{"id":655220,"date":"2026-01-05T06:26:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T06:26:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/655220\/"},"modified":"2026-01-05T06:26:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T06:26:12","slug":"updated-2026-nfl-draft-order-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/655220\/","title":{"rendered":"Updated 2026 NFL Draft Order"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n By Sam Robinson<\/a> |
\n at January 4, 2026 10:45 pm<\/p>\n

With the AFC North now settled (in rather dramatic fashion), the 2025 regular season is in the books. Following their decisions to shelve Brock Bowers<\/a> and Maxx Crosby<\/a>, the Raiders secured the No. 1 overall pick<\/a>. After entering Week 17 in that slot, the Giants \u2014 as they did in 2024 \u2014 slipped out of the top two thanks to a late-season win.<\/p>\n

Big Blue\u2019s victories over the Raiders and Cowboys dropped them to No. 5, with today\u2019s win allowing the Jets, Cardinals and Titans to leapfrog them. The Giants, who fell out of the No. 1 spot last year thanks to a Drew Lock<\/a>-led win over the Colts in Week 17, will still hold a top-five pick \u2014 just not the one most expected two weeks ago. The Jets saw the Colts\u2019 collapse, which dropped them from 8-2 to 8-9, give them two picks in the top 16.<\/p>\n

The Cardinals started 2-0 but managed to close the season with 14 losses over their final 15 games. This will give Arizona a top-four pick for the third time in the Monti Ossenfort era. The GM traded out of that slot in 2023 before drafting Marvin Harrison Jr.<\/a>\u00a0in 2024; Ossenfort is expected to be retained for a fourth season<\/a>, providing another opportunity. This will be the third straight year the Titans will hold a top-seven pick.<\/p>\n

The Buccaneers beat the Panthers on Saturday, but thanks to a three-way NFC South tie, Tampa Bay\u2019s draft slot will land out of the playoff positions for the first time since 2020. Because Atlanta defeated New Orleans today, Carolina\u2019s first-round pick will slide into the bottom 14 despite its 8-9 finish \u2014 one that secured playoff entry for the first time since 2017.<\/p>\n

Although the draft order is not fully set due to the upcoming playoffs, the first 18 picks are. Here is how the order looks after Week 18:<\/p>\n

Las Vegas Raiders (3-14)
\nNew York Jets (3-14)
\nArizona Cardinals (3-14)
\nTennessee Titans (3-14)
\nNew York Giants (4-13)
\nCleveland Browns (5-12)
\nWashington Commanders (5-12)
\nNew Orleans Saints (6-11)
\nKansas City Chiefs (6-11)
\nCincinnati Bengals (6-11)
\nMiami Dolphins (7-10)
\nDallas Cowboys (7-9-1)
\nLos Angeles Rams (via Falcons)
\nBaltimore Ravens (8-9)
\nTampa Bay Buccaneers (8-9)
\nNew York Jets (via Colts)
\nDetroit Lions (9-8)
\nMinnesota Vikings (9-8)
\nCarolina Panthers (8-9)
\nDallas Cowboys (from Packers)
\nPittsburgh Steelers (10-7)
\nLos Angeles Chargers (11-6)
\nPhiladelphia Eagles (11-6)
\nBuffalo Bills (12-5)
\nChicago Bears (11-6)
\nSan Francisco 49ers (12-5)
\nHouston Texans (12-5)
\nCleveland Browns (from Jaguars)
\nLos Angeles Rams (12-5)
\nNew England Patriots (14-3)
\nDenver Broncos (14-3)
\nSeattle Seahawks (14-3)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Sam Robinson | at January 4, 2026 10:45 pm With the AFC North now settled (in rather…\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-655220","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\/655220","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=655220"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/655220\/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=655220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=655220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=655220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}