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Here’s what the NFL Draft order looks after the Amari Cooper trade

By Josh Hill

DENVER, CO - SEPTEMBER 16: Oakland Raiders head coach Jon Gruden on the sidelines during a game between the Denver Broncos and the Oakland Raiders on September 16, 2018, at Broncos Stadium at Mile High, Denver, CO. The Denver Broncos defeated Oakland by a score of 20-19. (Photo by Rich Gabrielson/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
DENVER, CO - SEPTEMBER 16: Oakland Raiders head coach Jon Gruden on the sidelines during a game between the Denver Broncos and the Oakland Raiders on September 16, 2018, at Broncos Stadium at Mile High, Denver, CO. The Denver Broncos defeated Oakland by a score of 20-19. (Photo by Rich Gabrielson/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) /
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Amari Cooper has been sent from Oakland to Dallas, and now Jon Gruden has *another* first-round pick to play with.

Have you ever played Madden franchise mode, turned off the trade machine, and traded yourself multiple first-round picks from teams around the league? Whether or not you’ve done that, Jon Gruden is doing something similar in real life. But rather than trading nothing for something, Gruden is in the process of stripping his own team for parts, first by sending Khalil Mack to Chicago and now by sending Amari Cooper to Dallas.

After a few weeks of pretending to not know much about the Amari Cooper trade rumors, the Raiders have traded their former No. 4 overall pick to the Cowboys for a first-round pick in this year’s draft.

There will be plenty of think pieces written about how Gruden is off his rocker and how this trade will affect both the Raiders tank job and the Cowboys attempts to save their season. But for now, let’s look way ahead and see how it affects the NFL Draft order.

Oakland now owns three picks in the first-round — one from the Bears, one from the Cowboys and its own.

Here’s a look at what the NFL Draft Order kind of looks like after the Raiders acquired yet another first round pick (one of which you know Gruden is taking a punter with).

1. Arizona Cardinals
2. San Francisco 49ers
3. New York Giants
4. Oakland Raiders
5. Indianapolis Colts
6. Buffalo Bills
7. Atlanta Falcons
8. Cleveland Browns
9. New York Jets
10. Tennessee Titans
11. Philadelphia Eagles
12. Jacksonville Jaguars
13. Oakland Raiders (from Dallas)
14. Denver Broncos
15. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
16. Seattle Seahawks
17. Detroit Lions
18. Oakland Raiders (from Chicago)
19. Houston Texans
20. Cincinnati Bengals
21. Baltimore Ravens
22. Miami Dolphins
23. Pittsburgh Steelers
24. Green Bay Packers
25. Minnesota Vikings
26. Washington Redskins
27. Carolina Panthers
28. New England Patriots
29. Los Angeles Chargers
30. New Orleans Saints
31. Kansas City Chiefs
32. Los Angeles Rams

Next. Jaguars need to trade for Derek Carr, because why not?. dark

This is going to change a lot between now and the Draft, as teams that make the playoffs are ordered by elimination rather than record. Teams that won’t make the playoffs are still going to jockey for positioning, with the Top 10 ultimately looking similar but ordered differently.

For now, this is a rough sketch of where Gruden has put a Raiders-sized dent in the draft order. Now beings the fun of trying to figure out what the heck he’s going to do.

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