{"id":113116,"date":"2025-10-22T06:33:01","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T06:33:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=113116"},"modified":"2025-10-22T06:34:38","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T06:34:38","slug":"red-kingdom-in-chaos-chiefs-owner-finally-breaks-silence-after-josh-simmons-shocking-no-show-insiders-hint-at-a-storm-brewing-behind-closed-doors-and-fans-cant-believe-what","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=113116","title":{"rendered":"RED KINGDOM IN CHAOS: Chiefs owner finally breaks silence after Josh Simmons\u2019 shocking no-show, insiders hint at a storm brewing behind closed doors, and fans can\u2019t believe what\u2019s unfolding right now\u2026 ll"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Clark-Hunt-Josh-Simmons.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Clark-Hunt-Josh-Simmons.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Clark-Hunt-Josh-Simmons.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Clark-Hunt-Josh-Simmons.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Chiefs Owner Responds to Josh Simmons Mystery Absence\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" \/><\/figure>\n<div>\n<p>Getty<\/p>\n<p>Clark Hunt, Kansas City Chiefs owner.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>With the Kansas City Chiefs set to begin practice and game plan installation for their Week Eight Monday Night Football game against the Washington Commanders at Arrowhead Stadium, there was still no indication that 2025 first-round draft pick Josh Simmons would show up for those practice sessions.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, Chiefs owner Clark Hunt made his first statement on Simmons\u2019 ongoing absence from the team \u2014 but he didn\u2019t shed much light on the situation and may have only made it more baffling.<\/p>\n<p>Simmons, an offensive left tackle out of Ohio State was taken 32nd overall by the Chiefs in the draft, and started the first four games of the season without incident.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>First Hint Something Was Wrong Came in Week 5<\/h2>\n<p>The first indication that something may be wrong with Simmons came shortly before the Chiefs Week Five Monday matchup against the Jacksonville Jaguars when, just hours before kickoff, the team added Simmons to its injury report, listing him as \u201cquestionable\u201d due to \u201cillness.\u201d But no further information was offered, and Simmons started the game as normal.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, Simmons was on the field for all 64 offensive snaps in that game, the second time this season that he played 100 percent of his team\u2019s snaps. In his five games, Simmons has played 95.2 percent of the Chiefs\u2019 snaps on offense.<\/p>\n<p>Simmons continued to play at high level. According to Pro Football Focus, he allowed only one sack with a pass blocking grade of 73.<\/p>\n<p>But six days later, after first announcing that there were no injuries for their game against the Detroit Lions, the team suddenly revised the report to announce that Simmons was out for the game with the cause listed as \u201cNot Injury Related \u2013 Personal.\u201d<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Owner Asked About Simmons Situation<\/h2>\n<p>NFL Network correspondent Ian Rapoport subsequently reported that Simmons was \u201cdealing with a family matter back home in California.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Simmons has not been seen at the Chiefs facility since. He missed Sunday\u2019s Week Seven game against the Las Vegas Raiders as well. The Chiefs stayed mum about the situation, with coach Andy Reid saying on multiple occasions that general manager Brett Veach would \u201chandle\u201d the Simmons issue.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, as recently as Monday \u2014 the morning after the Chiefs\u2019 31-0 victory over the Raiders \u2014 Reid again said that he had no updates on Simmons, and referred the matter to Veach. \u201cAnd so we just, you know, move on with that,\u201d Reid said.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday at the fall NFL league meetings in New York City, Hunt \u2014 the 60-year-old billionaire son of Chiefs founder Lamar Hunt who owns the team with three of his siblings and serves as Kansas City CEO \u2014 was asked by ESPN NFL writer Kalyn Kahler \u201cif he could tell us what\u2019s going on with rookie left tackle Josh Simmons.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But even the owner responded evasively, saying only, \u201cI really can\u2019t comment,\u201d as quoted by Kahler.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Practices For Week 8 Could Clear Up Mystery<\/h2>\n<p>About a week ago, future Hall of Fame quarterback Patrick Mahomes \u2014 who Simmons is charged with protecting from opposing pass rushers \u2014 admitted that he had been surprised to learn that the rookie left tackle was missing from the team, a situation which according to Outkick reporter Bobby Burack, indicated that \u201cthe standard communication process for a player missing a game was not followed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Simmons, as of Tuesday night, had not been placed on the NFL\u2019s NFI (Non-Football Injury) list, a move that would rule him out for figure weeks and allow the Chiefs to replace him for that period on their roster.<\/p>\n<p>The fact that Simmons remains off the list appears to signal that the Chiefs expect him back in action sooner that that four-week period \u2014 but based on whether or not he appears at practice this week, Simmons\u2019 situation will either be cleared up, or grow more mysterious.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Jonathan Vankin JONATHAN VANKIN is an award-winning journalist and writer who now covers baseball and other sports for Heavy.com. He twice won New England Press Association awards for sports feature writing. He was a sports editor and writer at The Daily Yomiuri in Tokyo, Japan, covering Japan Pro Baseball, boxing, sumo and other sports. 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