The Patriots are now not within the working for the No. 1 general decide within the 2024 NFL Draft.
But Sunday’s loss at Buffalo did thrust them again into rivalry for a top-3 choice.
As of late Sunday afternoon, and pending additional Week 17 outcomes, the Patriots are scheduled to select third general, after Washington at No. 2 and adopted by Arizona at No. 4, per Tankathon. The Patriots, Cardinals and Commanders will enter their regular-season finales at 4-12 and behind Carolina (2-14) on the prime of the draft order. The Pats might head into Week 18 slated to select second, pending the outcomes of Sunday’s late-afternoon video games.
In order, the draft tiebreakers for non-conference groups with an identical information are power of schedule, then head-to-head report, if relevant, and greatest win-loss proportion in widespread video games, with a minimal of 4. The Patriots didn’t play Arizona this season, however fell to 22-17 to the Commanders earlier this yr. Washington’s power of schedule, nonetheless, presently out-ranks the Patriots by a slim margin, pending the late-afternoon leads to Week 17.
In the late-afternoon window of Week 17, the Pats stood to profit from a Bengals win at Kansas City, a Broncos residence win over the Chargers and a Seahawks residence win over Pittsburgh.
With one recreation left, the Patriots will clinch a top-3 decide in the event that they lose to the Jets of their regular-season finale subsequent weekend. If they win, they’re prone to decide exterior the highest three, however no decrease than No. 7.
After Sunday’s loss, the Pats’ power of schedule hit .515, a big drop from Arizona’s .567, that means even when each groups lose their regular-season finales, the Pats will safe a top-3 decide regardless of sharing the identical report. Next week, the Commanders will host the extremely motivated Cowboys, who can clinch the NFC East with a win, whereas the Cardinals will host Seattle.
The Patriots’ kickoff time towards the Jets has but to be introduced. The Pats beat the Jets 15-10 of their solely different matchup this season again in Week 3.
Source: www.bostonherald.com