{"id":248995,"date":"2026-04-28T01:13:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T01:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/248995\/"},"modified":"2026-04-28T01:13:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T01:13:11","slug":"new-nfl-draft-rumors-reveal-jaguars-attempts-to-trade-coveted-2027-1st-rounder-for-2026-pick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/248995\/","title":{"rendered":"New NFL Draft Rumors Reveal Jaguars&#8217; Attempts to Trade Coveted 2027 1st-Rounder for 2026 Pick"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">The Jacksonville Jaguars reportedly were so interested in trading back into the first round in the 2026 NFL draft that they were willing to give up a first-rounder in next year&#8217;s draft even though the expectation is there will be more talented players to choose from in 2027.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">&#8220;The Jacksonville Jaguars actually considered, this year, trading up and back into the first round in a draft that a lot of people didn&#8217;t love to give away their first-round draft pick next year in the 2027 draft that everybody can&#8217;t wait for,&#8221; ESPN&#8217;s Adam Schefter reported Monday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">&#8220;And, because that draft is so coveted and highly anticipated, they wanted the team that was getting their one next year to give them their one this year and an additional Day 2 or 3 pick. So they wanted extra compensation to trade into this draft for next year.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Jacksonville has certainly been aggressive of late, including in the 2025 draft when it <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/jaguarswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/jaguars\/2026\/04\/26\/final-results-jaguars-browns-travis-hunter-draft-day-trade\/89809046007\/\">traded<\/a> the Nos. 5, 36 and 126 picks, along with its 2026 first-rounder, to the Cleveland Browns for the Nos. 2, 104 and 200 picks in 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">The purpose of that move was to draft Heisman Trophy winner Travis Hunter, but it was still quite the price to pay.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">And it left the Jaguars without a first-rounder in this year&#8217;s draft.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">The AFC South team didn&#8217;t select until the 24th pick of the second round when it chose Texas A&amp;M tight end Nate Boerkircher.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">This is a club in the middle of a win-now window after winning the AFC South in 2025 with a 13-4 record. With quarterback Trevor Lawrence leading an offense that also features Brian Thomas Jr., Jakobi Meyers and Brenton Strange, among others.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Its front office may believe it is just an impact player or two away from contending for a Super Bowl and attempted to trade into the first round to get that player. But it was unable to complete such a trade and instead had to wait for the second round.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Ultimately, that may end up benefitting the Jaguars. After all, the draft could be loaded with headliners such as Arch Manning, Dante Moore, Jeremiah Smith, Colin Simmons, Leonard Moore, Cam Coleman, Dylan Stewart and more.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Having a first-rounder in that draft will be particularly valuable, and the Jaguars still do since they did not complete this trade.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Jacksonville Jaguars reportedly were so interested in trading back into the first round in the 2026 NFL&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":248996,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-248995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=248995"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248995\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/248996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=248995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=248995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=248995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}