On the same weekend that potential No. 1 pick Caleb Williams likely played his last game at USC, the Chicago Bears, by virtue of a 23-point loss to the Panthers, came closer to clinching the first selection in the 2024 NFL Draft.
One reminder as the draft order begins to take shape is that two other first-round picks have already changed hands in addition to the Bears-Panthers deal that was finalized last March: the Texans own Cleveland’s pick via trade of Deshaun Watson, and the Cardinals have Houston’s original Round 1 pick as part of a 2023 draft trade. (Houston moved up to select Will Anderson Jr.)
The order of teams 19-32 will be decided according to the results of the playoffs; The teams in those positions here are ordered by their current playoff standings. Strength of schedule is the first tiebreaker, with priority going to the team that played an easier schedule.
The current Round 1 order coming out of Week 11:
Panthers remaining schedule: on TEN, on TB, on NO, ATL, GB, on JAX, TB
Remaining hours: LAR, at PIT, Bye, SF, at CHI, at PHI, SEA
Remaining hours: at NYG, LAC, at PIT, KC, at DEN, at BUF, NYJ
4. Chicago Bears (3-8)
Remaining schedule: in MIN, Bye, DET, in CLE, ARI, ATL, in GB
Remaining hours: NE, Bye, GB, en NO, en PHI, LAR, PHI
Remaining schedule: CAR, IND, at MIA, HOU, SEA, at HOU, JAX
Remaining hours: at DAL, MIA, Bye, at LAR, at NYJ, SF, DAL
Remaining hours: NO, in NYJ, TB, in CAR, IND, in CHI, in NO
Remaining hours: at DET, KC, at NYG, TB, at CAR, at MIN, CHI
Remaining schedule: in IND, CAR, in ATL, in GB, JAX, NO, in CAR
Remaining schedule: MIA, ATL, HOU, at MIA, WAS, at CLE, at NE
Remaining hours: BAL, in NE, DEN, in LV, BUF, in DEN, KC
Remaining hours: at ARI, CLE, at BAL, WAS, NO, at NYG, at SF
Remaining schedule: KC, Bye, MIN, LAC, in KC, in IND, DEN
Remaining schedule: TB, TEN, CIN, PIT, ATL, LV, HOU
Remaining hours: CLE, at HOU, at LAC, at DET, NE, LAC, at LV
Remaining schedule: PIT, at JAX, IND, MIN, at PIT, at KC, CLE
Remaining hours: at PHI, Bye, at KC, DAL, at LAC, NE, at MIA
Remaining schedule: CHI, Bye, on LV, on CIN, DET, GB, on DET
Remaining hours: in CIN, ARI, NE, in IND, CIN, in SEA, in BAL
21. Arizona Cardinals (from HOU, 6-4)
Remaining Texans schedule: JAX, DEN, at NYJ, at TEN, CLE, TEN, at IND
Remaining schedule: SF, in DAL, in SF, PHI, in TEN, PIT, in ARI
Remaining schedule: WAS, SEA, PHI, in BUF, in MIA, DET, in WAS
Remaining Browns schedule: at DEN, at LAR, JAX, CHI, at HOU, NYJ, at CIN
Remaining hours: in ATL, DET, CAR, NYG, in LAR, in TB, ATL
Remaining schedule: in NYJ, in WAS, TEN, NYJ, DAL, in BAL, BUF
Remaining schedule: in SEA, in PHI, SEA, in ARI, BAL, in WAS, LAR
Remaining hours: in HOU, CIN, in CLE, BAL, in TB, CAR, in TEN
Remaining schedule: on LV, on GB, BUF, on NE, LV, CIN, on LAC
Remaining time: GB, in NO, in CHI, DEN, in MIN, in DAL, MIN
Remaining hours: at LAC, Bye, LAR, at JAX, at SF, MIA, PIT
Remaining schedule: BUF, SF, at DAL, at SEA, NYG, ARI, at NYG
