Kansas City Chiefs Ready to TRADE UP for Draft Gold—Will Andy Reid STRIKE First?

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🗓️ 3 April 2026

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Kansas City Chiefs weigh aggressive draft moves as the countdown to the NFL Draft heats up. With a potential first-round pass rusher locked in, Ryan Tracy and Chris Clark debate whether to trade up from pick 29, eyeing targets like Dallas at 20 and Minnesota at 18. What would the Chiefs sacrifice—a valuable 3rd rounder this year, or a future pick from the McDuffie trade—to land a blue-chip wide receiver or tackle? The hosts break down position priorities, options at offensive tackle, and whether cornerback or defensive tackle merit bold trades. Exploring draft strategy intricacies, they discuss first-round grades, trade-up price tags, and Brett Veach’s likelihood of gambling on top-tier talent. Can Kansas City balance immediate needs with long-term depth as they chase another Super Bowl title? Don’t miss these insights into the Chiefs’ high-stakes draft strategy and looming roster decisions.

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0:00.0	Want to make a trade?
0:02.4	From the land of the free and the home of the Chiefs, this is the Locked On Chiefs podcast.
0:08.3	You are Locked on Chiefs, your daily Kansas City Chiefs podcast, part of the Locked on Podcast network, your team every day.
0:19.5	And welcome back to another episode episode Locked on Chiefs.
0:22.0	I'm Chris Clark from Chiefs Corner.
0:23.4	He is Ryan Tracy from RGR Football, Rogue Analytics, and NFL 33.
0:27.9	Lots of different things to talk about.
0:29.4	We are getting into the draft and diving deep because it is almost here.
0:33.9	By the time you're listening to this, we will be about, what, three, four weeks away from the draft.
0:38.2	And this is right where we want to be. So let's just dive right in right now.
0:45.1	We are making the assumption. This is the assumption we will start with. We're making the assumption the chiefs get a pass rusher at nine.
0:52.7	That is the assumption we're going to make with this discussion. So they get a pass rusher at nine. That is the assumption we're going to make with this discussion.
0:56.0	So they get a pass rusher at nine.
0:58.2	What do you want to do with 29?
1:01.0	What are you willing to give up is going to be what we're going to discuss now.
1:05.3	And then a little bit later, we're going to get into who you're going to give it up for.
1:11.1	The one thing I don't want to do at 29 is stay at 29.
1:14.1	So I am trying to most likely trade up from 29 is my guess.
1:21.1	I could consider, depending on if the board falls to the point where the targets would be gone. Again, we're talking about
1:28.7	the chiefs maybe at most having 15 first round grades, and that's probably being very generous.
1:33.2	So I don't know if it's worth trading back up. If two picks after the chiefs are on the clock
1:38.4	and make their first selection, if all their top first round grades are gone. So I don't know how far they have to go. But for me, I would
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