{"id":855164,"date":"2026-04-05T14:08:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T14:08:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/855164\/"},"modified":"2026-04-05T14:08:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T14:08:15","slug":"early-indications-that-chiefs-could-trade-up-in-first-round","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/855164\/","title":{"rendered":"Early Indications That Chiefs Could Trade Up in First Round"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> It goes without saying that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardbarker.com\/nfl\/teams\/kansas_city_chiefs\/39\" class=\"yard_link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kansas City Chiefs<\/a> need more production from their defensive line next season.  <\/p>\n<p>In 2025, Kansas City&#8217;s defense recorded 33 sacks, which ranked 26th in the league. With the No. 9 pick in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nfl\/chiefs\/onsi\/pivot-point-for-kansas-city-draft-comes-well-before-no-9\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2026 NFL Draft<\/a>, the Chiefs could be on the outskirts of landing one of the top-tier pass rusher prospects. Texas Tech&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nfl\/chiefs\/onsi\/kansas-city-set-to-get-close-look-at-top-option-for-no-9-pick\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">David Bailey<\/a> , Ohio State&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardbarker.com\/college_football\/players\/arvell_reese\/921176\" class=\"yard_link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Arvell Reese<\/a>, and Miami&#8217;s Rueben Bain Jr. are universally viewed as the top-three pass rushers in this year&#8217;s class. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It goes without saying that the Kansas City Chiefs need more production from their defensive line next season.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":855165,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2063],"tags":[346,7,118,110,2438,2437,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-855164","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-kansas-city-chiefs","8":"tag-chiefs","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-kansas-city","11":"tag-kansas-city-chiefs","12":"tag-kansascity","13":"tag-kansascitychiefs","14":"tag-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116352496833069086","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/855164","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=855164"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/855164\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/855165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=855164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=855164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=855164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}