The first day of the 2026 NFL Draft was a trade bonanza and fans should be preparing for more action on Day 2.
In all, we saw a whopping eight trades go down on Thursday night.
The Kansas City Chiefs and Cleveland Browns kicked things off early in Round 1, and the Buffalo Bills and Tennessee Titans finished things off at the end with the final trade.
Things were particularly busy toward the end of the first round, with five of the final seven picks being moved.
NFL insider Jordan Schultz is already preparing us for more trades on Friday night, so hang on to your seats.
Schultz reports that the San Francisco 49ers, Arizona Cardinals and Buffalo Bills, the three teams that own the first three picks in the second round, have been receiving calls from squads looking to trade up.
“Sources: The 49ers, Cardinals and Bills have received calls about potential trades at the top of Round 2 tonight, setting up what could be a busy trade night,” Schultz reported.
The Bills and 49ers were both involved in trades late in the first round.
In fact, the Bills pulled off a pair of trades, moving back twice from No. 26 until they eventually landed in the second round.
Schultz adds on to his report that the Niners are “very open” to moving back once again in order to grab more picks.
“They’re targeting several players and don’t necessarily need to pick at 33 to land one of them,” Schultz said of San Francisco, a team that needs to get younger.
The feeling has been that, starting around the 20s in Round 1, grades are very close for players from that spot through the top of the second round.
So, more teams are willing to trade back knowing they can acquire more draft capital and still come away with an equally good player at a later spot.
And, in turn, teams that might be turned down in an attempt to trade up in past years are finding more willing partners.
Things have been so wild that we saw multiple division rivals trading with each other.
There were NFC East rivals, the Dallas Cowboys and Philadelphia Eagles, swapping picks at Nos. 20 and 23, and AFC East rivals, the Bills and New England Patriots, made a deal, also.