For the first time ever, the top 20 picks in the NFL Draft will be made up exclusively of teams that didn’t make the playoffs. The playoff teams will make the final 12 picks, depending on the results of the postseason.
Ties in record are broken by strength of schedule. Ties in strength of schedule can be broken by division or conference tiebreakers, but none were applicable in the top 20 this year.
Three ties will be determined later based on a coin flip. We’ve starred any picks that still need a coin flip. Here goes:
1. St. Louis (1-15)
2. Detroit (2-14)
3. Tampa Bay (3-13)
4. Washington (4-12)
5. Kansas City (4-12)
6. Seattle (5-11)
7. Cleveland (5-11)
8. Oakland (5-11)
9. Buffalo (6-10)
10t. Denver (acquired from Chicago) (7-9)*
10t. Jacksonville (7-9)*
12. Miami (7-9)
13. San Francisco (8-8)
14. Seattle (acquired from Denver) (8-8)
15. New York Giants (8-8)
16t. Tennessee (8-8)
16t. San Francisco (acquired from Carolina) (8-8)
18. Pittsburgh (9-7)
19t. Atlanta (9-7) *
19t. Houston (9-7) *
21. Cincinnati (10-6)
22. New England (10-6)
23. Green Bay (11-5)
24. Philadelphia (11-5)
25. Baltimore (9-7)
26. Arizona (10-6)
27. Dallas (11-5)
28. San Diego (11-5)
29. New York Jets (9-7)
30. Minnesota (12-4)
Picks 21-24 will be made by the wild-card round losers. Picks 25-28 will be made the divisional round losers. Picks 29-30 will be made by the conference championship losers. Pick 31 will go to the Super Bowl loser. Pick 32 will be made by the Super Bowl winner.