More than a month after the Kansas City Chiefs made the franchise-altering move to trade wide receiver Tyreek Hill, the team's supporters were quite eager to hear a wide receiver called in the NFL Draft.
That energy was sustained all the way through Round 1 (as the Chiefs took two defensive players), spilling into Day 2 and Round 2.
That’s when the unthinkable happened.
With Georgia’s George Pickens still on the board, Brett Veach made the first trade-down of his general managing career.
“It was exciting,” Veach said with a smile in his post-Day 2 press conference.