The position at the top of our 2024 draft board right now:

[Direckshun]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

If there will be a time for the foreseeable future to trade up, it's probably the upcoming draft.

I think you'll have some talent that pushes down a little bit because of how insane the top 10 in this draft is likely to be. So you'll have guys at 15-20 who would've gone 8-12 in this years draft.

And the Chiefs have a 1-3 season window where I don't see any truly pressing roster needs impending unless the rookie DBs all regress or something like that.

I am typically anti trade-up but I think this may be a good year to consider it and LT would probably be the spot to target.

It's in line with what the Chiefs value, as well. This isn't a situation like tight end, where I've advocated the Chiefs should be hyper-aggressive and trade up for an elite TE, something they've never shown a propensity to do under Reid.

But the Chiefs absolutely have the propensity to do that for a LT. They've spent a #1 overall on the position. They were ready to pay Trent Williams more than god. They made an aggressive trade for Orlando Brown and tried to pay him a ton as well.

The move you describe is not only smart roster construction, it's also right in line with what the Chiefs have been historically willing to do.