Updated 2022 NFL Draft Order After Sunday's Week 5 Results
The Detroit Lions and Jacksonville Jaguars find themselves in all-too-familiar positions in the NFL standings after Week 5 of the 2021 campaign.
They are the final two winless teams in the league, but they have taken much different paths to those records under first-year head coaches.
The Lions, under Dan Campbell, have come close to winning a few games but have lost in heartbreaking fashion. The latest such loss came against the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday.
Jacksonville has the second-worst point differential in the NFL, and it lost four of its five games by double figures. Urban Meyer's team appears to be further away from its first win than the Lions, which could place it right back on top of the draft order next year.
Updated 2022 NFL Draft Order
1. Jacksonville (0-5)
2. Detroit (0-5)
3. Philadelphia (via Miami - 1-4)
4. New York Jets (1-4)
5. Houston (1-4)
6. New York Giants (1-4)
7. Philadelphia (via Indianapolis - 1-3)
8. Atlanta (2-3)
9. New England (2-3)
10. Philadelphia (2-3)
11. Miami (via San Francisco - 2-3)
12. New York Jets (via Seattle - 2-3)
13. Washington (2-3)
14. Pittsburgh (2-3)
15. Minnesota (2-3)
16. Kansas City (2-3)
17. Cincinnati (3-2)
18. New Orleans (3-2)
19. Tennessee (3-2)
20. Denver (3-2)
21. Carolina (3-2)
22. New York Giants (via Chicago - 3-2)
23. Cleveland (3-2)
24. Detroit (via Los Angeles Rams - 4-1)
25. Las Vegas (3-2)
26. Baltimore (3-1)
27. Green Bay (4-1)
28. Tampa Bay (4-1)
29. Buffalo (4-1)
30. Dallas (4-1)
31. Los Angeles Chargers (4-1)
32. Arizona (5-0)
Order via Tankathon.com.
Jacksonville Should Be Favored to Earn No. 1 Pick
Jacksonville's outlook is bleak at best.
The Jaguars suffered yet another double-digit loss Sunday, this time at the hands of the Tennessee Titans.
The AFC South side has rarely been competitive in games, and even when it was in Week 3, it still fell by 12 points to the Arizona Cardinals.
Jacksonville has been outmatched against most of its foes and is on the trajectory to pick first for the second straight draft.
The Jags' best chance of ending their winless run comes in Week 6 against the Miami Dolphins in London. That has the potential to be one of the ugliest games of the 2021 season. Miami has not found success with second-string quarterback Jacoby Brissett at the helm.
Even if Jacksonville wins for the first time this season when it heads to London, things don't get any easier after its Week 7 bye. The Seattle Seahawks, Buffalo Bills, Indianapolis Colts and San Francisco 49ers follow in that order.
Conversely, Detroit has been on the verge of winning its first contest under Campbell for a few weeks. The Lions are two field goals away from being 2-3. Unfortunately, Detroit lost on a game-winning field goal for the second time in three weeks Sunday despite taking the lead on a two-point conversion with 37 seconds left.
The Lions get to play the Cincinnati Bengals and Philadelphia Eagles at home before October is out. Quarterback Jared Goff's return to Los Angeles is sandwiched between those matchups.
If anything, Detroit can hang its hat on being more competitive than Jacksonville.
No. 1 Pick Pool Is Wide-Open
The uncertainty throughout the 2021 college football season has brought up more questions about who should be the No. 1 overall pick in April.
Quarterbacks Spencer Rattler (Oklahoma) and Sam Howell (North Carolina) have been part of disappointing squads. Their lack of standout performances has allowed Ole Miss' Matt Corral and Liberty's Malik Willis to move up draft boards.
Willis was the first quarterback off the board in a pair of recent mock drafts from CBS Sports' Jose Edwards and Sporting News' Vinnie Iyer.
Oregon defensive end Kayvon Thibodeaux and Alabama offensive lineman Evan Neal appear to be the safest picks at the top of the draft right now. Either player would make an impact in Jacksonville on a roster that has way too many holes to be competitive.
If Detroit struggles and remais at the top of the order, Thibodeaux would be the likelier pick since the Lions used their 2021 first-round pick Penei Sewell.
Notre Dame safety Kyle Hamilton, LSU cornerback Derek Stingley Jr. and Texas A&M defensive lineman DeMarvin Leal are other players to watch in the draft process.