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The race for No. 1 draft pick: Five teams still in the mix, plus prospects they might consider

December 19, 2025

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The race for No. 1 draft pick: Five teams still in the mix, plus prospects they might consider

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1 pick in the 2026 NFL draft is solidifying after 15 weeks of the 2025 season.
Only five teams have at least a 1% chance at landing the top pick, according to ESPN's Football Power Index (FPI) projections.
So we called on our NFL reporters and analysts to size up each of those bottom-tier franchises again after taking a look at midseason. Our NFL Nation reporters looked at what went wrong for each team to get them in this position.
Seth Walder used FPI to make sense of each teams' chances in their final three games.
Dan Graziano rated each team's likelihood of trading the No.

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The race for No. 1 draft pick: Five teams still in the mix, plus prospects they might consider

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The race for No. 1 draft pick: Five teams still in the mix, plus prospects they might consider

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