Who improved, who hurt chances in 2023 NFL Draft order coming out of Week 8

The 2023 NFL Draft is still nearly six months away, but the teams competing for a high pick is heating up. The NFL is loaded with mediocre football, but there’s a few teams that are head-and-shoulders below the pack.

The Lions and Texans are the remaining one-win teams, and even still, they feel like distinctly different teams. Neither team is any good, but the Lions seem like the kind of team that can still hang around most weeks. They’ve had their share of uglier teams, but they seem like the better bad team, for lack of a better description. If the Lions don’t clean things up, they could be looking at their third straight season with a top-three draft pick.

The most interesting division for the draft order is the NFC South. The Falcons currently lead with a 4-4 record while the Panthers bring up the rear at 2-6. Considering Carolina currently has the third overall pick in the draft order and Atlanta is at the 19th pick, there’s a lot of room for movement in the division.

Here’s the complete 2023 NFL Draft order. The first 18 picks are teams that would currently miss the playoffs. A division leader has a lower draft position than a non-playoff or wild card team with a better record because of the nature of playoff seeding. SOS serves as the tiebreaker and comes via Tankathon.

1. Detroit Lions, 1-6, .576
2. Houston Texans, 1-5-1, .531
3. Carolina Panthers, 2-6, .440
4. Pittsburgh Steelers, 2-6, .515
5. Jacksonville Jaguars, 2-6, .535
6. Las Vegas Raiders, 2-5, .465
7. Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 3-5, .455
8. New Orleans Saints (Eagles have pick), 3-5, .470
9. Cleveland Browns (Texans have pick), 2-5, .477
10. Denver Broncos (Seahawks have pick), 3-5, .480
11. Arizona Cardinals, 3-5, .519
12. Chicago Bears, 3-5, .562
13. Green Bay Packers, 3-5, .578
14. Los Angeles Rams (Lions have pick), 3-4, .492
15. Indianapolis Colts, 3-4-1, .520
16. Cincinnati Bengals, 4-3, .511
17. New England Patriots, 4-4, .515
18. Washington Commanders, 4-4, .569
19. Atlanta Falcons, 4-4, .418
20. San Francisco 49ers (Dolphins have pick), 4-4, .458
21. Los Angeles Chargers, 4-3, .457
22. Seattle Seahawks, 5-3, .446
23. New York Jets, 5-3, .508
24. Miami Dolphins (Forfeit pick due to tampering), 5-3, .512
25. Baltimore Ravens, 5-3, .452
26. Kansas City Chiefs, 5-2, .453
27. Dallas Cowboys, 6-2, .535
28. New York Giants, 6-2, .546
29. Tennessee Titans, 5-2, .496
30. Minnesota Vikings, 6-1, .504
31. Buffalo Bills, 6-1, .519
32. Philadelphia Eagles, 7-0, .492