Chiefs HC Andy Reid addresses first round strategy in 2026 NFL Draft

Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid spoke with reporters via Zoom recently, discussing the team's potential aggressive moves during round one in the 2026 NFL Draft. "We're here. We have no choice, so we've embraced that.

You don't want to be here, but we've gotten past that phase, and we're in it. So, let's come out with a good football player wherever it might be," said Reid, "Brett (Veach) has just exhausted every means here and will continue to do that up through draft day and through the whole draft, but that's how he rolls. He and his guys have scoured the country, and they have some great names up there, and the thought that we get a couple of these guys is exciting.

To have an opportunity to do it with a (No. ) 9 pick, and that's a great thing too, and have a (No. ) 29 pick and a second-round pick and a third-round pick.

So, there's a good number of picks we've got here. " Kansas City enters this week with two first-round picks at No. 9 and No.