Twelve teams that could be on move — up or down — in NFL draft By Ryan Dunleavy Published April 2, 2026, 10:39 p.m. ET San Francisco 49ers GM John Lynch is all smiles during the 2026 NFL Annual League Meeting at the Arizona Biltmore on March 30, 2026. Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images The list of NFL general managers includes a couple of Joes (Schoen and Hortiz) who could be “Trader Joes.”
A Monti (Ossenfort, not Hall) who likes to play “Let’s Make a Deal” during the draft.
And a few Johns (Schneider, Spytek and Lynch) who could be the “Jacks of all trades” if they went by a nickname.
As the NFL draft nears, here are six teams that could trade up and six that could trade down in the first round, based on conversations with league sources: