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Originally Posted by ForeverIowan
Not being a wise ass here and sorry if it has already been discussed, but what previous players had this injury? If it seriously damaged/ended their career how old were they at the time of injury? Genuinely curious.
Without the injury history this dude is likely a top 5 pick. If the Chiefs medical experts think he checks out I think it is well worth the risk. As long as Mahomes is under center and Reid is the coach, we are gonna be picking late in the first every single year. Golden opportunity to steal a franchise left tackle. If...IF...they think he is ready to roll.
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I ask again - based on what?
He was a 2nd day pick after his first season at Ohio State. He then played 6 mediocre (or worse teams) before getting hurt and had his worst game against the one quality team he played before he got hurt.
Then they replaced him with Donovan Jackson and won a championship without him.
What did we see from Simmons that even says he's a top 10 pick, let alone top 5?
This was a 12-15 talent -- probably -- had he not gotten hurt. AND had he actually played well in a conference season; which certainly wasn't a given.
I just don't see where anyone is getting this 'elite if healthy' stufff with Josh Simmons. He wasn't. And then he got hurt.
This just feels like the Justyn Ross "He was a 1st round talent before the injuries!" stuff. People projected his talent based on a few strong games as a freshman and they presumed a continued strong development curve. Then they AGAIN presumed he'd get back to healthy.
In all likelihood neither thing was true. His development curve wouldn't have taken him to 1st round status even if healthy and then it turns out he was never going to be the same player even AFTER he was 'healed' from the injuries he'd had.
And there were people looking at him as a potential 1st or 2nd round pick in that draft 'round here. And many of those same folks are making the same mistakes now that they made then.