets (3-14)3. Arizona Cardinals (3-14)4. Tennessee Titans (3-14)5. New York Giants (4-13)6. Cleveland Browns (5-12)7. Washington Commanders (5-12)8. New Orleans Saints (6-11)9. Kansas City Chiefs (6-11)10. Cincinnati Bengals (6-11)11. Miami Dolphins (7-10)12. Dallas Cowboys (7-9-1)13. Los Angeles Rams (from Atlanta: 8-9)14. Baltimore Ravens (8-9)15. Tampa Bay Buccaneers (8-9)16. New York Jets (from Indianapolis: 8-9)17. Detroit Lions (9-8)18. Minnesota Vikings (9-8)19. Carolina Panthers (8-9)20. Dallas Cowboys (from Green Bay: 9-7-1)21. Pittsburgh Steelers (10-7)*22. Los Angeles Chargers (11-6)*23. Philadelphia Eagles (11-6)*24. Buffalo Bills (12-5)*25. Chicago Bears (11-6)*26. San Francisco 49ers (12-5)*27. Houston Texans (12-5)*28. Cleveland Browns (from Jacksonville: 13-4*)29. Los Angeles Rams (12-5)*30. New England Patriots (14-3)*31. Denver Broncos (14-3)*32. Seattle Seahawks (14-3)*