| 2004 First Round Draft Order |
| No. |
Team |
W-L |
Win. % |
Opp. W-L |
Opp. Win. % |
| 1 |
San Diego |
4-12 |
.250 |
129-127 |
.504 |
| 2 |
Oakland |
4-12 |
.250 |
132-124 |
.516 |
| 3 |
Arizona |
4-12 |
.250 |
139-117 |
.543 |
| 4 |
N.Y. Giants |
4-12 |
.250 |
142-114 |
.555 |
| 5 |
Washington |
5-11 |
.313 |
136-120 |
.531 |
| 6 |
Detroit |
5-11 |
.313 |
137-119 |
.535 |
| 7 |
Cleveland |
5-11 |
.313 |
138-118 |
.539 |
| 8 |
Atlanta |
5-11 |
.313 |
138-118 |
.539 |
| 9 |
Jacksonville |
5-11 |
.313 |
139-117 |
.543 |
| 10 |
Houston |
5-11 |
.313 |
146-110 |
.570 |
| 11 |
Pittsburgh |
6-10 |
.375 |
128-128 |
.500 |
| 12 |
N.Y. Jets |
6-10 |
.375 |
135-121 |
.527 |
| 13 |
Buffalo |
6-10 |
.375 |
146-110 |
.570 |
| 14 |
Chicago |
7-9 |
.438 |
125-131 |
.488 |
| 15 |
Tampa Bay |
7-9 |
.438 |
130-126 |
.508 |
| 16 |
San Francisco |
7-9 |
.438 |
131-125 |
.512 |
| 17 |
Cincinnati |
8-8 |
.500 |
117-139 |
.457 |
| 18 |
New Orleans |
8-8 |
.500 |
128-128 |
.500 |
| 19 |
Minnesota |
9-7 |
.563 |
117-139 |
.457 |
| 20 |
Miami |
10-6 |
.625 |
131-125 |
.512 |
| 21 |
New England * |
10-6 |
.625 |
117-139 |
.457 |
| 22 |
Dallas |
10-6 |
.625 |
118-138 |
.461 |
| 23 |
Seattle |
10-6 |
.625 |
119-137 |
.465 |
| 24 |
Denver |
10-6 |
.625 |
128-128 |
.500 |
| 25 |
Green Bay |
10-6 |
.625 |
125-131 |
.488 |
| 26 |
St. Louis |
12-4 |
.750 |
111-145 |
.434 |
| 27 |
Tennessee |
12-4 |
.750 |
121-135 |
.473 |
| 28 |
Philadelphia |
12-4 |
.750 |
122-134 |
.477 |
| 29 |
Indianapolis |
12-4 |
.750 |
126-130 |
.492 |
| 30 |
Kansas City |
13-3 |
.813 |
107-149 |
.418 |
| 31 |
Carolina |
11-5 |
.688 |
114-142 |
.445 |
| 32 |
New England |
14-2 |
.875 |
124-132 |
.484 |
* -- Via 2003 draft-day trade with Baltimore
The draft order is based on a team's record and strength-of-schedule. In slotting teams with the same record, the team whose opponents had the weakest schedule picks ahead of the team whose opponents had the next weakest schedule and so forth for that group.
In the event of ties (teams with the same record and the same strength-of-schedule), the first applicable tiebreaker (head-to-head, divisional record, or conference record) is used, with the tiebreak loser getting the higher selection in Round 1. If there are no applicable tiebreakers (as would be the case with teams from opposite conferences that did not face each other), ties are broken by coin toss.
The Super Bowl winner and loser will draft 32nd and 31st, respectively. Other playoff teams, as they are eliminated from the postseason, move to the end of their group regardless of strength-of-schedule. If teams with the same record drop out in the same playoff week they are positioned at the end of the group and strength-of-schedule will determine their sequence. Teams coming back into their group in different playoff weeks are placed in the group with the team(s) that advanced further being placed behind the team(s) that dropped in earlier.
Once the first round sequence has been established, in subsequent rounds teams rotate within their won-loss grouping with the team that picked earliest in the previous round moving to the last position of the group while others move up.
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