The Kansas City Chiefs front office, led by general manager Brett Veach, will be hard at work in the final hours ahead of the 2026 NFL trade deadline. All trades must be finalized by 3:00 p.m. CT today as teams try to enhance their rosters or gain future draft capital.
All team trades must be officially filed and approved by the league office before the 3:00 p.m. CT deadline. Deals agreed in principle but not filed on time are void under league regulations. After a player is traded, their contract moves with them, and their new team assumes the remaining base salary. Unearned or unprorated signing bonus money stays with the former team as dead cap space.
During the 2022 season, Kansas City sent third- and sixth-round choices to the New York Giants
in the 2023 NFL Draft for wide receiver Kadarius Toney. In 2024, the Chiefs notably traded a 2025 fifth-round pick to the Tennessee Titans for wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins. Those deals helped contribute to trips to the Super Bowl.
Historically, the league extended the trade deadline from Week 6 to Week 8 in 2012, then moved it back another week to Week 9 starting in the 2024 season to accommodate the 17-game schedule. All teams can still sign free agents, make waiver claims, and release players after the trade deadline.
Last season, 10 trades were executed directly on NFL trade deadline day, November 4, 2025.
This article originally appeared on Chiefs Wire: Kansas City Chiefs front office gears up for the NFL trade deadline
