FIRST ROUND ORDER
1. Los Angeles (from Tennessee)
2. Philadelphia (from Cleveland)
3. San Diego
4. Dallas
5. Jacksonville
6. Baltimore
7. San Francisco
8. Cleveland (from Philadelphia and Miami)
9. Tampa Bay
10. New York Giants
11. Chicago
12. New Orleans
13. Miami (from Philadelphia)
14. Oakland
15. Tennessee (from Los Angeles)
16. Detroit
17. Atlanta
18. Indianapolis
19. Buffalo
20. New York Jets
21. Washington
22. Houston
23. Vikings
24. Cincinnati
25. Pittsburgh
26. Seattle
27. Green Bay
28. Kansas City
29. Arizona
30. Carolina
31. Denver
* New England lost first round pick as punishment following Deflategate investigation
The 81st annual NFL Draft is this week. Here is what you need to know:
SCHEDULE
First Round: 8 p.m., Thursday
Rounds 2-3: 7 p.m., Friday
Rounds 4-7: Noon, Saturday
• Teams have 10 minutes to make their pick in the first round, seven minutes in the second, five minutes in the third through sixth rounds and four minutes in the seventh.
Where: The draft returns to the Auditorium Theater in Chicago for the second year in a row.
TV: ESPN, ESPN2, NFL Network
Total picks: 253, which includes 32 compensatory picks
Bengals picks (7): First round (24th overall), second round (55th), third round (87th), fourth round (122nd), fifth round (161st), sixth round (199th), seventh round (245th).
Browns picks (12): First round (eighth), second round (32nd), third round (65th and 77th), fourth round (99th, 100th and 138th), fifth round (141st, 172nd and 173rd), sixth round (176th), seventh round (223rd)
MOCK DRAFT
Ohio State’s Ezekiel Elliott carries the ball in the first quarter against Notre Dame in the Fiesta Bowl on Friday, Jan. 1, 2016, at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Ariz. Elliott could be an option for the Browns with the No. 8 pick in the first round of Thursday’s NFL Draft. David Jablonski/Staff
BENGALS
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell poses for a photo with A.J. Green, #4 overall pick by the Cincinnati Bengals, as Green holds up a jersey during the 2011 NFL Draft at Radio City Music Hall on April 28, 2011 in New York City. (Photo by Chris Trotman/Getty Images)
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BROWNS
Joe Haden from the Florida Gators holds up a Cleveland Browns jersey after the Browns selected Haden number 7 overall during the first round of the 2010 NFL Draft at Radio City Music Hall on April 22, 2010 in New York City. (Photo by Jeff Zelevansky/Getty Images)
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