Las Vegas Raiders-Kansas City Chiefs and Cincinnati Bengals-Cleveland Browns season finales are among Week 18 games with major NFL Draft implications.

With the Washington Commanders at 4-12 in 7th in the draft order, the highest the Bengals can reach is the 8th pick. They are guaranteed to have at least the 13th pick in the first round — the Dallas Cowboys hold the 14th pick at 7-8-1.

The Cincinnati Bengals' opponents for the 2026 season have now been set.Next year, the Bengals are set to play the Kansas City Chiefs, Jacksonville Jaguars, Tennessee Titans, New Orleans Saints, and Tampa Bay Buccaneers at home at Paycor Stadium,

The upcoming NFL playoffs will not impact the Cincinnati Bengals' placement in the first round of the 2026 NFL Draft. The Bengals have been eliminated from postseason contention since Week 15, and like 17 other clubs,

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Since Brett Veach took over as general manager in 2018, the Chiefs have traded up four times for their initial section of any particular draft class. In 2024 (Xavier Worthy) and 2022 (Trent McDuffie), those were first-round trades; and in 2018 (Breeland Speaks) and 2019 (Mecole Hardman), their initial selection fell in the second round.

The Kansas City Chiefs don't have anything to play for in Week 18, but their fans should be tuned into a few different games across the league.

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