The New England Patriots have moved into pole position for the first overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft with just one week left in the regular season.
Heading into Week 17, the New York Giants found themselves in the driver's seat for the number one pick after the Las Vegas Raiders' win over the Jacksonville Jaguars knocked them out of the top spot.
However, the Giants have now suffered the same fate after their surprising 45-33 win against the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday – their first win in nearly three months – which will put them at the third or fourth overall pick in the draft depending on the results. futures.
Now the Patriots appear to be on track to take the No. 1 pick next year ahead of their regular-season finale against the Buffalo Bills, a game they are expected to lose by a landslide.
Jerod Mayo's team was defeated for the 13th time this season on Saturday against the LA Chargers, who won comfortably 40-7 in Foxborough.
New England holding on to the No. 1 pick will be an interesting draft given they already selected a quarterback for the future in Drake Maye earlier this year.
Jerod Mayo's Patriots have moved into pole position for the top pick in the 2025 NFL Draft.
The Giants moved out of first place after earning a surprising victory over the Colts.
Meanwhile, New York desperately needs a new quarterback after Daniel Jones was released from his contract last month, leaving head coach Brian Daboll rotating between backups Drew Lock and Tommy DeVito.
The Tennessee Titans, currently projected as the No. 2 pick, are also in the market for a quarterback, as are the Cleveland Browns (No. 4), New York Jets (No. 6) and Raiders (No. 8). .
Colorado's Shedeur Sanders is the highest-rated quarterback entering the draft, followed by Miami's Cam Ward, Alabama's Jalen Milroe and Texas' Quinn Ewers.
Meanwhile, two-way Heisman Trophy winner Travis Hunter appears to be the consensus highest-rated player in the 2025 class, and the Colorado star is not expected to fall beyond the top three picks.
While they may have denied themselves the No. 1 pick in the draft, the Giants at least snapped a franchise-record 10-game losing streak and avoided going winless at home for the first time since 1974 by defeating the Colts on Sunday. .
Indianapolis' slim playoff hopes also ended when Lock threw four touchdown passes and ran for another in New York's 45-33 victory.
The Giants quarterback interspersed touchdown passes of 31 and 59 yards to Malik Nabers with touchdown passes of 32 yards to Darius Slayton and 5 yards to Wan'Dale Robinson to lead them to their first win since beating Seattle on the 6th. of October.