{"id":870139,"date":"2026-04-19T19:18:24","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T19:18:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/870139\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T19:18:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T19:18:24","slug":"kansas-city-chiefs-working-on-big-trade-in-2026-nfl-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/870139\/","title":{"rendered":"Kansas City Chiefs Working on Big Trade in 2026 NFL Draft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019ve already seen one big trade this week, with the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsnaut.com\/tag\/new-york-giants\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"540\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New York Giants<\/a> shipping Pro Bowl DT Dexter Lawrence to the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsnaut.com\/tag\/cincinnati-bengals\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1042\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cincinnati Bengals<\/a> in exchange for the 10th overall pick in the 2026 NFL Draft. Could the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsnaut.com\/tag\/kansas-city-chiefs\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"210\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kansas City Chiefs<\/a> be close to completing another blockbuster involving a top-10 selection?<\/p>\n<p>The Chiefs already have the ninth and 29th overall picks in the first round of the draft, but they\u2019re reportedly looking to trade into the top-five picks.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/gophnx.com\/arizona-cardinals-kansas-city-chiefs-have-trade-talks\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/gophnx.com\/arizona-cardinals-kansas-city-chiefs-have-trade-talks\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">PHNX\u2019s Johnny Venerable<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsnaut.com\/tag\/arizona-cardinals\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"393\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Arizona Cardinals<\/a> have been in contact with the Chiefs, discussing a trade that would send the third overall pick in the first round to Kansas City. Venerable\u2019s suggestion is for the Chiefs to send No. 9 plus change to Arizona in exchange for No. 3, then Kansas City would target the top pass-rusher available.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSources tell\u00a0PHNX\u00a0Cardinals that Ossenfort has already engaged in\u00a0early trade discussions\u00a0with GM Brett Veach and the Kansas City Chiefs,\u201d Venerable wrote. \u201cThe Chiefs, who own the ninth overall pick, would likely target the top available pass rusher in either Texas Tech\u2019s David Bailey or Ohio State\u2019s Arvell Reese. While initial trade details remain vague, the NFL Trade Value Chart projects that pick #3 is worth roughly 2200, while pick #9 is worth #1350.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Cardinals held the No. 3 overall pick in the 2023 NFL Draft before moving down to No. 12 and selecting left tackle Paris Johnson. The Cardinals may again be trying to trade down and select another offensive tackle to help stabilize their line. Last time they moved down from 3, the Cardinals fetched the 34th pick, a fifth-round selection, and a future first in addition to No. 12 overall. <\/p>\n<p>If Kansas City can pull off such a deal, the price will surely be different this time around, as no two drafts are the same. <\/p>\n<p>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsnaut.com\/nfl\/kansas-city-chiefs-criticized-for-one-of-nfls-worst-signings-kenneth-walker\" type=\"post\" id=\"1413524\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kansas City Chiefs Criticized for One of \u2018NFL\u2019s Worst Signings\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img alt=\"avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1776626304_433_cdc369fe6a9c435ab1a9344f358409a43c884a12b775d8a8492a08641e9e201e.jpeg\"  class=\"avatar avatar-70 photo\" height=\"70\" width=\"70\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"low\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\tDedicated  NFL  copywriter\/editor.  My  work  has  been  found  on  Sportsnaut,  Sports  Illustrated,  Sporting  News,  MSN,  Yahoo,  and  Minnesota  Sports  &#8230; More about <a class=\"more-bio\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsnaut.com\/author\/andrewbr2020\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Andrew Buller-Russ<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"We\u2019ve already seen one big trade this week, with the New York Giants shipping Pro Bowl DT Dexter&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":870140,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2063],"tags":[390,346,7,118,110,2438,2437,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-870139","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-kansas-city-chiefs","8":"tag-arizona-cardinals","9":"tag-chiefs","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-kansas-city","12":"tag-kansas-city-chiefs","13":"tag-kansascity","14":"tag-kansascitychiefs","15":"tag-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116432989314236869","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/870139","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=870139"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/870139\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/870140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=870139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=870139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=870139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}