NFL Draft 2016: Order of first round set

The 2016 NFL Draft won't take place for another two months, but we now know the full order of the first round.

Following the conclusion of the Super Bowl, all 31 picks of the first round are set. The Cincinnati Bengals will be picking 24th overall because they were the best team to lose in the Wild Card Round. In fact, they had a better record than all four of the teams that made it to the Divisional Round, but the draft order for playoff teams is based on when they lost in the playoffs, and then factors in records.

That's why Cincy picks 24th instead of 29th or 30th, which is where they would be picking if the NFL adopted the same formula as the NBA, who bases first-round picks based on where teams finished in the regular season. The Bengals will also be picking 55th overall in Round 2 and 87th in Round 3.

And while we know the full order through the 95th pick, the entire 2016 draft order won't be set until around March when compensatory selections are announced. Because teams can get extra picks through Rounds 3-7, the entire order won't be known until closer to the end of March, which is when the league announced it last year. The Bengals aren't expected to get any comp picks this year.

As for the rest of the draft, the Tennessee Titans hold the first-overall pick. Following last year's selection of Oregon quarterback Marcus Mariota with the second-overall pick, Tennessee has the rare honor of making back-to-back top-two picks in a draft.

The Cleveland Browns will have the honors of picking second overall. This pick will likely go a long way in determining if Hue Jackson's tenure in Cleveland is a success or another quick failure suffered by a Browns coach.

The first round will start on Thursday, April 28 in Chicago with the second and third rounds on Friday, April 29 followed by rounds four through seven on Saturday, April 30. Here is the entire order of Round 1, which the NFL announced Friday.

*Pick forfeited due to DeflateGate Scandal