If the Buccaneers want to focus on drafting a quarterback to fix their mess, they’re close to having the opportunity to take any one they want.
With a week to play, the 2-13 Bucs are close to clinching the top pick in the 2015 NFL Draft.
A loss next week to the Saints should seal the deal, as playing in the NFC South gives them a lower strength of schedule number than the teams they’re nearest in the standings, and that’s how selection order ties are broken.
The Titans are in the second slot at the moment, and those two cleared some distance as the other teams at the bottom won cosmetic games.
As it stands today, the Jaguars would pick third, the Jets fourth and the Raiders fifth, followed by Washington, the Bears, Falcons, Vikings and Saints.
Of course, if the Falcons beat the Panthers next week and take the NFC South title, they’d fall all the way to 21st (or lower, depending on how they do in the playoffs).
