Patriots move closer to the first pick in the 2025 NFL Draft after Week 17

There is a new clubhouse leader in the race for the first-overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft .

The New England Patriots .

Saturdays loss to the Los Angeles Chargers dropped the Patriots to just 3-13 on the season, the first result New England needed to slide to the top of the draft board.

The Patriots got two more results to break their way in the race for the first pick when both the New York Giants and the Las Vegas Raiders won games on Sunday.

At the moment four teams the Patriots, the Tennessee Titans , the Cleveland Browns , and the Giants have matching 3-13 records.

But by their strength of schedule, which at .465 is the lowest of those four teams, the Patriots are now holding the first-overall pick.

The highest their strength of schedule could rise after next week is .481, which would still be lower than the Titans strength of schedule (.513 right now), the Giants strength of schedule (.551 right now), and the Browns strength of schedule (.540).

While Giants fans might be frustrated with Sundays win, which moved them out of the top spot, New York is still in line for a pick at the top of the draft.

The Raiders win, however, dropped them down to No.

8 in the first round.

A loss in Week 18 would clinch the first-overall pick for New England.

However, they are facing a Buffalo Bills team that has clinched the No.

2 seed in the AFC, and may decide to rest their starters for the playoffs.

Here is the current draft order for the 2025 NFL Draft: 2025 NFL Draft Order After Week 17 Pick Team Record Winning Percentage Games Behind SOS Pick Team Record Winning Percentage Games Behind SOS 1 New England Patriots 3-13 .188 -- .469 2 Tennessee Titans 3-13 .188 -- .513 3 Cleveland Browns 3-13 .188 -- .540 4 New York Giants 3-13 .188 -- .551 5 Jacksonville Jaguars 4-12 .250 1.0 .472 6 Carolina Panthers 4-12 .250 1.0 .496 7 New York Jets 4-12 .250 1.0 .502 8 Las Vegas Raiders 4-12 .250 1.0 .544 9 Chicago Bears 4-12 .250 1.0 .554 10 New Orleans Saints 5-11 .313 2.0 .507 11 San Francisco 49ers 6-9 .400 3.5 .565 12 Indianapolis Colts 7-9 .438 4.0 .458 13 Dallas Cowboys 7-9 .438 4.0 .519 14 Arizona Cardinals 7-9 .438 4.0 .539 15 Miami Dolphins 8-8 .500 5.0 .417 16 Cincinnati Bengals 8-8 .500 5.0 .478 17 Atlanta Falcons 8-8 .500 5.0 .518 18 Seattle Seahawks 9-7 .563 6.0 .506 19 Houston Texans 9-7 .563 6.0 .483 20 Denver Broncos 9-7 .563 6.0 .500 21 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 9-7 .563 6.0 .504 22 Los Angeles Chargers 10-6 .625 7.0 .467 23 Los Angeles Rams 10-6 .625 7.0 .506 24 Green Bay Packers 11-5 .688 8.0 .532 25 Pittsburgh Steelers 10-6 .625 7.0 .496 26 Washington Commanders 11-5 .688 8.0 .434 27 Baltimore Ravens 11-5 .688 8.0 .533 28 Philadelphia Eagles 13-3 .813 10.0 .460 29 Buffalo Bills 13-3 .813 10.0 .455 30 Detroit Lions 13-2 .867 10.5 .524 30 Minnesota Vikings 14-2 .875 11.0 .468 32 Kansas City Chiefs 15-1 .938 12.0 .491.

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