Where Are Packers in 2024 NFL Draft Order After Week 8?

With the Green Bay Packers having lost four in a row following Sunday’s loss to the Vikings, here is a fresh look at the 2024 NFL Draft order and, yes, the 2023 playoff race.

Author:
Bill Huber
Publish date:
Oct 30, 2023 11:03 AM EDT

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GREEN BAY, Wis. – With a fourth consecutive loss on Sunday to the rival Vikings, the Green Bay Packers’ record dipped to a dismal 2-5. While their NFC playoff outlook looks bleak, if not downright comical, their NFL Draft prospects brightened.

Here’s a look at their place in both.

2024 NFL Draft Order

According to Tankathon, if the season were to have ended on Sunday, the Packers would own the No. 6 spot in the 2024 NFL Draft. That’s a one-spot improvement over last week.

The good news from a draft perspective:

- The Packers, with their early bye, have played only seven games. Four of the five teams ahead of them in the draft order have played eight.

- The Packers will play at the New York Giants, who are 2-6 and hold the fourth pick, in Week 14.

- The Packers will play at the Carolina Panthers, who are 1-6 and slated to send that pick – currently No. 2 overall – to the Chicago Bears, in Week 16.

- The Packers will host the Bears, who are 2-6 and on pace to pick third, in Week 18.

- Thanks to their losses from earlier this month, the Packers own the tiebreaker over the Denver Broncos, who are 3-5 and scheduled to pick eighth, and the Las Vegas Raiders, who are 3-4 and scheduled to pick 12th. (The Raiders will play at the Detroit Lions on Monday night.)

The bad news: The Jets (4-3) keep winning without Aaron Rodgers. If the season were to end today, the Packers would be gaining the 50th overall selection.

In a big draft-order game, the Packers will host the Los Angeles Rams on Sunday. The Rams, who were smashed at the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday, are 3-5 and slated to pick ninth.

The Packers had a top-six pick only once during the Brett Favre-Rodgers era. Coming off a 4-12 season in 2005, the Packers in 2006 used the fifth overall selection on linebacker A.J. Hawk.

The Packers have picked sixth four times, including twice in the Super Bowl era. In 1978, they selected Hall of Fame receiver James Lofton. A few years later, in 1981, they took quarterback Rich Campbell.

Here’s the projected draft order through Sunday’s games.

1. Arizona Cardinals (1-7)

2. Chicago Bears (via Carolina Panthers, who are 1-6)

3. Chicago Bears (2-6)

4. N.Y. Giants (2-6)

5. New England Patriots (2-6)

6. Green Bay Packers (2-5)

7. Indianapolis Colts (3-5)

8. Denver Broncos (3-5)

9. Los Angeles Rams (3-5)

10. Washington Commanders (3-5)

Go to Tankathon the full draft order.

Packers WR Christian Watson can't make the play against the Vikings.
Photo by Tork Mason/USA Today Sports Images

2023 NFC Playoff Standings

The Packers remain in 12th place in the NFC playoff race, but they’re only a game behind in the loss column to the Minnesota Vikings, who hold the last wild-card spot.

The good news: The Packers will get another shot at the Vikings, who lost star quarterback Kirk Cousins to a torn Achilles on Sunday. Plus, they’ve beaten the eighth-place Saints and will host the ninth-place Buccaneers and 10th-place Rams.

“As long as there’s games left, we’ve always got time,” cornerback Rasul Douglas said.

The bad news: The Packers have lost four in a row. They lost after their mini-bye to Las Vegas, they lost after their full bye to Denver and they lost at home to Minnesota, which was coming off a Monday night game.

After wasting so many good opportunities, it’s fair to wonder when the Packers will win another game.

Here are the playoff standings, via the NFL.

1. Philadelphia: 7-1 (first, NFC East)

2. Seattle: 5-2 (first, NFC West)

3. Detroit: 5-2 (first, NFC North; will host Raiders on Monday)

4. Atlanta: 4-4 (first, NFC South)

5. Dallas: 5-2 (second, NFC East)

6. San Francisco: 5-3 (second, NFC West)

7. Minnesota: 4-4 (second, NFC North)

8. New Orleans: 4-4 (second, NFC South)

9. Tampa Bay: 3-4 (third, NFC South)

10. L.A. Rams: 3-5 (third, NFC West)