Following their fifth lost in their last six games, the 3-11 Tennessee Titans maintain the front runner to have the first overall pick in the 2016 NFL Draft. That's not particularly newsworthy because the Titans lose often. What is, however, is San Diego snapping a two-game losing streak to move to 4-10 on the season.
2016 NFL Draft order: Chargers move down with win, Titans hold on to No. 1
San Diego win on Sunday moved them down from No. 2 to No. 3 in the draft. That moves the Browns up to No. 2 while Tennessee holds onto the top pick.
The win only moves the Chargers down a spot to the fourth overall pick. It moves up the 3-11 Cleveland Browns into the second overall pick. Separating the Titans and Browns is a large gap in full season strength of schedule. That is the first tiebreaker in the draft order if records are the same.
If those are the same, conference record then division record are used. If all of that is equal, a coin flip takes place at the NFL Scouting Combine in February. The strength of schedule below uses full-season schedules.
The week's biggest mover was the Indianapolis Colts. After losing to the Houston Texans on Sunday, the Colts fell out of the playoffs and from pick No. 22 to No. 14.
Here is the complete 2016 NFL Draft order:
1. Tennessee Titans: 3-11 (.487 strength of schedule)
2. Cleveland Browns: 3-11 (.536 SOS)
3. San Diego Chargers: 4-10 (.518 SOS - 3-7 in conference, 0-4 in division)
4. Baltimore Ravens: 4-10 (.518 SOS - 3-7 in conference, 2-2 in division)
5. Dallas Cowboys: 4-10 (.540 SOS)
6. San Francisco 49ers: 4-10 (.549 SOS)
7. Jacksonville Jaguars: 5-9 (.464 SOS)
8. Miami Dolphins: 5-9 (.473 SOS)
9. New Orleans Saints: 5-9 (.513 SOS)
10. Detroit Lions: 5-9 (.531 SOS)
11. Chicago Bears: 5-9 (.540 SOS)
12. Tampa Bay Buccaneers: 6-8 (.478 SOS)
13. New York Giants: 6-8 (.496 SOS)
14. Indianapolis Colts: 6-8 (.504 SOS)
15. Oakland Raiders: 6-8 (.509 SOS)
16. Philadelphia Eagles: 6-8 (.513 SOS)
17. Buffalo Bills: 6-8 (.518 SOS)
18. St. Louis Rams: 6-8 (.531 SOS)
19. Atlanta Falcons: 7-7 (.478 SOS)
20. New York Jets: 9-5 (.442 SOS)
Projected to make the playoffs:
21. Washington: 7-7 (.477 SOS)
22. Houston Texans: 7-7 (.500 SOS)
23. Kansas City Chiefs: 9-5 (.487 SOS)
24. Seattle Seahawks: 9-5 (.504 SOS - 6-4 in conference, 2-2 in division)
25. Minnesota Vikings: 9-5 (.504 SOS - 6-4 in conference, 4-1 in division)
26. Pittsburgh Steelers: 9-5 (.509 SOS)
27. Green Bay Packers: 10-4 (.496 SOS)
28. Denver Broncos: 10-4 (.500 SOS)
29. Cincinnati Bengals: 11-3 (.469 SOS)
30. Arizona Cardinals: 12-2 (.469 SOS)
31. New England Patriots: 12-2 (.460 SOS) - PICK FORFEITED
32. Carolina Panthers: 14-0 (.442 SOS)
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