Game update: With their loss to the Houston Texans, the Pittsburgh Steelers are now locked into the 21st pick.
NFL Draft 2026: Updated order after Wild Card weekend
Here is the updated order for the 2026 NFL Draft after Wild Card weekend
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Houston is currently slotted in at No. 28, but their actual draft slot will be determined by upcoming playoff results.
The NFL’s Wild Card weekend will set the eight teams that will move on to next week’s Divisional Round.
It will also lock six more teams into their spots for the 2026 NFL Draft.
The five teams that lost this past weekend now know where they will be picking in the upcoming NFL Draft, with the Carolina Panthers now slotted into the 19th pick, leading off the playoff teams. Two of those teams — the Green Bay Packers and the Jacksonville Jaguars — traded those picks away, meaning the Dallas Cowboys and the Cleveland Browns now know where their second picks will be on the first night of the 2026 NFL Draft.
One more team will learn their draft position tonight, when the Pittsburgh Steelers host the Houston Texans in the final game of Wild Card Weekend.
Here is the updated order for the 2026 NFL Draft.
- Las Vegas Raiders
- New York Jets
- Arizona Cardinals
- Tennessee Titans
- New York Giants
- Cleveland Browns
- Washington Commanders
- New Orleans Saints
- Kansas City Chiefs
- Cincinnati Bengals
- Miami Dolphins
- Dallas Cowboys
- Los Angeles Rams (via Atlanta Falcons)
- Baltimore Ravens
- Tampa Bay Buccaneers
- New York Jets (via Indianapolis Colts)
- Detroit Lions
- Minnesota Vikings
- Carolina Panthers
- Dallas Cowboys (via Green Bay Packers)
- Pittsburgh Steelers
- Los Angeles Chargers
- Philadelphia Eagles
- Cleveland Browns (via Jacksonville Jaguars)
- Chicago Bears
- Buffalo Bills
- San Francisco 49ers
- Houston Texans
- Los Angeles Rams
- New England Patriots
- Denver Broncos
- Seattle Seahawks
Tonight’s game between the Texans and the Steelers will lock in one of those teams into their draft slot. As things stand, the Steelers are picking 21st, and that is where they will land should they lose tonight.
If the Texans lose, they will slot in at No. 23, dropping the Chargers down to No. 21 and the Eagles down to No. 22.
The Browns, courtesy of the Travis Hunter Jr. trade, are locked into the No. 24 spot as Jacksonville is guaranteed to have the best record of any of the teams that lost during Wild Card weekend.
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