USA Today

● By Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz
NFL draft season won't truly arrive until next calendar year at the earliest. For some fans and franchises, however, the event is already top of mind. December is the time when playoff hopes are officially extinguished, with four teams – the New York Giants, Las Vegas Raiders, New England Patriots and Jacksonville Jaguars – already having been eliminated from postseason contention this year. For those groups, the remaining five weeks of action offer little reason to tune in. It's only natural, then, for some to shift their focus to the draft and all the possibilities that could be ahead. Here's our latest look at how the first round could pan out, with the current order and strength of schedule tiebreakers from Tankathon.com.

Top Players Not Included

These players appear in the top 32 of our

Consensus Big Board

, but do not show up in this mock.