Jets To Hold Sixth Pick In The Draft. Giants TBD

With the regular season over, the NFL released its draft order for 2017. With the win yesterday, the New York Jets fell to the sixth pick in the draft, while the Giants are listed at 27th, but their final spot will depend on their post-season.

Before anyone gets totally upset about yesterday’s win over the Bills, the Jets would not have moved up in the draft based on the strength of schedule and beating the Los Angeles Rams, the fifth place holder earlier in the season.

The Cleveland Browns own the first overall pick, followed by the 49ers, Bears, Jaguars, and Rams.

The Giants will be moving up or down based on the following results:

 (A)       The Super Bowl champion will select last and the loser of the Super Bowl next-to-last in all rounds, regardless of the record of such participating clubs in the regular season. 

(B)       The losers of the Conference Championship games shall select 29th and 30th in all rounds, according to the reverse order of their standing. 

(C)       The losers of the Divisional playoff games shall select in the 25th through 28th positions in all rounds, according to the reverse order of their standing. 

(D)       The losers of the Wild Card games shall select in the 21st through 24th positions in all rounds, according to the reverse order of their standing. 

(E)       Clubs not participating in the playoffs shall select in the first through 20th positions in all rounds, according to the reverse order of their standing. 

If, after all the foregoing procedures have been applied, ties still exist in any grouping except (A) above, such ties shall be broken by figuring the aggregate won-lost-tied percentage of each involved club’s regular season opponents and awarding preferential selection order to the club which faced the schedule of teams with the lowest aggregate won-lost-tied percentage. 

If ties still exist, the divisional or conference tie-breaking method, if applicable, shall be applied.  If neither the divisional nor the conference tie-breaking methods are applicable, ties shall be broken by a coin flip. 

Indianapolis and Minnesota have the same strength-of-schedule, and neither the divisional nor the conference tie-break applies; therefore, the tie for the 14th and 15th positions will be determined by a coin flip.

2017 FIRST ROUND DRAFT ORDER 

 

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Team Win Loss Tie Winning Percentage Opp Win Opp Loss Opp Tie Strength of Schedule
1. Cleveland Browns 1 15 0 .063 139 114 3 .549
                   
2. San Francisco 49ers 2 14 0 .125 127 125 4 .504
                   
3. Chicago Bears 3 13 0 .188 133 122 1 .521
4. Jacksonville Jaguars 3 13 0 .188 135 121 0 .527
                   
5. Los Angeles Rams
(traded to Tennessee)
4 12 0 .250 127 125 4 .504
                   
6. New York Jets 5 11 0 .313 131 122 3 .518
7. San Diego Chargers 5 11 0 .313 139 117 0 .543
                   
8. Carolina Panthers 6 10 0 .375 131 122 3 .518
                   
9. Cincinnati Bengals 6 9 1 .406 133 122 1 .521
                   
10. Buffalo Bills 7 9 0 .438 122 131 3 .482
11. New Orleans Saints 7 9 0 .438 133 121 2 .523
12. Philadelphia Eagles
(traded to Cleveland)
7 9 0 .438 141 111 4 .559
                   
13. Arizona Cardinals 7 8 1 .469 117 136 3 .463
                   
14. Indianapolis Colts ^ 8 8 0 .500 126 130 0 .492
  Minnesota Vikings
(traded to Philadelphia)
8 8 0 .500 125 129 2 .492
                   
16. Baltimore Ravens 8 8 0 .500 126 127 3 .498
                   
17. Washington Redskins 8 7 1 .531 131 123 2 .516
                   
18. Tennessee Titans 9 7 0 .563 119 137 0 .465
19. Tampa Bay Buccaneers 9 7 0 .563 125 129 2 .492
20. Denver Broncos 9 7 0 .563 140 115 1 .549
                   
21. Detroit Lions * 9 7 0 .563 121 134 1 .475
22. Houston Texans * 9 7 0 .563 128 127 1 .502
                   
23 Miami Dolphins * 10 6 0 .625 115 138 3 .455
24. Green Bay Packers * 10 6 0 .625 129 125 2 .508
                   
25. Seattle Seahawks * 10 5 1 .656 112 142 2 .441
                   
26. Atlanta Falcons * 11 5 0 .688 122 132 2 .480
27. New York Giants * 11 5 0 .688 123 130 3 .486
28. Pittsburgh Steelers * 11 5 0 .688 125 128 3 .494
                   
29. Oakland Raiders * 12 4 0 .750 129 127 0 .504
30. Kansas City Chiefs * 12 4 0 .750 130 126 0 .508
                   
31. Dallas Cowboys * 13 3 0 .813 119 134 3 .471
                   
32. New England Patriots * 14 2 0 .875 111 142 3 .439

​*- Subject to Playoffs
​^- The 14th and 15th selections will be decided by coin flip 

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