Tuesday, January 14, 2020

2020 NFL Drat Order, So Far

Despite the thorough thrashing that the San Francisco 49ers gave the Minnesota Vikings, I truly believed that I'd be spending this week thinking about the Vikings prospects in the Conference Championship game. Instead, I'm thinking about the 25th pick in the 2020 NFL Draft. Things don't always go as planned. Next year's draft will be held April 23-25 in Paradise, Nevada. That sounds like a nice place. Here's the first round order, so far, of the draft.

1.   Cincinnati Bengals
2.   Washington Redskins
3.   Detroit Lions
4.   New York Giants
5.   Miami Dolphins
6.   Los Angeles Chargers
7.   Carolina Panthers
8.   Arizona Cardinals
9.   Jacksonville Jaguars
10. Cleveland Browns
11. New York Jets
12. Las Vegas Raiders
13. Indianapolis Colts
14. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
15. Denver Broncos
16. Atlanta Falcons
17. Dallas Cowboys
18. Miami Dolphins (from Steelers)
19. Las Vegas Raiders (from Bears)
20. Jacksonville Jaguars (from Rams)
21. Philadelphia Eagles
22. Buffalo Bills
23. New England Patriots
24. New Orleans Saints
25. Minnesota Vikings
26. Miami Dolphins (from Texans)
27. Seattle Seahawks
28. Baltimore Ravens
29. TBD
30. TBD
31. TBD
32. TBD

The four teams still standing in the playoffs will obviously fill out the final four spots as they are eliminated or crowned.

Tennessee Titans
Kansas City Chiefs
Green Bay Packers
San Francisco 49ers

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It's strange seeing the Raiders referred to as the Las Vegas Raiders. I'm not sure that I'll ever get used to that tragic move.

Teams with multiple first round picks:
Miami Dolphins: 3
Las Vegas Raiders: 2
Jacksonville Jaguars: 2

Teams with no first round picks:
Pittsburgh Steelers
Chicago Bears
Los Angeles Rams
Houston Texans

It's interesting that all four teams without first round picks gave up those picks to get over the hump. Each felt that they were a player or two away from competing for a title and decided to pull the trigger on a big trade. Only the Texans made the playoffs. Despite disappointing finishes this season, I'm pretty sure that the Steelers are thrilled that Minkah Fitzpatrick is part of their defense, the Rams are ecstatic about Jalen Ramsey (if they can sigh him), and the Texans are comforted by Laremy Tunsil protecting Deshaun Watson. Khalil Mack had a modest, for him, second season in Chicago but he's still a ridiculous talent.

It's on to the draft, among other offseason things.

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