2025 NFL Draft order if the season ended today: Kansas City Chiefs in familiar spot

The 2024 NFL season is entering its latter half, an unsettling realization for football fans everywhere. The playoff picture becomes clearer each week, with some teams already eliminated from contention. Thankfully, the Kansas City Chiefs aren’t facing those issues.

Kansas City takes on the struggling Carolina Panthers this week, hoping to rebound from their first loss of the season. The Buffalo Bills continued their regular-season dominance over the Chiefs with a 30-21 win, keeping that narrative alive. Still, Kansas City’s postseason record against Buffalo offers solace should these two teams meet in the playoffs with higher stakes.

While the Lombardi Trophy is the ultimate goal, the aftermath of the Super Bowl also shapes the NFL’s future. The 2025 NFL Draft looms, and every single draft position matters. One pick can change a franchise’s destiny, as history shows. Imagine if Patrick Mahomes had fallen one more spot in 2017, or if future MVP Lamar Jackson had been available when the Cleveland Browns picked 33rd overall in 2018. Each spot carries enormous value in hindsight.

With that perspective, here’s how the 2025 NFL Draft order would look if the season ended after Week 11, according to Tankathon:

1. Jacksonville Jaguars
2. Tennessee Titans
3. Cleveland Browns
4. New York Giants
5. Las Vegas Raiders
6. New England Patriots
7. New York Jets
8. Carolina Panthers
9. Dallas Cowboys
10. New Orleans Saints
11. Cincinnati Bengals
12. Miami Dolphins
13. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
14. Chicago Bers
15. Indianapolis Colts
16. Seattle Seahawks
17. Los Angeles Rams
18. San Francisco 49ers
19. Denver Broncos
20. Atlanta Falcons
21. Arizona Cardinals
22. Washington Commanders
23. Houston Texans
24. Baltimore Ravens
25. Los Angeles
26. Green Bay Packers
27. Pittsburgh Steelers
28. Minnesota Vikings
29. Philadelphia Eagles
30. Buffalo Bills
31. Kansas City Chiefs
32. Detroit Lions

The Lions, currently the NFC’s top team, hold the tiebreaker over Kansas City thanks to their strength of victory. Detroit has dominated weaker competition recently, and a Super Bowl showdown between them and the Chiefs feels like the most entertaining outcome for millions of viewers.