Thaindian News

By Meena Kar
Jan 3, (THAINDIAN NEWS) With the conclusion of the NFL Regular Season match between the Seattle Seahawks and St. Louis Rams, the NFL draft order has been revealed. This order would determine the NFL Playoff schedule too, depending on the scores and the positions of the teams.

The first team in the 2011 NFL Draft Order is none other than the Carolina Panthers, with 2-14. This team is followed by Denver Broncos, Buffalo Bills and Cincinnati Bengals, all standing at 4-12. However, the Broncos, precedes the other two, with a very marginal score. Arizona Cardinals gets the fifth rank, with 5-11, followed by Cleveland Browns with the same score. The following four teams in the top ten, namely, San Francisco 49ers, Tennessee Titans, Dallas Cowboys and Washington Redskins all stand at 6-10. The eleventh, twelfth and thirteenth rankers are also standing at 6-10. These teams are Houston Texans, Minnesota Vikings and Detroit Lions. Miami with 7-9, came down to rank 14, after its loss to St. Louis Rams on Sunday. Miami Dolphins, 7-9 stand at 15. All these teams have confirmed their orders which were determined by the preceding games.

However, there are still some teams, all of whom rank between twenty first and thirty second, whose actual NFL order would be determined by the Playoffs. In order, these teams are Seattle Seahawks, Indianapolis Colts, Green Bay Packers, Kansas City Chiefs, Philadelphia Eagles, New York Jets, New Orleans Saints, Chicago Bears, Baltimore Ravens, Pittsburgh Steelers, Atlanta Falcons and New England Patriots. Their permanent order would not be decided until the NFL Wildcard matches are executed in the next weekend. The matches between these teams would take place on Saturday, January 8 and January 9.