Originally Posted by Easy 6 (Post 18048046)

Gotta look at him as a long term investment, given the horrible history of players with his injury its imperative to work him along gradually... until he is 100% confident there is no rush

Wouldn't even be mad if we redshirted him while we evaluate our 30 million Jaylon Moore investment

Originally Posted by Delano (Post 18048098)

Knowing that Reid and Burkholder dealt with patellar tendon treatment and recovery with both Buckhalter and Graham gives some confidence they know what they’re doing.

Originally Posted by RealSNR (Post 18048057)

We're probably starting Moore Week 1.

What if he's also pretty good and the Chiefs have seen enough of Simmons from preseason and offseason work that they're convinced he won't be longterm limited by the injury? Sure, you could move one guy to a different spot on the line, but I think you keep your 1st round investment at LT and trade Moore.

Teams will have seen him be somewhat credible as a starter for two teams and two offenses by that point. He signed a 2-year deal with us, so trading teams would have time to reach a longterm extension. He would probably get us the equivalent of a 2nd rounder?

I get that stability and insurance on the OL is what we're gearing towards, but moving Moore over to a different position doesn't necessarily grant us that stability, and it would only be for an extra season. I think at that point you keep drafting and developing tackles the way most teams do.

Originally Posted by TRR (Post 18048100)

I couldn’t find anywhere where Brandon Graham tore his patellar tendon. He had an ACL then had microfracture surgery…but couldn’t find anything to confirm the patellar tendon tear. I know Reid was asked about it in his press conference but…

Originally Posted by TRR (Post 18048100)

I couldn’t find anywhere where Brandon Graham tore his patellar tendon. He had an ACL then had microfracture surgery…but couldn’t find anything to confirm the patellar tendon tear. I know Reid was asked about it in his press conference but…

Originally Posted by Chris Meck (Post 18048084)

Guys, it's not really about the injury HEALING.

It's already HEALED. It's not about worrying he'll REINJURE it or anything like that. This is a different deal.

The issue is that for many athletes, AFTER HEALING, they do not have the same explosion and flexibility in that knee as before.

It's not like an ACL or an achilles or whatever. It's not about healing. It's about "how does it function now?"

Originally Posted by LoneWolf (Post 18048156)

If Moore plays well and Simmons realizes his potential, you move one of them to right tackle and get rid of the walking penalty that is Jawaan Taylor.

Originally Posted by Easy 6 (Post 18048125)

Dude I've read all of the same posts here that you have, I get where you're coming from

What I'm angling at, is that he may have to re-learn how to play the position to some extent, he may need to learn to compensate in some unforeseen way and we need to be patient with him

Throw him into the fire at camp for sure, just wanting to make sure he's 100% comfortable before the ultimate test

Originally Posted by Dante84 (Post 18048177)

Luckily the injury was on his left knee, so when he’s at LT, it’s on his kick-slide leg, not his anchor leg. ProFootballDoc talked about this Thursday night being a benefit to him.

If Moore is a stud and slides to RT to take over for Taylor long term, we hit a grand slam.

Originally Posted by Dante84 (Post 18048177)

Luckily the injury was on his left knee, so when he’s at LT, it’s on his kick-slide leg, not his anchor leg. ProFootballDoc talked about this Thursday night being a benefit to him.

If Moore is a stud and slides to RT to take over for Taylor long term, we hit a grand slam.

Originally Posted by Chris Meck (Post 18048042)

Weird take.

If he's healthy enough to play, he's your Left Tackle. Full stop.