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NFL draft first-round order: Bears in good spot after 2023 trade

During Week 10, the Chicago Bears’ win over the Carolina Panthers and the Arizona Cardinals prevailing in Kyler Murray’s return had a profound impact on the top of the first-round order for the 2024 NFL draft.

The Bears own the Panthers’ first-round pick as a result of a 2023 pre-draft trade that gave Carolina the No. 1 pick, which it used to select Alabama quarterback Bryce Young. That trade now has the Bears — by way of the Panthers’ league-worst 1-8 record — at the top of the 2024 NFL draft after the results of ‘Thursday Night Football.’

The draft order is determined by record, and uses strength of schedule as a tiebreaker (record and strength of schedule are official tiebreakers to determine the draft order). 

The final 14 first-round spots will be determined by playoff results. For now, those teams will be ordered based on playoff seed, if the season ended today.

The 2024 NFL draft is scheduled to be held in Detroit from April 25-27.

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NFL draft order

(as of Nov. 13; * denotes wild-card team and # denotes division leader)

Chicago Bears (from Panthers) — Carolina Panthers’ record: 1-8 (strength of schedule: .547)Arizona Cardinals — Record: 2-8 (.521)New York Giants — Record: 2-8 (.532)New England Patriots — Record: 2-8 (.568)Chicago Bears — Record: 3-7 (.457)Green Bay Packers — Record: 3-6 (.500)Tennessee Titans — Record: 3-6 (.541)Los Angeles Rams — Record: 3-6 (.566)Atlanta Falcons — Record: 4-6 (.441)Washington Commanders — Record: 4-6 (.458)Denver Broncos — Record: 4-5 (.518)New York Jets — Record: 4-5 (.506)Tampa Bay Buccaneers — Record: 4-5 (.535)Los Angeles Chargers — Record: 4-5 (.560)Las Vegas Raiders — Record: 5-5 (.426)Buffalo Bills — Record: 5-5 (.447)Indianapolis Colts — Record: 5-5 (.473)Cincinnati Bengals — Record: 5-4 (.512)*Arizona Cardinals (from Texans) — Houston Texans’ record: 5-4 (.506)*Minnesota Vikings — Record: 6-4 (.484)*Dallas Cowboys — Record: 6-3 (.388)*Seattle Seahawks — Record: 6-3 (.435)*Pittsburgh Steelers — Record: 6-3 (.530)*Houston Texans (from Browns) — Cleveland Browns’ record: 6-3 (.553)#New Orleans Saints — Record: 5-5 (.404)#Miami Dolphins — Record: 6-3 (.412)#San Francisco 49ers — Record: 6-3 (.500)#Jacksonville Jaguars — Record: 6-3 (.558)#Baltimore Ravens — Record: 7-3 (.554)#Detroit Lions — Record: 7-2 (.488)#Kansas City Chiefs — Record: 7-2 (.530)#Philadelphia Eagles — Record: 8-1 (.459)

Teams without a first-round pick: Carolina Panthers, Cleveland Browns

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