NFL Draft 2022 Selection Order – The Jaguars are ‘On the Clock’ (Again)!
Jaguars Lions, Texans, Jets & Giants Hold Current Top 5 Selections
Eagles Hold Three #1 Selections,
Giants and Jets Hold Two #1 Draft Choices
The Jacksonville Jaguars are ‘On the Clock’ with the first overall selection for the NFL Draft 2022. They earned the top overall draft choice again currently off a horrible 3-14 record. Rookie head coach Urban Meyer was fired in early December. Their recent overall draft decisions have been weak.
Detroit currently holds the 2nd overall selection off a poor 3-13-1 record with the Texans, Jets and Giants completing the top five selections. There is a logjam with nine clubs between 4-13, 7-10 and 9-8 that will impact the top selections.
Jets (#4 & #10) and Giants (#5 & #7) hold two first round picks each with both top ten selections. The Eagles hold three #1 selections (#15, 16 & 19) with all from the middle of the round back.
A teams’ opponent’s W-L record will determine all tie situations. Teams that are still tied will flip though none necessary this year. Playoff teams will shuffle according to their postseason results to determine the final top 32 selections.
NFL teams look to both the veteran Free Agency period and the NFL Draft 2022 to improve their rosters. The salary cap went up after in years with a $175 million cap range per team expected. It will dictate the movement of many veteran players this offseason and have an impact among the premier draft selections.
Playoffs – Super Bowl game will determine final position
postseason determines the final two positions
# Team W-L / Opp W-L %
1 Jacksonville 3-14 .512
2 Detroit 3-13-1 .528
3 Houston 4-13 .498
4 NY Jets 4-13 .512
5 NY Giants 4-13 .529
6 Carolina 5-12 .512
7 NY Giants (Chic) 6-11 .524
8 Atlanta 7-10 .476
9 Denver 7-10 .484
10 NY Jets (Seattle) 7-10 .519
11 Washington 7-10 .529
12 Minnesota 8-9 .507
13 Cleveland 8-9 .517
14 Baltimore 8-9 .528
15 Phil (Miami) 9-8 .464
16 Phil (Indianapolis) 9-8 .495
17 LA Chargers 9-8 .510
18 New Orleans 9-8 .512
19 Philadelphia 9-8 .472
20 Pittsburgh 9-7-1 .521
21 Cincinnati 10-7 .472
22 New England 10-7 .481
23 Miami (San Fran) 10-7 .500
24 Las Vegas 10-7 .510
25 Buffalo 11-6 .472
26 Detroit (Rams) 11-6 .490
27 Dallas 12-5 .491
28 Arizona 12-5 .483
29 Kansas City 12-5 .538
30 Tampa Bay 13-4 .460
31 Tennessee 12-5 .472
32 Green Bay 13-4 .479
*** April 28-30 – NFL Draft 2022 – ***
Team tie-breaking procedure for the NFL Draft
If two or more clubs are tied in the selection order, the strength-of-schedule tie breaker is applied, subject to the following exceptions for playoff clubs: The Super Bowl winner is last and the Super Bowl loser next-to-last. Any non-Super Bowl playoff club involved in a tie shall be assigned priority within its segment below that of non-playoff clubs and in the order that the playoff clubs exited from the playoffs. Within a tied segment a playoff club that loses in the Wild-Card game will have priority over a playoff club that loses in the Divisional playoff game that in turn will have priority over a club that loses in the Conference Championship game. If two tied clubs exited the playoffs in the same round, the tie is broken by strength of schedule. If any ties cannot be broken by strength of schedule, the divisional or conference tie breakers, when applicable, are applied. Any ties that still exist are broken by a coin flip.
