ESPN projects Arizona's versatile safety as the ideal defensive pickup for the Kansas City Chiefs following some action on Day 1.

They kept both first-rounders but sacrificed a third-rounder (74th overall) and a fifth-founder (148 overall) to jump from 9 up to 6 and grab LSU cornerback Mansoor Delane — a player ESPN draft guru Mel Kiper Jr. believes they could’ve got at their original pick without having to give up any additional draft compensation.

Multiple experts, including coach Andy Reid, are comparing Kansas City Chiefs 2026 first-round pick Mansoor Delane to Trent McDuffie.

Multiple NFL insiders named the Chiefs as one team that could be interested in trading up for the third overall pick in the 2026 NFL Draft.

Chiefs general manager Brett Veach talked about areas he'd like to address in the rest of the NFL Draft.

The Texans have made postseason trips each year since and although Stroud has regressed, Anderson was a 2025 first-team All-Pro and is a perennial Defensive Player of the Year finalist, headlining a Houston unit among the best in the league.

But stability remains a mark of NFL Draft coverage. Just weeks after acquiring ownership of NFL Network, ESPN is essentially “leaving well enough alone” this year, allowing the former league-owned network to deliver the same draft coverage, with the same announcers. The ABC and ESPN coverage also will be very similar to previous years.

Notre Dame running back Jeremiyah Love overtook Ohio State defensive standout Arvell Reese to be the No. 3 pick in the final 2026 NFL mock draft from ESPN's Field Yates.