2024 NFL Draft Order: Bears, Commanders grab first spots

Let's look at the current NFL Draft order with the regular season in the rearview mirror.
Las Vegas Raiders v Chicago Bears
Las Vegas Raiders v Chicago Bears / Quinn Harris/GettyImages
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When it comes to the 2024 NFL Draft, we're still a bit sad that the festivities won't be local this year after a stellar weekend of football in Kansas City. However, we're always enamored with the drama of the draft itself. With the regular season finished, we thought it was a good time to update the official draft order for this spring's event.

For teams still in the playoff hunt, like the Chiefs, the order is still being sorted out as teams fight for their lives in the NFL postseason. But for a majority of teams, the NFL draft order has been set.

For instance, the primary rivals for the Chiefs already know where they are picking—the earliest being the Los Angeles Chargers who grabbed the No. 5 overall pick in the draft after falling to the Chiefs by a final of 13-12 in a meaningless Week 18 contest. With the win, the Chiefs went to 11-6 on the year while the Chargers fell to 5-12.

As for the other AFC West rivals, the Denver Broncos and Las Vegas Raiders both finished with 8-9 records respectively after the Raiders beat the visiting Broncos in Week 18 to even their records. The Broncos have the edge to pick first thanks to tiebreakers, but both will make their selections back to back at No. 12 and 13..

Here's the official draft order at this stage of the NFL calendar:

  1. Chicago Bears
  2. Washington Commanders
  3. New England Patriots
  4. Arizona Cardinals
  5. Los Angeles Chargers
  6. New York Giants
  7. Tennessee Titans
  8. Atlanta Falcons
  9. Chicago Bears
  10. New York Jets
  11. Minnesota Vikings
  12. Denver Broncos
  13. Las Vegas Raiders
  14. New Orleans Saints
  15. Indianapolis Colts
  16. Seattle Seahawks
  17. Jacksonville Jaguars
  18. Cincinnati Bengals
  19. Green Bay Packers
  20. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
  21. Arizona Cardinals
  22. L.A. Rams
  23. Pittsburgh Steelers
  24. Miami Dolphins
  25. Philadelphia Eagles
  26. Kansas City Chiefs
  27. Houston Texans
  28. Detroit Lions
  29. Buffalo Bills
  30. Dallas Cowboys
  31. San Francisco 49ers
  32. Baltimore Ravens

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