With their loss to the Saints in the NFC Wild Card round on Sunday, the Bears will have the No. 20 pick in the 2021 NFL Draft this year.
After the expansion to a 14-team playoff this past offseason, the draft order now starts involving playoff teams at the No. 19 selection, which is held by the Washington Football Team. The corresponding order among playoff teams is determined from when a team got eliminated, said team’s regular season record, and, in the event of a tiebreaker, their strength of schedule.
With Washington at 7-9 and no other playoff teams holding a worse record than the Bears, Chicago now has the No.