Who Has The First Pick In The 2021 Nfl Draft?

The 2021 NFL Draft is just around the corner and everyone is wondering who will have the first pick. We take a look at the top contenders and make our predictions.

The 2020 NFL season

As of right now the Cincinnati Bengals have the first pick in the 2021 NFL draft. This is because they had the worst record in the 2020 NFL season. The Bengals had a record of 2-14. They were tied with the New York Jets for the worst record, but the Bengals had a lower strength of schedule.

How the 2020 NFL season will affect the 2021 NFL Draft

The 2020 NFL season is scheduled to begin on September 10th. The regular season will end on January 3rd, 2021, and the playoffs are set to begin January 9th. Super Bowl LVI is scheduled for February 7th, 2021.

The draft order for the first 20 picks of the 2021 NFL Draft will be determined by how teams finish the 2020 season. The playoff seeds will also be determined by how teams finish in 2020. So, if a team that drafted in the top 10 in 2020 has a better record than a team with a lower draft pick, the team with the better record would pick higher in 2021.

The current standings

The NFL Draft order is always set by the previous season’s standings, so the team with the worst record gets the first pick. The 2021 NFL Draft order is currently set as the Jacksonville Jaguars, New York Jets, Houston Texans, Atlanta Falcons, Cincinnati Bengals, Philadelphia Eagles, Carolina Panthers, Denver Broncos, Detroit Lions, and the Dallas Cowboys.

How the current standings will affect the 2021 NFL Draft

The current standings will affect the 2021 NFL Draft in a few different ways. First, the team with the worst record will get the first overall pick. That means the Jacksonville Jaguars are currently in line to get the first pick. However, if a team with a better record trades for that spot, then the Jaguars would fall down in the draft order.

Second, the teams with worse records will have a higher chance of getting one of the top few picks. That means that teams like the New York Jets, who currently have the second worst record, have a better chance of getting a top player than teams with better records.

Finally, the current standings will also affect who gets to choose first in each round of the draft. The team with the worst record will get to choose first in every round, while the team with the best record will choose last in every round.

So while there is still a lot of time left before the actual draft, and things could change significantly between now and then, the current standings give us a good idea of how things could shake out come draft day.

The 2020 NFL Draft

The 2020 NFL Draft will be the 85th annual meeting of National Football League (NFL) franchises to select newly eligible players for the 2021 NFL season. The draft is scheduled to be held from April 29 – May 1, 2021 in Cleveland, Ohio. This will be the first draft held in Cleveland since the NFL Draft returned to that city in 1999. The Browns own the first overall pick in the draft, after acquiring it in a trade with the New York Giants.

Who will have the first pick in the 2021 NFL Draft?

The answer to that question is still very much up in the air, as the 2020 NFL season is still ongoing. The team that finishes with the worst record in the league will have the first pick in the 2021 NFL Draft, so it could be any of a number of teams at this point. The Bengals, who currently have the worst record in the league, are the favorites to end up with the first overall pick, but there are a number of other teams closely behind them.