Any team can put a claim in for him, but the order in which he is picked up does go by team record, from worst to best. Which I why I think he lands in San Diego for the rest of the season, they are still playing for the post season.
Sorry but I believe your wrong, the rules change after the trade cut off date. What you said only cover a player before the trade cut off date and after that it does go worst to best team.
NFL waiver order
Team Win Loss Tie Percent Schedule strength Opp record
1. Buffalo Bills 0 7 0 0.000 0.667 34-17-0
2. Carolina Panthers 1 6 0 0.143 0.519 27-25-0
3. Dallas Cowboys 1 6 0 0.143 0.549 28-23-0
4. San Francisco 49ers 2 6 0 0.250 0.508 30-29-0
5. Denver Broncos 2 6 0 0.250 0.559 33-26-0
6. Detroit Lions 2 5 0 0.286 0.538 28-24-0
7. Minnesota Vikings 2 5 0 0.286 0.549 28-23-0
8. Cincinnati Bengals 2 5 0 0.286 0.571 28-21-0
9. Cleveland Browns 2 5 0 0.286 0.640 32-18-0
10. San Diego Chargers 3 5 0 0.375 0.583 35-25-0
11. Arizona Cardinals 3 4 0 0.429 0.566 30-23-0
12. Jacksonville Jaguars 4 4 0 0.500 0.414 24-34-0
13. St. Louis Rams 4 4 0 0.500 0.441 26-33-0
14. Oakland Raiders 4 4 0 0.500 0.450 27-33-0
15. Washington Redskins 4 4 0 0.500 0.500 28-28-0
16. Seattle Seahawks 4 3 0 0.571 0.407 22-32-0
17. Chicago Bears 4 3 0 0.571 0.431 22-29-0
18. Miami Dolphins # 4 3 0 0.571 0.500 25-25-0
19. Philadelphia Eagles # 4 3 0 0.571 0.500 27-27-0
20. Green Bay Packers # 5 3 0 0.625 0.439 25-32-0
21. New Orleans Saints # 5 3 0 0.625 0.439 25-32-0
22. Tennessee Titans 5 3 0 0.625 0.467 28-32-0
23. Houston Texans 4 2 0 0.667 0.535 23-20-0
24. Indianapolis Colts 4 2 0 0.667 0.545 24-20-0
25. Kansas City Chiefs 5 2 0 0.714 0.380 19-31-0
26. Tampa Bay Buccaneers 5 2 0 0.714 0.431 22-29-0
27. New York Giants 5 2 0 0.714 0.438 21-27-0
28. Baltimore Ravens 5 2 0 0.714 0.440 22-28-0
29. Atlanta Falcons 5 2 0 0.714 0.451 23-28-0
30. New York Jets 5 2 0 0.714 0.471 24-27-0
31. Pittsburgh Steelers 5 2 0 0.714 0.608 31-20-0
32. New England Patriots 6 1 0 0.857 0.420 21-29-0