Now that the regular season is complete, the top 20 picks of the first round are set (other than a couple coin flips for tie-breakers):
1. St. Louis (1-15)
2. Detroit (2-14)
3. Tampa Bay (3-13)
4. Washington (4-12)
5. Kansas City (4-12)
6. Seattle (5-11)
7. Cleveland (5-11)
8. Oakland (5-11)
9. Buffalo (6-10)
10. Jacksonville (7-9)*
11. Denver (8-8) (From Chicago)*
12. Miami (7-9)
13. San Francisco (8-8)
14. Seattle (5-11) (From Denver)
15. New York Giants (8-8)
16. Tennessee (8-8)*
17. San Francisco (8-8) (From Carolina)*
18. Pittsburgh (9-7)
19. Atlanta (9-7)*
20. Houston (9-7)*
* - subject to a coin flip
The San Francisco 49ers and the Seattle Seahawks are the only teams with two first round picks. The 49ers have the 13th overall pick and the 16th or 17th pick that came from the Carolina Panthers in a 2009 draft day trade where the Panthers received a second and fourth round pick in return for their 2010 first pick. With those picks, the Panthers drafted DE Everette Brown from FSU and RB Mike Goodson from Texas A&M. Brown finished the year with 22 tackles and 2.5 sacks in a backup role to Julius Peppers and Tyler Brayton, while Goodson played in 7 games, mostly as a kick returner. Both of those players look to have a good upside, but look for the 49ers to make the most out of last year's trade and pick up a pair of good players in the first round.
Seattle is set up with the 6th and 14th overall picks, giving new head coach Pete Carroll a good chance to show that he can draft as well as he could recruit at USC. The Seahawks received the extra 1st round pick from the Denver Broncos in another draft day trade last year in exchange for Seattle's 2nd round pick. The Broncos chose CB Alphonso Smith with that pick. Smith played in a backup role in 2009, recording 11 tackles and 3 pass deflections.
