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

[Dante84]

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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

[SHOWTIME]

Andy said Simmons can play right away. If that is the case, put him in at LT, move Moore to RT, and Kinglsey to LG.

[ChiefsHawk]

Word is that it was only a partial tear which makes a HUGE difference with this injury.

[Wisconsin_Chief]

Originally Posted by SHOWTIME

Andy said Simmons can play right away. If that is the case, put him in at LT, move Moore to RT, and Kinglsey to LG.

95% this is what happens.

[chiefzilla1501]

Originally Posted by Chris Meck

Guys, nobody thinks a healthy Josh Simmons is a bad pick. Nobody.

The question is whether he will EVER be the same player again, and the historical evidence is that it's really unlikely that he will be.

The folks against this pick were against it because it's so damned unlikely, but aren't rooting for him to fail. It's just a HUGE risk.

After sleeping on it, I'm a bit more philosophical about things. No risk it, no bisquit. I'm trusting Veach and Burkholder and I assume they have information that we don't.

If this works out, it's maybe the second best pick in the Andy Reid era. If it doesn't, well, it's not like we haven't had other first round disappointments.

In a vacuum, it doesn't seem like a risk worth taking; the chance of success is so low. But it's not a vacuum, it's an individual, and I'm trusting the doctors here.

Let's roll.

I think we all know it’s a big risk. I don’t think anyone wants him to fail to be proven right. I just think the part that’s missing in that debate is that taking any LT late in the first round has high bust potential. We can either be scared to take those risks or we can take a few swings at it. It just sets up for the same thing we did at qb year after year where we kept waiting for the right qb to fall into our lap. Maybe next year… we said every year. It’s a little safe to not take a big bold risk at a position we’ve proven we can’t fill otherwise

This is such a rare opportunity for us to take a shot at a guy with this kind of a ceiling. I’m ok even if it misses. We played this smart that worse case scenario we can “settle” for Jaylon Moore

[In58men]

Brett Veach said Rick Burkholder called Josh Simmons' response to surgery a "best-case scenario."

— Sam McDowell (@SamMcDowell11) April 25, 2025

[staylor26]

How incredible would it be if this guy is your starting LT week 1

[nychief]

Originally Posted by SHOWTIME

Andy said Simmons can play right away. If that is the case, put him in at LT, move Moore to RT, and Kinglsey to LG.

This will happen...in 2026.

We aren't moving Taylor and his 20 million to the bench. Plus Moore's snaps at RT were significantly worse than at LT with the 9ers. This may be a situation where Simmons takes over later in the season and Moore becomes the swing, I dunno.

[ChiTown]

Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501

I think we all know it’s a big risk. I don’t think anyone wants him to fail to be proven right. I just think the part that’s missing in that debate is that taking any LT late in the first round has high bust potential. We can either be scared to take those risks or we can take a few swings at it. It just sets up for the same thing we did at qb year after year where we kept waiting for the right qb to fall into our lap. Maybe next year… we said every year. It’s a little safe to not take a big bold risk at a position we’ve proven we can’t fill otherwise

This is such a rare opportunity for us to take a shot at a guy with this kind of a ceiling. I’m ok even if it misses. We played this smart that worse case scenario we can “settle” for Jaylon Moore

Thank you for summing this up. This is exactly how I feel about this pick.

[Sassy Squatch]

Originally Posted by nychief

This will happen...in 2026.

We aren't moving Taylor and his 20 million to the bench. Plus Moore's snaps at RT were significantly worse than at LT with the 9ers. This may be a situation where Simmons takes over later in the season and Moore becomes the swing, I dunno.

Reid has benched Taylor multiple times already. It's been made apparent multiple times through his body language that Reid is absolutely ****ing sick and tired of Taylor and his bullshit penalties. At the very least he's not walking into camp with a starting job in hand.

[displacedinMN]

At least he has an easily pronounceable name for Holthus.

[In58men]

Originally Posted by staylor26

How incredible would it be if this guy is your starting LT week 1

Chiefs did their due diligence for sure

Josh Simmons says no team showed more interest in him than the Chiefs did. Met at the Combine, had a 30 visit to KC and had multiple Zoom meetings with the club.

— Matt Derrick (@mattderrick) April 25, 2025

[Sassy Squatch]

Also a bit telling that Morris isn't even in the discussion according to Reid. Seems to have been relegated to OT4 overnight.

[RealSNR]

Originally Posted by displacedinMN

At least he has an easily pronounceable name for Holthus.

Poor Jamaal had to say "Suamataia" on live TV in front of millions last year

[RunKC]

Originally Posted by Sassy Squatch

Also a bit telling that Morris isn't even in the discussion according to Reid. Seems to have been relegated to OT4 overnight.

You must have missed the Raiders game when Mahomes wanted him executed

[kccrow]

The study wasn't some random sample subject to a hypothesis and peer review. It's literally doctors looking at the entire population of NFL players who had the injury over more than 20 years and compiling that data. Then they presented the data to give you a meaningful resource on the effect of the injury on NFL players, not only as a whole, but by offense or defense, and skill or linemen.

If any of you actually took the time to read the paper for yourself, you'd see that. Instead of doing that, 15 of you decide to ask me to regurgitate the information and then you basically tell me to wipe my ass with it.

Well, I have. I hope the pick works out for the Chiefs, even if that data says it's unlikely.

But with that, I'm actually done contributing to this cesspool in any meaningful way. No more stats, no more player evals. It's not worth the time to give it to you.