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2015 NFL Draft: First Round Order Nearly Set

With one week to play in the 2014 regular season, the first 20 picks of the first round of the draft is nearly set.

Adam Hunger-USA TODAY Sports

Well, we've got one Sunday left.

All 32 NFL teams will be in action on Sunday to wrap up the 2014 NFL regular season to send 12 teams into the postseason and 20 teams home. For those 20 teams, the path toward 2015 begins immediately. Black Monday will follow shuffling coaches around the NFL (and perhaps to Ann Arbor...), and the turn toward the 2015 NFL Draft will begin in earnest.

With that in mind, here's the first-round draft order as it stands*:

# Team Record Strength of Schedule
1 TB 2 - 13 114 - 122 - 3 0.4833
2 TEN 2 - 13 118 - 120 - 1 0.4958
3 JAX 3 - 12 122 - 116 - 1 0.5126
4 NYJ 3 - 12 132 - 107 0.5523
5 OAK 3 - 12 137 - 101 0.5756
6 WAS 4 - 11 118 - 122 0.4917
7 CHI 5 - 10 125 - 114 - 1 0.5229
8 ATL 6 - 9 113 - 123 - 3 0.4791
9 MIN 6 - 9 115 - 124 - 1 0.4812
10 NO 6 - 9 114 - 122 - 3 0.4833
11 NYG 6 - 9 123 - 117 0.5125
12 STL 6 - 9 127 - 112 0.5314
13 CLE 7 - 8 110 - 125 - 3 0.4685
14 SF 7 - 8 128 - 111 0.5356
15 HOU 8 - 7 106 - 132 - 1 0.4456
16 MIA 8 - 7 122 - 117 0.5105
17 KC 8 - 7 124 - 114 0.521
18 CLE (via BUF) 8 - 7 125 - 114 0.523
19 BAL 9 - 6 112 - 123 - 3 0.4769
20 PHI 9 - 6 117 - 122 - 1 0.4896
21 SD 9 - 6 122 - 116 0.5126
22 GB 11 - 4 115 - 124 - 1 0.4812
23 PIT 10 - 5 104 - 131 - 3 0.4433
24 ARI 11 - 4 126 - 113 0.5272
25 CAR 6 - 8 - 1 116 - 122 - 1 0.4874
26 IND 10 - 5 114 - 123 - 1 0.4811
27 CIN 9 - 4 - 1 118 - 120 - 1 0.4958
28 DAL 11 - 4 107 - 133 0.4458
29 DET 11 - 4 112 - 127 - 1 0.4688
30 DEN 11 - 3 125 - 113 - 1 0.5251
31 SEA 11 - 4 126 - 112 - 1 0.5293
32 NE 12 - 3 121 - 116 - 1 0.5105

* - This was prior to last night's Denver-Cincinnati game. h/t to Bucs Nation for the table.

As it stands, the Rams would be outside the top 10 on strength of schedule alone. That aspect won't change; the Rams are all but assured to sit at the back of whatever teams they tie in record save for San Francisco. That being the case, the Rams' only shot of creeping in the top 10 would require a season-ending loss in Seattle coupled with at least two of the other 6-9 teams picking up a week 17 win. That may hinge on the NFC South with three 6-win teams in Carolina, Atlanta and New Orleans, the first two of which play each other. Minnesota is at home to take on the Bears and the Giants are bringing in a Philadelphia team that has lost its last three games sending them out of the playoffs.

So it doesn't look like fortune is on the Rams' side here. In fact, should the Rams (somewhat miraculously, given how well Seattle is playing right now) steal one in Seattle, they could slide to 13th with the Browns taking on a Ravens team trying to snatch the final open AFC playoff spot to finish the year.

In any case, we know the Rams won't be in the top 7 picks, and they don't have to worry about being among the back half of the round. For a Rams team that has learned to love mediocrity, they're bringing that consistency into the draft...