2018 NFL Draft order: Jets currently occupy 8th pick

With twelve weeks of the 2017 NFL season in the books, the Jets are currently in line to get the eighth pick. The glow of a surprising first five weeks has started to wear off. Struggling and facing a pretty difficult schedule to finish the season, the Jets are now much more likely to finish with a top ten pick than they are to make the Playoffs. The question now becomes how high of a pick the team will ultimately get.

The Jets are part of a four-way tie at 4-7. Cleveland would own the seventh pick (which was originally Houston’s pick) because the Texans have a worse strength of schedule than the Jets. The Jets pick ahead of Miami and Tampa Bay because their strength of schedule is worse.

Denver, Indianapolis, and Chicago sit at 3-8 just one game “ahead” of the Jets in the race for 2018 NFL Draft positioning.

The current standings are below.

1. Cleveland 0-11
2. San Francisco 1-10
3. Giants 2-9
4. Denver 3-8
5. Indianapolis 3-8
6. Chicago 3-8
7. Cleveland (from Houston 4-7)
8. Jets 4-7
9. Miami 4-7
10. Tampa Bay 4-7
11. Chargers 5-6
12. Cincinnati 5-6
13. Arizona 5-6
14. Oakland 5-6
15. Dallas 5-6
16. Washington 5-6
17. Green Bay 5-6
18. Buffalo 6-5
19. Detroit 6-5
20. Seattle 7-4