{"id":621695,"date":"2025-12-23T07:24:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T07:24:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/621695\/"},"modified":"2025-12-23T07:24:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T07:24:13","slug":"updated-2026-nfl-draft-order-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/621695\/","title":{"rendered":"Updated 2026 NFL Draft Order"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n By Adam La Rose<\/a> |
\n at December 22, 2025 10:08 pm<\/p>\n

Several dominoes have fallen so far in Week 16 with respect to the NFL\u2019s playoff picture. The Cowboys have been eliminated while the Patriots, Seahawks, Bears, Eagles and 49ers have locked in a postseason berth.<\/p>\n

The final two weeks of the campaign will determine the remaining playoff spots, but they will also sort out the top of the draft order. Six teams remain within striking distance of the No. 1 pick, although the Titans\u2019 win on Sunday greatly weakened their chances of landing the top selection for the second year in a row. One contest in particular will be worth monitoring next week with respect to draft positioning.<\/p>\n

The Giants and Raiders each sport a record of 2-13. They will play each other in Week 17, meaning the loser of that contest will have the inside track for the No. 1 pick. New York already has a head coaching vacancy<\/a> while\u00a0Pete Carroll\u00a0is in danger of going one-and-done in Vegas<\/a>. Plenty of incentive for winning will exist for Carroll in particular, but the outcome of that game will have major implications on the draft order.<\/p>\n

For non-playoff teams, the draft order is determined by the inverted 2025 standings plus a series of tiebreakers, starting with strength of schedule. Playoff squads are slotted by their postseason outcome and the reverse order of their regular season record.<\/p>\n

Here is an updated look at the first-round order:<\/p>\n

New York Giants (2-13)
\nLas Vegas Raiders (2-13)
\nCleveland Browns (3-12)
\nNew York Jets (3-12)
\nArizona Cardinals (3-12)
\nTennessee Titans (3-12)
\nWashington Commanders (4-11)
\nNew Orleans Saints (5-10)
\nCincinnati Bengals (5-10)
\nMiami Dolphins (6-9)
\nLos Angeles Rams (via Falcons)
\nKansas City Chiefs (6-9)
\nDallas Cowboys (6-8-1)
\nBaltimore Ravens (7-8)
\nMinnesota Vikings (7-8)
\nTampa Bay Buccaneers (7-8)
\nDetroit Lions (8-7)
\nNew York Jets (via Colts)
\nCarolina Panthers (8-7)
\nPittsburgh Steelers (9-6)
\nDallas Cowboys (via Packers)
\nPhiladelphia Eagles (10-5)
\nHouston Texans (10-5)
\nBuffalo Bills (11-4)
\nSan Francisco 49ers (10-4)
\nLos Angeles Chargers (11-4)
\nCleveland Browns (via Jaguars)
\nLos Angeles Rams (11-4)
\nChicago Bears (11-4)
\nNew England Patriots (12-3)
\nDenver Broncos (12-3)
\nSeattle Seahawks (12-3)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Adam La Rose | at December 22, 2025 10:08 pm Several dominoes have fallen so far in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":568228,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[4955,390,254,117,53,260,391,256,54,257,258,113,7,345,253,392,125,110,393,262,58,251,259,249,55,56,255,6,15,4442,109,57,252,261,250,394,111],"class_list":{"0":"post-621695","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl-draft","8":"tag-2026-nfl-draft","9":"tag-arizona-cardinals","10":"tag-atlanta-falcons","11":"tag-baltimore-ravens","12":"tag-buffalo-bills","13":"tag-carolina-panthers","14":"tag-chicago-bears","15":"tag-cincinnati-bengals","16":"tag-cleveland-browns","17":"tag-dallas-cowboys","18":"tag-denver-broncos","19":"tag-detroit-lions","20":"tag-football","21":"tag-green-bay-packers","22":"tag-houston-texans","23":"tag-indianapolis-colts","24":"tag-jacksonville-jaguars","25":"tag-kansas-city-chiefs","26":"tag-las-vegas-raiders","27":"tag-los-angeles-chargers","28":"tag-los-angeles-rams","29":"tag-miami-dolphins","30":"tag-minnesota-vikings","31":"tag-new-england-patriots","32":"tag-new-orleans-saints","33":"tag-new-york-giants","34":"tag-new-york-jets","35":"tag-nfl","36":"tag-nfl-draft","37":"tag-pfr-originals","38":"tag-philadelphia-eagles","39":"tag-pittsburgh-steelers","40":"tag-san-francisco-49ers","41":"tag-seattle-seahawks","42":"tag-tampa-bay-buccaneers","43":"tag-tennessee-titans","44":"tag-washington-commanders"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/621695","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=621695"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/621695\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/568228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=621695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=621695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=621695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}