The race for the No. 1 general decide within the 2025 NFL Draft is heating up, and there have been some massive adjustments on the high over the previous two weeks.
Due to this weekend’s outcomes, together with the New England Patriots 40-7 loss to Los Angeles Chargers on Saturday, in addition to the New York Giants’ beautiful 45-33 win over the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday, the Patriots will now go into Week 18 of the common season occupying what could be the No. 1 general spot for the 2025 draft.
If the Patriots lose to the Buffalo Payments subsequent week, the highest decide in 2025 will belong to them.
The Giants’ win in opposition to the Colts dropped them from the No. 1 spot all the way down to the No. 3 spot, whereas the Tennessee Titans occupy the No. 2 spot due to their loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars.
The crew that has taken the largest slide over the previous two weeks, nonetheless, is the Las Vegas Raiders due to their back-to-back wins over the Jaguars and New Orleans Saints.
These two wins have taken them from a possible No. 1 decide and out of the top-five fully. After Sunday’s recreation, they had been all the way down to the No. 8 general decide.
The remainder of the top-10 as of Sunday evening looks like this:
1. New England Patriots (3-13); 2. Tennessee Titans (3-13); 3. New York Giants (3-13); 4. Cleveland Browns (3-12 pending results of recreation in opposition to Miami); 5. Jacksonville Jaguars (4-12); 6. New York Jets (4-12); 7. Carolina Panthers (4-12); 8. Las Vegas Raiders (4-12); 9. Chicago Bears (4-12); 10. New Orleans Saints (5-11).
The Patriots win the tiebreaker for the highest spot as a result of they’ve performed — by far — the simplest schedule of the three 3-13 groups. The crew with lowest energy of schedule picks larger as a part of the tiebreaker.
If the Patriots do find yourself securing the highest decide, it’s going to create some attention-grabbing choices for the entrance workplace. Drake Maye seems to be to be the crew’s quarterback of the long run, so it may open the door for it to pick out Colorado dual-threat (and Heisman Trophy winner) Travis Hunter or maybe commerce out of the spot for a bounty of picks from a crew in want of a quarterback (Tennessee Titans, New York Giants, Las Vegas Raiders).
Colorado’s Shedeur Sanders and Miami’s Cam Ward determine to be the highest quarterback prospects off the board and will nonetheless be choices for groups just like the Titans and Giants within the No. 2 and three spots barring any trades.
That is additionally a great time for the vital reminder that despite the fact that followers care about draft place, the gamers and coaches on the sector don’t. They don’t seem to be going to “tank” for draft place when they’re taking part in for careers and jobs. The gamers on the 2024 Giants and Raiders rosters don’t care about draft place when a few of them will likely be taking part in for various groups subsequent season. They only need to win each recreation they play.
