NFL Draft 2024: Fans rage at Bills for allowing the Chiefs to move up and select 'another Tyreek Hill' in speedy Texas receiver Xavier Worthy as they thank Buffalo for 'locking up Kansas City's three-peat'

NFL fans are furious that the Buffalo Bills allowed the Kansas City Chiefs to trade up and select Texas wide receiver Xavier Worthy in the first round of the draft on Thursday night.

The Chiefs were supposed to pick last in the first round after winning their second consecutive Super Bowl and third in five years, but they managed to trade up with one of their biggest AFC rivals.

The Chiefs sent the 32nd pick along with a fourth-rounder and seventh-rounder to the Bills for No. 28, a fourth-rounder and a seventh-rounder.

It meant Andy Reid could hand Patrick Mahomes a potential gem in Worthy, who's a speedy deep threat they've been lacking since Tyreek Hill left.

But the move has not gone down well with fans across the league, who were left bewildered as to why Buffalo's front office handed their AFC rivals more ammunition when Josh Allen needs weapons himself. 

Bills fans are furious their team allowed the Chiefs to trade up and select Xavier Worthy

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One fan posted: 'Still can't believe the Bills traded with the Chiefs, who own them, so the Chiefs can draft another speedy WR for Mahomes... all while not drafting a WR for Josh, who just lost his top 2 targets this offseason. Bills are cooked.'

Another commented: 'So the Bills really just let the Chiefs draft another Tyreek Hill?'

'I don't know why the Bills hate themselves so much, but thanks for locking up the three peat for the Chiefs', said another.

'I can't believe the Chiefs fleeced the Bills again. No wonder they always beat them in the playoffs', wrote one fan. 

Worthy broke the NFL combine record when he ran a 4.21-second 40-yard dash, showing the kind of raw speed that Kansas City last enjoyed when Hill was on the team. 

But Worthy is more than just a deep threat, showing promise as a route runner and cutting down on the number of drops last season, when he caught 75 passes for 1,014 yards and five TDs. 

'Listen, I like the wide receivers we've got,' Chiefs coach Andy Reid said, 'but to go add somebody of this quality is important, or a good move to strengthen it. I don't want to slight the guys we have but he's a nice addition.'

'We told Patrick,' Reid said with a smile. 'Patrick is curious. He loves this stuff. It doesn't matter if it's offense or defense. He just loves the draft. He's texting away at us and we get back to him. He's great with it.

'It doesn't hurt to have down-the-field speed. We've functioned without the great speed down the field and done well, but if you have an opportunity to get somebody you think is a good player, you probably need to take advantage of that.'

The Chiefs won the Super Bowl last year with a patchwork wide receiver corps, and they were in the market for help even before second-year pro Rashee Rice - their biggest breakout star of last season - got embroiled in legal trouble in Texas.

Worthy broke the NFL combine record when he ran a 4.21-second 40-yard dash in March

Dallas police allege that Rice was driving a Lamborghini well over 100 mph when he and a friend, who was driving a Corvette, lost control and began a chain-reaction crash that resulted in injuries to several people. 

Rice left the scene without seeing if anyone was injured, but turned himself in when police issued warrants for his arrest. Rice has been released on bond, and Reid has said he would continue to participate in the Chiefs' offseason program as the legal situation plays out. 

The Chiefs signed Hollywood Brown in free agency, and tight end Travis Kelce has been every bit as productive as any wide receiver. 

But otherwise, the Chiefs were faced with heading into the summer with Justin Watson, drop-prone Kadarius Toney and Skyy Moore, and journeymen such as Montrell Washington filling out the receiver corps.