2017 NFL Draft Order: Updated 1st-Round Listings After Week 16

While the top teams in the NFL will go into Week 17 figuring out their playoff seeds, the rest of the squads can focus on improving their draft positions.

Both the Cleveland Browns and San Francisco 49ers have a chance of earning the No. 1 pick in the 2017 NFL draft, although both showed that is not the top priority for the players. The Browns earned their first win of the year Saturday afternoon to give the 49ers a chance to move into pole position, but San Francisco followed that up with its own win.

Although it’s clear these squads aren’t going to lose on purpose, a high draft pick could go a long way toward turning around a team’s fortune. Here is a look at the latest draft order heading into Week 17.

Teams in Position for Top Picks Cleveland Browns

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There are certainly a lot of Browns fans who are tired of losing, but turning around a franchise can be much easier if you draft well.

Daryl Ruiter of 92.3 The Fan looked at a team that could be the blueprint toward fixing the organization:

#Raiders draft Khalil Mack & Derek Carr in 2014, lose 10 straight that year. 2 years later, playoffs. It can be done quickly #Browns

— Daryl Ruiter (@RuiterWrongFAN) December 19, 2016

Cleveland ironically took a quarterback and a defensive player with upside with its first two picks in 2014, but cornerback Justin Gilbert is no longer on the roster, and quarterback Johnny Manziel isn’t even in the NFL.

The team has taken a lot of high-risk, high-reward players early in the draft, but …

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