NFL world reacts to the Kansas City Chiefs drafting Fresno native Xavier Worthy

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- The NFL satellite could not judge it erstwhile Josh Allen's Buffalo Bills traded its first-round prime to its rival, the Kansas City Chiefs, for Fresno autochthonal Xavier Worthy.

The Bills sent the 28th prime successful the archetypal circular to the Chiefs on with a fourth-round prime (No. 133) successful instrumentality for the 32nd prime successful the archetypal circular and a third-round prime (No. 95). The teams besides swapped selections successful the seventh round.

The Bills did not adjacent draught successful the archetypal circular due to the fact that it traded the 32nd prime with the Carolina Panthers successful speech for the archetypal prime (No. 33 overall) of the 2nd circular and a fifth-round prime (No. 141).

NFL Draft expert Chad Reuter had labeled a wide receiver arsenic the Bills' apical request for the 2024 season. The Bills parted ways with their prima wide receiver and Josh Allen's No. 1 target, Stefon Diggs, successful a commercialized to the Houston Texans amid the offseason's escaped bureau frenzy.

All the chaos led to the backmost to backmost Super Bowl champions Kansas City Chiefs selecting Worthy.

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Chiefs' backmost Patrick Mahomes seemed to approved of the selection.

Seconds earlier the prime was announced, Mahomes took to societal media to stock his excitement.

Other reactions see recently acquired teammate Marquise "Hollywood" Brown, linebacker Drue Tranquill and violative lineman Creed Humphrey.

Confusion successful Buffalo

It mightiness look astonishing that the Chiefs and Bills, bitter rivals successful caller years, would hold to a trade. The Chiefs person beaten the Bills 3 times successful the past 4 seasons successful the playoffs, including during the divisional circular past season.

But Chiefs wide manager Brett Veach said they had nary hesitation successful answering the Bills' telephone call.

"I'm definite it made consciousness to them,'' Veach said. "We were connected our ain agenda, and we saw worth there. And again, moving 38 spots for a feline that we deliberation volition beryllium a large summation to our squad and particularly with the peculiar team's values that helium adds, I deliberation was thing that we truly factored in.''

Bills wide manager Brandon Beane said helium made the commercialized with his team's champion interests successful mind.

"You're not needfully preventing them from getting the subordinate they want," Beane said. "It's much what, wherever is your worth at, wherever bash you privation your picks and what's the champion determination for the Bills? Because I'm definite they're not conscionable calling Buffalo."

Beane said that the Bills did not cognize who the Chiefs were going to prime with the trade.

"I could spot them taking a receiver, but you don't genuinely know." He besides added: "But wherever they were moving from, I don't deliberation it mattered to america who they were picking."

The Chiefs past traded up successful the draught with the Bills successful 2017, erstwhile they went from 27 to 10 successful the archetypal circular to draught backmost Patrick Mahomes.

ESPN contributed to this story.