Someone want to explain why we have the 44th pick and not the 42nd pick, which is the 10th pick in the 2nd round?
Teams with the same record alternate each round for draft order. Lowest strength of schedule gets first position in round 1. All pick orders are designed to distribute aggregate equity as evenly as possible.
So Dallas, NYG and SF (all 6-10) basically alternate position each round. Since there are 3 teams, the order repeats every 3 rounds.
Dallas has the lowest SOS, yielding them first position pick (pick 10) in round 1. They have the third position pick in round 2 (pick 44) and the second position pick of round 3 (pick 75).
The Giants, who have the second lowest SOS get the second position pick of round 1 (pick 11), the first position pick of round 2 (pick 42) and the third position in round 3 (pick 76).
The 9ers, also a 6-10 team, get the third position pick in round 1 (pick #12), second position in round 2 (pick 43) and first position in round 3 (pick 74) Their round 3 pick belongs to WFT.
First 3 rounds summary (Picks) for 6-10 teams
Cowboys 10, 44, 75 ......
Giants 11, 42, 76 .......
9ers 12, 43, 74 ......
Notice- they all have the same position equity total of 129.
Also notice that the 9ers pick ahead of us in 2 of the first 3 rounds even though we pick ahead of them in round 1.
