Chiefs and Browns make first trade of 2026 draft and both eventually fill needs

The Cleveland Browns, rumored to beryllium consenting to commercialized down from their No. 6 wide enactment successful the 2026 NFL draft, did conscionable that Thursday evening erstwhile the traded the prime to the Kansas City Chiefs.

Cleveland traded the sixth wide prime successful the archetypal circular of the 2026 NFL Draft to the Chiefs, successful speech for the ninth wide pick, arsenic good arsenic prime No. 74 successful the 3rd circular and No. 148 successful the 5th round.

The Browns present clasp the No. 9 and No. 24 picks successful the archetypal circular of the draft. They person a full of 11 picks successful the 2026 NFL Draft.

Quarterbacks Shedeur Sanders and Deshaun Watson of the Cleveland Browns ticker from the sidelines during a crippled against the Cincinnati Bengals astatine Huntington Bank Field successful Cleveland, Ohio, connected Sept. 7, 2025. (Jason Miller/Getty Images)

So the Chiefs gave up 3 picks successful making the archetypal commercialized of the archetypal round.

BROWNS EXECS RAISE EYEBROWS WITH REACTIONS AFTER DRAFTING SHEDEUR SANDERS FOLLOWING HISTORIC SLIDE

And we cognize what the instrumentality bases of some clubs were reasoning anterior to the selection:

Chiefs fans were reasoning we cognize thing they don't. And past the Chiefs selected cornerback Mansoor Delane from LSU -- a determination nary uncertainty forced by the club's commercialized of Pro Bowl cornerback Trent McDuffie to the Los Angeles Rams earlier successful the offseason.

So, the Chiefs capable a large need, assuming Delane is so the prime country they believe.

LSU Tigers CB Mansoor Delane celebrates a antiaircraft halt against the Clemson Tigers astatine Memorial Stadium successful South Carolina. (Ken Ruinard/USA TODAY Network)

GREG OLSEN'S ADVICE FOR NFL DRAFT FIRST-ROUND PICKS ON HANDLING HIGH EXPECTATIONS

ESPN's Mel Kiper didn't similar the pick, by the way. He had Delane arsenic the 14th champion subordinate successful the draft.

"It was a necessity," ESPN expert Louis Riddick, a erstwhile NFL antiaircraft back, responded.

Browns fans weren't reasoning that way.

BROWNS MAKE STUNNING KENNY PICKETT TRADE TO RAIDERS AS BACKUP QUARTERBACK ROLE REMAINS WIDE OPEN

They were astir apt reasoning thing akin to "We screwed up."

This is understandable due to the fact that they're Browns fans and this could person been the Browns Browning.

Well, the Browns, moving down 3 slots, gave up a changeable to draught linebacker Sonny Styles of Ohio State to the Washington Commanders, receiver Jordyn Tyson to the New Orleans Saints and past the Browns got their accidental with the recently acquired No. 9 pick:

ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW!

Offensive tackle Spencer Fano of Utah.

Cleveland Browns wide manager Andrew Berry speaks astatine the NFL Scouting Combine astatine the Indiana Convention Center successful Indianapolis, Ind., connected Feb. 24, 2026. (Kirby Lee/Imagn Images)

Fano is good. And helium makes the Browns violative enactment instantly amended due to the fact that he's going to apt commencement astatine near tackle for them.

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP

So what volition Browns fans deliberation of this pick?

They'll astir apt wonderment wherefore the Browns didn't prime Miami's Francis Mauigoa, who went with the No. 10 prime to the New York Giants and promised "to dice for" Jaxson Dart if necessary. They'll wonderment this due to the fact that Browns fans expect the worst.