{"id":115152,"date":"2025-10-29T06:32:30","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T06:32:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=115152"},"modified":"2025-10-29T06:36:24","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T06:36:24","slug":"lebron-james-reportedly-furious-after-lakers-front-office-blindsided-him-with-a-blockbuster-trade-tension-boiling-as-the-locker-room-fractures-ahead-of-a-make-or-break-playoff-run-could-thi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=115152","title":{"rendered":"Left Tackle Josh Simmons\u2019 return to the Chiefs takes a surprising new turn \u2014 medical staff raise fresh concerns as coaches weigh a critical decision that could reshape the offensive line and the team\u2019s playoff hopes..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\/GettyImages-2228215714-e1760214711935.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\/GettyImages-2228215714-e1760214711935.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2228215714-e1760214711935.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2228215714-e1760214711935.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Left Tackle Josh Simmons' Return to Chiefs Gets New Update\" width=\"780\" height=\"438\" \/><\/figure>\n<div>\n<p>Getty<\/p>\n<p>ST JOSEPH, MISSOURI &#8211; AUGUST 02: Creed Humphrey #52 and Josh Simmons #71 of the Kansas City Chiefs make their way to the field for parctic at Missouri Western State University on August 02, 2025 in St Joseph, Missouri. (Photo by Ed Zurga\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Kansas City Chiefs spent their first-round pick on left tackle Josh Simmons, who was working out swimmingly until he stopped showing up to games.<\/p>\n<p>Simmons has been absent from the team\u2019s last three contests, all wins, due to undisclosed family issues. Head coach Andy Reid offered some mild elaboration on the topic last week.<\/p>\n<p data-mm-id=\"_wcwycxuty\">\u201cMy update for you on Josh would just be, there\u2019s communication,\u201d Reid told reporters on October 23. \u201cI\u2019m not going to get into all of it. Everything\u2019s positive. It\u2019s not a negative situation. He\u2019s taking care of family.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Albert Breer of SI offered the most recent update on Simmons\u2019 status in his Tuesday column.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>What I know is that the issue first arose just before the Jaguars game. Simmons ended up playing in that matchup, then left right before the Lions game. The cited family aspect of his absence is real, and that was a part of the background that teams had to work through when he was coming out.<\/p>\n<p data-mm-id=\"_j9xx44qzs\">Here\u2019s the other detail that\u2019s important: If the Chiefs felt like this was going to be an absence of more than a month, they would\u2019ve placed him on the non-football injury list. So the timeline, as they worked with Simmons (and they\u2019ve been in constant communication with him of late), has been more week-to-week than long-term. And getting Simmons back is another reason to believe the Chiefs are only going to get better over the months to come.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 data-mm-id=\"_j9xx44qzs\">Josh Simmons Likely to Return to Chiefs Soon<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_5553212\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2230689561_56980a-e1760730777375.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=782\" alt=\"Left Tackle Josh Simmons' Return to Chiefs Gets New Update\" width=\"782\" height=\"441\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5553212\" data-lazy-load=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-5553212\">GettyKansas City Chiefs left tackle Josh Simmons.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The implication from Breer is that Simmons could be back as early as next week against the Buffalo Bills.<\/p>\n<p>However, Nate Davis of ESPN predicted that the tackle\u2019s return would come during Kansas City\u2019s bye the following week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA logical time for Simmons to return to the Chiefs could be in early November during the team\u2019s bye week,\u201d Davis wrote on October 24.<\/p>\n<p>Kansas City has won three contests in a row and five out of six games, including on \u201cMonday Night Football\u201d over the Washington Commanders on October 27.<\/p>\n<p>After the game against the Bills in Buffalo and their bye week, the Chiefs travel to Denver to take on the Broncos and then host the Indianapolis Colts (7-1), currently the organization with the best record in the NFL.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Jaylon Moore Filling in Nicely for Absent Josh Simmons<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_5574250\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2242276446-e1761706733439.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=782\" alt=\"Left Tackle Josh Simmons' Return to Chiefs Gets New Update\" width=\"782\" height=\"440\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5574250\" data-lazy-load=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-5574250\">GettyOffensive tackle Jaylon Moore of the Kansas City Chiefs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Kansas City\u2019s recent success \u2014 particularly on the offensive side of the ball, where the Chiefs are averaging just under 31 points per game over their last five outings \u2014 is particularly encouraging because it came without Simmons in the lineup.<\/p>\n<p>The 22-year-old product out of Ohio State fulfilled the team\u2019s top priority over the offseason, which was to improve an offensive line that cost Kansas City its third consecutive Super Bowl title in January.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe two-year, $30 million deal the Chiefs gave Jaylon Moore in the offseason, even if he\u2019s not the starting left tackle they paid him to be, is money well spent,\u201d Breer continued. \u201cThe Chiefs have depth at those positions that they didn\u2019t before. Last year, a black hole at left tackle forced the team to move Joe Thuney there, setting off a cascade that blew up in the team\u2019s Super Bowl loss. They\u2019ll likely have no such problem this year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Max Dible covers the NFL, NBA and MLB for Heavy.com, with a focus on the Green Bay Packers, Minnesota Vikings, Chicago Bears and Cleveland Browns. He covered local and statewide news as a reporter for West Hawaii Today and served as news director for BigIslandNow.com and Pacific Media Group&#8217;s family of Big Island radio stations before joining Heavy. 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