{"id":849110,"date":"2026-04-02T11:35:19","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T11:35:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/849110\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T11:35:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T11:35:19","slug":"giants-and-browns-rumor-offers-trade-scenario-with-chiefs-lurking-as-threat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/849110\/","title":{"rendered":"Giants and Browns rumor offers trade scenario with Chiefs lurking as threat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/nfl\/cleveland-browns\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cleveland Browns<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/nfl\/kansas-city-chiefs\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kansas City Chiefs<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/nfl\/new-york-giants\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New York Giants<\/a> all reportedly have interest in the same prospect.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.essentiallysports.com\/nfl-active-news-sources-browns-open-to-trade-down-draft-spencer-fano-lions-eye-kadyn-proctor\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Essentially Sports&#8217; Tony Pauline<\/a>, the prospect is Utah offensive tackle Spencer Fano, who is getting eyes from New York, Cleveland and Kansas City.<\/p>\n<p>Pauline notes that Cleveland specifically believes Fano can play either side of the offensive line.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Multiple sources have told me that Cleveland is open to moving down a few slots and will entertain trade offers, then consider selecting Fano,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Yet they can\u2019t move down too far, as the\u00a0Kansas City Chiefs\u00a0are also very high on Fano, who they would keep at right tackle to fill a major hole on that side of the line.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-athlete=\"false\">&#8220;The\u00a0New York Giants\u00a0are also interested in Fano and are bringing the offensive lineman in for an official 30 visit,&#8221; Pauline added.<\/p>\n<p data-athlete=\"false\">MORE: <a target=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/nfl\/news\/nfl-mock-draft-2026-7-rounds\/71bb3ee641561195249089c8\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NFL mock draft 2026: Complete 7-round edition<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-athlete=\"false\">It makes sense for the Browns and Chiefs to have interest, but the Giants are at least a bit of a head-scratcher<\/p>\n<p data-athlete=\"false\">The Browns have a big hole at left tackle, and the Chiefs are in need of someone on the right side.<\/p>\n<p data-athlete=\"false\">As for the Giants, they have their bookends locked up with Andrew Thomas and Jermaine Eluemunor, although Thomas has had issues staying healthy. Even still, we&#8217;d suspect this is more of a smokescreen than anything else.<\/p>\n<p>A trade-back scenario for Browns and Giants<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" image_resolution=\"16:9\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1770377836_622_USATSI_28146002.jpg.webp.webp\" typeof=\"foaf:Image\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"image-credit\">          Jeff Lange \/ USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images    <\/p>\n<p data-athlete=\"false\">Pauline notes that Fano going in the top six &#8220;may be a bit rich&#8221; for the Browns, and we would guess the same can be said for New York.<\/p>\n<p data-athlete=\"false\">Knowing that, this presents an opportunity where the Giants or Browns could move back a few picks, acquire more draft capital, and still get Fano.<\/p>\n<p data-athlete=\"false\">MORE:\u00a0<a target=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/nfl\/news\/nfl-power-rankings-rams-ravens-vikings-patriots-packers-free-agency\/e1165263b1a8d54ca70334f8\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NFL power rankings 2026 after free agency<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-athlete=\"false\">The two teams sitting behind the Browns and Giants, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/nfl\/washington-commanders\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Washington Commanders<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/nfl\/new-orleans-saints\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New Orleans Saints<\/a>, don&#8217;t have a need at either tackle spot, so they offer the perfect trade-back partners for both teams.<\/p>\n<p data-athlete=\"false\">It&#8217;s possible one of the Browns or Giants could trade back further than that and still land Fano, but that would be very risky with the Chiefs sitting at No. 9 and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/nfl\/miami-dolphins\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Miami Dolphins<\/a> at No. 11.<\/p>\n<p>More NFL News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Cleveland Browns, Kansas City Chiefs and New York Giants all reportedly have interest in the same prospect.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":849111,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2054],"tags":[86,85,54,2337,7,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-849110","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cleveland-browns","8":"tag-browns","9":"tag-cleveland","10":"tag-cleveland-browns","11":"tag-clevelandbrowns","12":"tag-football","13":"tag-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116334909707230673","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/849110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=849110"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/849110\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/849111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=849110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=849110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=849110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}