Here is a look at the 2011 draft selection order after completion of the wild-card round, with draft comments on each team. An asterisk (*) indicates the team's draft position may change depending on playoff results.)
1. Carolina Panthers: Suffered biggest loss of year when Andrew Luck returned to Stanford.
2. Denver Broncos: Might have to consider Patrick Peterson with Champ a free agent.
3. Buffalo Bills: Need to repair run defense, first and foremost.
4. Cincinnati Bengals: Can only hope this year's rookie class performs like 2010's.
5. Arizona Cardinals: Is the quarterback of their dreams worth taking with fifth pick?
6. Cleveland Browns: Sure could use a big wide receiver.
7. San Francisco 49ers: Jim Harbaugh is a quarterback short of a very good offense.
8. Tennessee Titans: One of many teams suddenly looking for future at QB spot.
9. Dallas Cowboys: Three of team's top four DEs played on one-year deals in 2010.
10. Washington Redskins: Itching to get the next John Elway, but is that QB available?
11. Houston Texans: Will be interesting to see if team goes 3-4 route on defense in draft.
12. Minnesota Vikings: Other than QB, safety appears to be biggest immediate concern.
13. Detroit Lions: Could draft linebacker, corner or safety early.
14. St. Louis Rams: Offense must go more vertical, and a choice wideout would help.
15. Miami Dolphins: No sure thing that they go for a running back in first round.
16. Jacksonville Jaguars: If they are looking for immediate help, could take safety early.
17. Oakland Raiders: Can't find Asomugha's replacement until second round.
18. San Diego Chargers: Pick from Jets in Cromartie trade is now a second-rounder.
19. New York Giants: When was the last big play made by one of their linebackers? 2009?
20. Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Need to find playmaker at linebacker.
21. Kansas City Chiefs: Nose tackle a good place to start on defense.
22. Indianapolis Colts: Offensive line still needs work. Just ask Bill Polian.
23. Philadelphia Eagles: Starting right cornerback job will be open.
24. New Orleans Saints: Another aggressive young linebacker would do wonders.
25. Seattle Seahawks*: Marshawn Lynch ran like he heard RB draft rumors.
26. Green Bay Packers*: Would like to find OLT Chad Clifton's eventual replacement.
27. Chicago Bears*: Would be little shock if they look for a left tackle in Round One.
28. New York Jets*: Few young pass rushers on the roster.
29. Baltimore Ravens*: Cornerback remains a position they'd like to upgrade.
30. Pittsburgh Steelers*: At some point they'll have to find Hines Ward's replacement.
31. Atlanta Falcons*: Have been stockpiling pieces on defense; no reason to stop now.
32. New England Patriots*: Will have Raiders' first-rounder, too, to beef up defense.
The draft order is determined by the following procedures:
(a) The winner of the Super Bowl will select last, and the other Super Bowl participant next-to-last, regardless of their regular-season record.
(b) The conference championship game participants not advancing to the Super Bowl will select 29th and 30th, according to the reverse order of their standing.
(c) The divisional-playoff participants not advancing to the championship games will select 25th through 28th, according to the reverse order of their standing.
(d) The wild-card participants not advancing to the divisional playoffs will select 21st through 24th, according to the reverse order of their standing.
(e) Non-playoff clubs will select first through 20th, according to the reverse order of their standing.
If ties exist in any grouping except (a) above, they will be broken by strength of schedule (i.e., figuring the aggregate won-lost-tied percentage of each involved club's regular-season opponents and awarding preferential selection order to the club which faced the schedule of teams with the lowest aggregate won-lost-tied percentage).
If ties still exist after applying the strength-of-schedule tiebreaker, the divisional or conference tiebreakers are applied, if applicable. If the divisional or conference tiebreakers are not applicable, ties will be broken by a coin flip.
