With the Super Bowl in the books, the 2011 NFL season is officially over. This means all focus can be turned to the 2012 offseason, which will feature the combine later this month, free agency in March and the 2012 NFL Draft in April.
The full 2012 NFL Draft order won't be released until a later date, but we do currently know what the basic order looks like for the first round. Coin flips at the combine are still necessary to break a couple ties, but the rest of the order was set once Tom Brady's desperation Hail Mary hit the turf in Indianapolis. The Patriots will pick 31st and the Giants, because they won the Super Bowl, will close out the first round.
As previously reported, the Lions hold the 23rd pick in the first round of the 2012 NFL Draft. The full order can be found after the jump.
| 1 |
Indianapolis Colts (2-14) |
| 2 |
St. Louis Rams (2-14) |
| 3 |
Minnesota Vikings (3-13) |
| 4 |
Cleveland Browns (4-12) |
| 5 |
Tampa Bay Buccaneers (4-12) |
| 6 |
Washington Redskins (5-11) |
| 7 |
Jacksonville Jaguars (5-11) |
| 8* |
Carolina Panthers (6-10) |
| 8* | Miami Dolphins (6-10) |
| 10 | Buffalo Bills (6-10) |
| 11* | Kansas City Chiefs (7-9) |
| 11* | Seattle Seahawks (7-9) |
| 13 | Arizona Cardinals (8-8) |
| 14 | Dallas Cowboys (8-8) |
| 15 | Philadelphia Eagles (8-8) |
| 16 | New York Jets (8-8) |
| 17 | Cincinnati Bengals from OAK (8-8) |
| 18 | San Diego Chargers (8-8) |
| 19 | Chicago Bears (8-8) |
| 20 | Tennessee Titans (9-7) |
| 21 | Cincinnati Bengals (9-7) |
| 22 |
Cleveland Browns from ATL (10-6) |
| 23 | Detroit Lions (10-6) |
| 24 | Pittsburgh Steelers (12-4) |
| 25 | Denver Broncos (8-8) |
| 26 | Houston Texans (10-6) |
| 27 | New England Patriots from NO (13-3) |
| 28 | Green Bay Packers (15-1) |
| 29 | Baltimore Ravens (12-4) |
| 30 | San Francisco 49ers (13-3) |
| 31 | New England Patriots (13-3) |
| 32 | New York Giants (9-7) |
| *Coin flip needed to break tie | |