We are one week away from the first round of the 2026 NFL Draft. The expectation is that there will be lots of movement, causing extra excitement for the biggest weekend of the NFL offseason. Fans look forward to this day as soon as Week 18 ends.
Kansas City Chiefs general manager Brett Veach just hinted at the expectations in a recent article by ESPN.
“It should be an entertaining night,” Veach said Thursday. “There’ll probably be a lot of trades.”
“I think that the fans will be in for a treat next Thursday because I think the grades [on prospects] are going to be so close from some of these [offensive] tackles and D-ends and receivers,” Veach said. “A lot of these guys that are mocked high may go a little lower, and a lot of these guys that are getting mocked a little lower may go higher because I think they’re so close this year. There’s not this huge gap and huge fall off.”
“That’s what a draft like this — when you don’t have two or three [high-graded] quarterbacks and a Will Anderson [Jr.] or a Myles Garrett — does: It lends itself to open up to a lot of fun and a lot of excitement.”
The hope is that Veach and others in the media are right about the movement. Over the last few years, we have seen more and more trades taking place, and now players are starting to get involved during Day 1 of the draft. Anything can happen next Thursday night.
For the Chiefs, Jordyn Tyson has been linked to them with the 9th pick.
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