*****The Josh Simmons Thread*****

[Dante84]

More to come!

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— Patrick Mahomes II (@PatrickMahomes) April 25, 2025

Several teams agree: Josh Simmons had best tape of any OT last year. And they aren't very concerned with recovery on the torn patella tendon. More of the concern is maturity/character. But he's going to the ideal, veteran-laden place.

— Jeremy Fowler (@JFowlerESPN) April 25, 2025

the #chiefs get LT Josh Simmons out of Ohio State. If Simmons didn't suffer a torn patellar tendon he would have been the first tackle off the board. I had one team tell me he was the most athletic and talented tackle tape they watched. There are some maturity issues, but this…

— James Palmer (@JamesPalmerTV) April 25, 2025

The #Chiefs have selected #OSU OT Josh Simmons at No. 32, a player recovering nicely from a torn patellar tendon. They are comfortable with his rehab and did endless homework on it. https://t.co/awdb0JhPed

— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) April 25, 2025

The #Chiefs are selecting Ohio State LT Josh Simmons at No. 32 to close out Round 1.

A key addition to bolster the offensive line in front of Patrick Mahomes. pic.twitter.com/oBx2CjzmCe

— Ari Meirov (@MySportsUpdate) April 25, 2025

[BossChief]

After time to digest and process, some thoughts on Simmons. There had to be concerns about being able to retain information. Everyone has mentioned that they rechecked him on multiple visits and zoom calls to test his recollection. That and his colored hair and nose ring had to be the “character concerns” that’s have been brought up by randoms. He even mentioned in his interview “they don’t let just anyone come here”…indicating that was expressed to him specifically.

I have full confidence that Andy/Brett designed a comprehensive plan after identifying the red flags they saw in the kid and will stay on top of it to give us the best chance of him reaching his potential.

[Kiimo]

Not the colored hair and nose ring

[Anyong Bluth]

Originally Posted by Hammock Parties

.@mitchholthus was on The Drive with @cdotharrison and was really excited about the long term OL with the Chiefs draft of Simmons last night.

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— 96.5 The Fan (@TheFan965) April 25, 2025

Holtus looks like he's his own Hype man in that pic

[Marcellus]

Originally Posted by RealSNR

As DJ pointed out earlier, there are several posters here who believe every word ever uttered/unuttered by the media is a lie

Not saying you’re one of them.

I'm not a huge fan of Sports media but I've hardly ever seen them so lock step on a single topic like they are this one.

Hell that's actually a bit of a red flag but it seems like people here are working OT on a whole different narrative for some reason.

Its almost like they didn't like the idea before hand so torpedoes be damned, we are moving forward with the narrative at all cost.

One side or the other is way off, going to be interesting to see which one.

[Anyong Bluth]

His injury can't be worse than my babysitter's when I was a really little kid, so rejoice!


It was summertime and she brought over squirt guns for something fun later to do. We had a water gun fight in the backyard, but somehow it started up again as we were going back inside the house, which was a ranch style where you could go around in circles between 4 of the rooms, including the kitchen.

My older sister and I were teamed up against the babysitter, chasing her in circles. Over time water started accumulating on a few spots in the kitchen, that had linoleum floors.

At some point she was running into the kitchen, hit a wet spot, slipped, and slid into the dishwasher and counter.

In a freak accident, she caught some sharp metal or something and due to her momentum it made a wide U shaped cut along the side of her knee.

We heard a frightening shriek, came into the kitchen, and saw blood pooling on the floor and her hysteric, holding her knee awkwardly from the side on top. She said it had broken off and flapping to the side.

The rest was a crazy blur and I remember sitting at the hospital for a couple hours, then my parents showing up to get us, and never seeing that babysitter again.

[Chris Meck]

Originally Posted by Anyong Bluth

His injury can't be worse than my babysitter's when I was a really little kid, so rejoice!


It was summertime and she brought over squirt guns for something fun later to do. We had a water gun fight in the backyard, but somehow it started up again as we were going back inside the house, which was a ranch style where you could go around in circles between 4 of the rooms, including the kitchen.

My older sister and I were teamed up against the babysitter, chasing her in circles. Over time water started accumulating on a few spots in the kitchen, that had linoleum floors.

At some point she was running into the kitchen, hit a wet spot, slipped, and slid into the dishwasher and counter.

In a freak accident, she caught some sharp metal or something and due to her momentum it made a wide U shaped cut along the side of her knee.

We heard a frightening shriek, came into the kitchen, and saw blood pooling on the floor and her hysteric, holding her knee awkwardly from the side on top. She said it had broken off and flapping to the side.

The rest was a crazy blur and I remember sitting at the hospital for a couple hours, then my parents showing up to get us, and never seeing that babysitter again.

THEY KILLED HER!? HOLY SHIT!

[Kiimo]

The entire story felt like a dear penthouse. I was just waiting for it to turn.

[Kman34]

Originally Posted by Anyong Bluth

His injury can't be worse than my babysitter's when I was a really little kid, so rejoice!


It was summertime and she brought over squirt guns for something fun later to do. We had a water gun fight in the backyard, but somehow it started up again as we were going back inside the house, which was a ranch style where you could go around in circles between 4 of the rooms, including the kitchen.

My older sister and I were teamed up against the babysitter, chasing her in circles. Over time water started accumulating on a few spots in the kitchen, that had linoleum floors.

At some point she was running into the kitchen, hit a wet spot, slipped, and slid into the dishwasher and counter.

In a freak accident, she caught some sharp metal or something and due to her momentum it made a wide U shaped cut along the side of her knee.

We heard a frightening shriek, came into the kitchen, and saw blood pooling on the floor and her hysteric, holding her knee awkwardly from the side on top. She said it had broken off and flapping to the side.

The rest was a crazy blur and I remember sitting at the hospital for a couple hours, then my parents showing up to get us, and never seeing that babysitter again.

All I read was babysitter and squirt and I got excited.. What a downer..

[Anyong Bluth]

Originally Posted by Kiimo

The entire story felt like a dear penthouse. I was just waiting for it to turn.

After you pointed it out I can't argue with your assessment, but it wasn't my intent

[saphojunkie]

Originally Posted by srvy

Way to cherry-pick a post. If you had read all DJ's post's you would know he knows the difference between the kneecap and the lower tendon that helps to hold said kneecap in place.

I'm not a knee surgeon or have a medical degree, but I have experience with the patellar tendon and the Patella. My daughter was a pretty damn good at gymnastics. Until she ruptured her patellar tendon.

It wasn't even gymnastics that did the dirty deed. She stepped off the school bus into the gutter of a concrete curb it was full off frozen and slushy leaves. She fell and landed her knee on the top edge of the curb. It dislocated her kneecap. I got a call that my daughter may have broken her leg off the bus. So went down to the end of the street, picked her up carried her home. Her kneecap looked like Patrick's. I called her pediatrician they said take her to Children's Mercy Emergency.

Anyway, the kneecap kept popping out, so more deeper look revealed a tear in the lower patellar tendon. Just like that, her days as a young gymnast were over.

Bro I am not out to read all of anyone’s posts. I’m not doing deep analysis of other peoples deep analysis. I calls ‘em likes I sees ‘em.

[Chris Meck]

I just can't get over the cognitive dissonance.

Like, Veach and Reid just seem really nonchalant about the injury. The history of this injury is grim. And they're all like..."yeah, he'll be ready for training camp."

Ohhhhhhkaaaaay.

I'm gonna assume you guys know what you're doing, because you usually do.

[poolboy]

Pete Prisco on CBS loved the pick and called it a torn meniscus.....what an idiot

I wonder if they put the anchors in the kneecap?

a double graft consists of one in the knee cap and one in the tibia if Im reading it right

Tough situation

[wazu]

Originally Posted by poolboy

Pete Prisco on CBS loved the pick and called it a torn meniscus.....what an idiot

I wonder if they put the anchors in the kneecap?

Torn miniscus? I wish! What wouldn't I GIVE for a torn meniscus!

[Womble]

Has his leg been amputated yet?

[smithandrew051]

Thinking about this more.

The rest of the draft makes me feel significantly better about this pick.

We didn’t entirely miss out on RB (ours may be limited but he has the burst I wanted). We didn’t miss out on a Tranquil replacement (maybe even this year if he regresses further). We added 2 bodies to the DL. We got our WR at a tremendous value. We got another CB (not a guy most of us had on the radar but a good value regardless).

I didn’t love a RB in the first round with the depth of this class so I’m okay passing on Henderson. I wanted Burden but I like Royals a lot and I wouldn’t necessarily be happier with Burden and a project OT in the 4th. Another DL would’ve been alright, but were we realistically going to do much better than ONL and Gillotte?

I still don’t feel great about this pick, but I’m having a tough time answering “if not Simmons, then who?” with how the rest of the draft ended up.