{"id":561545,"date":"2026-01-26T08:31:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T08:31:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/561545\/"},"modified":"2026-01-26T08:31:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T08:31:13","slug":"updated-2026-nfl-draft-order-top-30-set-rams-hold-picks-13-and-29-in-round-1-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/561545\/","title":{"rendered":"Updated 2026 NFL Draft order: Top 30 set; Rams hold picks 13 and 29 in Round 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It feels like a foregone conclusion that the Raiders will select Indiana QB Fernando Mendoza at No. 1. Ethan Miller \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n

By The Athletic NFL Staff<\/p>\n

Jan. 25, 2026Updated 10:39 pm EST<\/p>\n

The Los Angeles Rams fell just short of another Super Bowl trip<\/a>, but GM Les Snead will have an opportunity to reload his roster come April. Thanks to a trade during last year\u2019s draft, the Rams own the Atlanta Falcons\u2019 first-round pick this year, which sits at No. 13. They\u2019ll also pick at No. 29, having locked in that spot as a result of Sunday night\u2019s loss in Seattle.<\/p>\n

Denver, which fell in the AFC title game<\/a>, now holds pick No. 30 in Round 1.<\/p>\n

The full order for picks 19-32 is decided by playoff results \u2014 teams eliminated in the wild-card round are placed into slots 19-24, divisional-round losers into picks 25-28, and so on. The first tiebreaker for draft positioning is strength of schedule, with the team that\u2019s faced an easier schedule receiving the higher pick.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s how Round 1 stands with the Super Bowl LX matchup now set and the draft scheduled to start April 23 in Pittsburgh.<\/p>\n

(Note: Remaining playoff teams are designated by asterisks below.)<\/p>\n

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. Cleveland Browns (from Jacksonville: 13-4)25. Chicago Bears (11-6)26. Buffalo Bills (12-5)27. San Francisco 49ers (12-5)28. Houston Texans (12-5)29. Los Angeles Rams (12-5)30. Denver Broncos (14-3)31. New England Patriots (14-3)*32. Seattle Seahawks (14-3)*<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It feels like a foregone conclusion that the Raiders will select Indiana QB Fernando Mendoza at No. 1.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":561226,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[7,6,12,9],"class_list":{"0":"post-561545","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba-draft","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-nba","10":"tag-nba-draft","11":"tag-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115960472933077434","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561545","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=561545"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561545\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/561226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=561545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=561545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=561545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}