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2026 Nfl Draft Order Top 19 Picks Locked In After Panthers Fall In

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2026 nfl draft order top 19 picks locked in after panthers fall in

This is a look at the first-round order for the 2026 NFL Draft heading into the Wild Card Round of the playoffs. The order is determined by record, using strength of schedule as the first tiebreaker (click here to see a full list of the draft-order tiebreakers). Keep in mind -- teams that made the playoffs are marked as PL (short for playoffs) in the order below. The draft order for playoff teams is determined by the results of postseason play. Arrows reflect movement from last week's order. While there’s a long way to go between now and draft day, it certainly feels like a fait accompli that the Raiders will pick a quarterback in the first round for the first time...

The Jets tore things down to the studs at the trade deadline and now have a pile of draft assets to help them reset, including four of the top 50 picks. It looks messy in Arizona after the team’s collapse following a 2-0 start to the season. The first priority has to be charting a path forward at the quarterback position, with Kyler Murray’s future murky. With the regular season finished, the Raiders hold the No. 1 pick in the 2026 NFL Draft. Las Vegas locked in the top spot thanks to the Giants' win over the Cowboys and will almost certainly be in the market for a quarterback when it goes on the clock on April...

The Giants, meanwhile, joined the Browns as teams that went from contending for the top pick to losing valuable draft position after closing the regular season with two straight wins. Behind the Raiders, the Jets, Cardinals, Titans and Giants round out the top five. As a reminder, there are four teams -- Atlanta, Green Bay, Indianapolis and Jacksonville -- without a first-round pick in 2026 as a result of draft-day trades and the Micah Parsons and Sauce Gardner... Here is the current 2026 NFL Draft order (via Tankathon): The Giants finished their 2025 season Sunday by beating the Cowboys, 34-17. So the Giants wound up with a 4-13 record after going 3-14 in 2024 and 6-11 in 2023.

Entering Sunday, they were second in the 2026 NFL Draft order, one spot ahead of the Jets, who visit the Bills later Sunday afternoon. The Giants were first heading into last week’s game at Las Vegas (which was second at that point), but then the Giants beat the Raiders. If the Giants had lost that game, they would’ve locked up the No. 1 pick. Instead, the Raiders have now secured that position because of the Giants’ win over the Cowboys. The 2025 NFL season is at its end, with the final week of action taking place on Sunday.

Before they even took the field in their regular-season finale, the Raiders clinched the No. 1 pick as a result of the Giants’ 34–17 win against the Cowboys, their fourth victory of the season. It’s the first time since 2007, when they selected JaMarcus Russell out of LSU, that the franchise has the top pick in the draft. It was a costly win for New York, who will now be picking at No. 5. Had the Giants lost, they’d have been locked into the No.

2 pick, and could potentially have even gotten the No. 1 pick considering Las Vegas defeated the Chiefs. With the Giants falling down the draft board a bit, teams such as the Jets, Cardinals and Titans all slid up. So, with many of the Week 18 slate of games concluded, let’s take a look at the updated 2026 NFL draft order. Green Bay Packers (pick owned by Cowboys) The Las Vegas Raiders are officially on the clock.

Las Vegas locked up the No. 1 overall pick in the 2026 NFL draft on Sunday after the New York Giants won their fourth game. The Raiders finished at 3-14 alongside three other teams, but they landed the top pick due to the strength of schedule tiebreaker. Las Vegas and the New York Jets, who will pick second, are both in the quarterback market. The Arizona Cardinals, Tennessee Titans and New York Giants round out the top five. The 2025 NFL regular season concluded on Sunday and the field for the NFL playoffs is set.

While 14 teams are still in the mix to win the Super Bowl, the others turn their focus to the offseason and a lot of attention centers on preparation for the 2026 NFL Draft. Here is the 2026 NFL Draft order right now following the end of the regular season. We’ve also included what draft picks each team has. For this exercise, we’re excluding compensatory picks s they haven’t been officially announced yet. Here are the Las Vegas Raiders draft picks in 2026. Related: Las Vegas Raiders Offseason Moves That Should Be Made

Here are the New York Jets draft picks in 2026. Much has been made about the NFL playoff picture, but there is also a race to the bottom in the battle for the No. 1 pick. The Las Vegas Raiders officially won the race to the bottom and will have the No. 1 pick. Las Vegas is in a four-way tie atop the NFL draft order with the New York Jets, Arizona Cardinals and Tennessee Titans.

All four teams finished at 3-14, but the Raiders own the tiebreaker as a result of having an easier strength of schedule. Here’s a look at the current NFL draft order. We will continue to update the list of picks as the Week 18 games are completed. The countdown is officially on for the 2026 NFL draft, which starts on April 23, in Pittsburgh. As a reminder, each playoff team’s draft order is determined by the postseason results. Here’s a look at the current NFL draft order for all the first-round picks in 2026, per Tankathon.

For half of the 32 NFL franchises and their respective fanbases, Week 18 of the regular season isn't very meaningful. Sixteen teams entered the week eliminated from playoff contention; 12 of the 14 playoff berths were decided. Four teams were in play for those final two postseason spots. Instead, a week of divisional games was meaningful to eliminated teams in one specific way: the 2026 NFL Draft in April. Week 18 will solidify the selections for the first half of every round in the upcoming draft. This upcoming class has standout talent at linebacker, defensive line, interior offensive line and wide receiver.

Teams looking for reinforcements at those positions will be in luck over the seven rounds of drafting from Pittsburgh. After their loss in Week 17, the Las Vegas Raiders enter Week 18 as the favorite to land the No. 1 pick. But will they end the day with it? Week 18's outcomes will set the first 18 selections of the 2026 NFL Draft. Here's how things look as Sunday results finish up:

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