{"id":40745,"date":"2025-12-28T23:25:22","date_gmt":"2025-12-28T23:25:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=40745"},"modified":"2025-12-28T23:25:22","modified_gmt":"2025-12-28T23:25:22","slug":"breaking-chiefs-move-up-to-surprising-spot-in-2026-nfl-draft-order","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=40745","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING : Chiefs move up to surprising spot in 2026 NFL Draft order"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/the_sporting_news_articles_584\/c9bdce6bb8da31768fd2d74e4e0bf69d\" alt=\"Chiefs b\u1ea5t ng\u1edd v\u01b0\u01a1n l\u00ean v\u1ecb tr\u00ed cao h\u01a1n trong th\u1ee9 t\u1ef1 ch\u1ecdn c\u1ea7u th\u1ee7 t\u1ea1i k\u1ef3 tuy\u1ec3n ch\u1ecdn NFL n\u0103m 2026 - Yahoo Sports\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Chiefs move up to surprising spot in 2026 NFL Draft order originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Kansas City Chiefs find themselves in unfamiliar territory.<\/p>\n<p>After the early slate of games on Sunday, the Chiefs slot into the top-10 of the 2026 NFL Draft order.<\/p>\n<p>Specifically, they would pick No. 9 as things presently stand:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Following today\u2019s early slate of games, the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Chiefs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Chiefs<\/a> have moved up to the 9th overall pick in the 2026 NFL Draft <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ard25a1oRf\">pic.twitter.com\/Ard25a1oRf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; KC Sports Network (@KCSportsNetwork) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KCSportsNetwork\/status\/2005388205835890953?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 28, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The last time they picked in the top-10 was 2013. That year, they had the No. 1 pick and chose offensive tackle Eric Fisher.<\/p>\n<p>They picked No. 3 in 2009, taking defensive end Tyson Jackson, No. 5 in 2008 with defensive tackle Glenn Dorsey, No. 5 in 2010 with safety Eric Berry and No. 6 in 2002, taking defensive tackle Ryan Sims.<\/p>\n<p>Those are the Chiefs&#8217; five picks inside the top-10 since 2000.<\/p>\n<p>Ironically, the Chiefs have never picked No. 9.<\/p>\n<p>They picked Ed Budde at No. 8 in 1963.<\/p>\n<p>They&#8217;ve picked 10th three times: Bill Martin in 1964, Gary Green in 1977 and Patrick Mahomes in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>The Chiefs could still slide around a bit, but they&#8217;ll be picking higher than usual just by virtue of missing the playoffs for the first time in a long time.<\/p>\n<p>Kansas City fans aren&#8217;t used to this being their main concern right now, but that&#8217;s the way this season has gone for the Chiefs.<\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kansas City is in unfamiliar territory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":40746,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[2572,662,2570,2569,2571,19,18,128,2575,2541,2574,2573],"class_list":["post-40745","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kansas-city-chiefs","tag-2026-nfl-draft","tag-deion-sanders","tag-eric-berry","tag-eric-fisher","tag-glenn-dorsey","tag-kansas-city-chiefs","tag-nfl","tag-patrick-mahomes","tag-ryan-sims","tag-shedeur","tag-tyson-jackson","tag-unfamiliar-territory"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - 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