With just five picks total in the 2026 NFL Draft, the LA Chargers have as good a reason as ever to trade back for more capital. If accomplished, it will be the first time the Chargers traded back in the first round since 2003 (2004 if you count the Eli Manning-Philip Rivers swap, but that technically wasn't a trade-down).
Teams with excess draft capital may have the opposite intention. Every year, we see talent-hungry teams use day two and three picks to move up in the first round to get the prospect they covet. This year, that team may be the Kansas City Chiefs.