NFL draft order 2018: Pick selections take shape into the new league year

The 2018 NFL Draft order is set. The Cleveland Browns are picking first for the second consecutive season.

The last team to pick No. 1 overall in back-to-back drafts was who else but the Browns. They selected Tim Couch and Courtney Brown with the top picks in the 1999 and 2000 drafts, respectively.

Thanks to a trade with the Houston Texans during the 2017 NFL Draft, the Browns are also set up with two top-five picks after Houston finished the season 4-12 with a Week 17 loss to the Indianapolis Colts. That locked up the No. 4 pick for the Browns, just behind the Giants (No. 2) and the Colts (No. 3).

The first 20 picks were decided in Week 17, but the final 12 weren’t be determined until the playoffs were through. The four teams eliminated in the Wild Card round own picks 21-24, and so on until the Super Bowl loser, the New England Patriots, pick No. 31 and the Super Bowl-champion Philadelphia Eagles that get the No. 32 pick.

There were three ties for spots in the draft order, but only the 49ers and Raiders went to a coin flip to decide. The 49ers won and will pick No. 9 while the Raiders get the 10th pick. The ties between Washington and Green Bay, and Dallas and Detroit were decided by a tiebreaker of records against common opponents in the NFC.

After compensatory picks were handed out, the NFL released the entire draft for all seven rounds. Since then, there have already been a few changes due to trades. Most notably, the Bengals and Bills swapped their first-round picks when Cincinnati traded for left tackle Cordy Glenn.

The Patriots now have two first-round picks after shipping off Brandin Cooks to LA. The Rams won’t pick for the first time until the third round.

Here is the first round order as it stands: