{"id":115762,"date":"2025-10-31T06:53:48","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T06:53:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=115762"},"modified":"2025-10-31T06:53:48","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T06:53:48","slug":"kansas-city-warning-siren-a-heated-josh-simmons-update-just-dropped-as-chiefs-oc-matt-nagy-fires-a-loud-and-clear-message-at-the-missing-rookie-signaling-patience-is-gone-expectations-are-sky-high","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=115762","title":{"rendered":"KANSAS CITY WARNING SIREN: A heated Josh Simmons update just dropped as Chiefs OC Matt Nagy fires a loud-and-clear message at the missing rookie, signaling patience is gone, expectations are sky-high, and Kansas City isn\u2019t babysitting anyone while they chase rings \u2014 with whispers saying this could be the wake-up call or the breaking point in a franchise that doesn\u2019t tolerate slow starters..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\/Josh-Simmons-Matt-Nagy.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\/Josh-Simmons-Matt-Nagy.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Josh-Simmons-Matt-Nagy.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Josh-Simmons-Matt-Nagy.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Josh Simmons Update: Chiefs OC Matt Nagy Serves Notice on Absent Rookie\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" \/><\/figure>\n<div>\n<p>Getty<\/p>\n<p>Offensive Coordinator Matt Nagy of the Kansas City Chiefs<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Kansas City Chiefs have brought at least some degree of clarity, however slight, to the situation around absent rookie offensive lineman Josh Simmons in recent days. Last week, coach Andy Reid confirmed that the team had been in communication with the 2025 first-round draft pick whose largely unexplained absence has now reached 18 days.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, the Chiefs gave their first public signal that they may be losing patience with the 22-year-old\u2019s prolonged personal leave when offensive coordinator Matt Nagy was asked about Simmons\u2019 role in the team\u2019s offense when he finally does return.<\/p>\n<p>Reid last week said that Simmons was \u201ctaking care of family,\u201d and that \u201ceverything\u2019s positive. It\u2019s not a negative situation.\u201d<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Week 11 vs. Broncos Possibly Targeted<\/h2>\n<p>Negative or not, Simmons appears certain to miss his fourth game in a row when the Chiefs travel to Orchard Park, New York, to face their arch-rivals, the Buffalo Bills, in a nationally televised showdown Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>There has been no date specified, at least not publicly, for Simmons to rejoin the Chiefs. Media reports have speculated that the former Ohio State star lineman, who was selected by Kansas City with the 32nd overall pick in this year\u2019s draft, would be back in the red and white during the Chiefs\u2019 bye week, which falls immediately after the Bills game in Week 9.<\/p>\n<p>That would put Simmons\u2019 return to game action in Week 11, November 16, when Kansas City visits the AFC West-leading Denver Broncos. If Simmons is going to miss the Bills game as now seems apparent, the clash against Denver would be an opportune time for the lineman to resume his maiden NFL campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Together, the Bills and Broncos clashes form a pivotal section of the Chiefs\u2019 season that could determine their playoff seeding, or even if they make the playoffs at all.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Simmons May Lose Job By Absence<\/h2>\n<p>But according to Nagy, when Simmons returns he may not even have his starting job at left tackle, protecting future Hall of Fame quarterback Patrick Mahomes\u2019 blind side.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNagy says he hasn\u2019t considered who will start at left tackle when Josh Simmons returns,\u201d wrote <em>Chiefs Digest<\/em> reporter Matt Derrick, after attending Nagy\u2019s press briefing on Thursday. \u201cHe complimented Jaylon Moore for his consistency and his ability to rise to the challenge, but defers to Andy Reid and Brett Veach on choosing the starter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Moore, who signed a two-year, $30 million free agent contract with Kansas City in March, has shown decline in his performance ratings as determined by <em>Pro Football Focus<\/em> each week he has filled in for Simmons. Nonetheless, he has done a solid job subbing for the standout rookie.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Moore Could Assume Starting Role<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cMoore has been a godsend to the Chiefs during LT Josh Simmons\u2019 absence, but he hasn\u2019t been flawless,\u201d wrote Charles Goodman of AtoZ Sports on Wednesday. \u201cHe allowed just as many pressures and sacks in Week 8 against the Commanders as he did in each of the two weeks prior combined.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jovan Alford of the <em>KC Kingdom<\/em> site agreed, and noted that Nagy may have been sending a message to Simmons with his non-committal remarks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen Simmons does ultimately return, he would\u2019ve missed at least four games, which includes this week\u2019s contest against the Buffalo Bills,\u201d Alford wrote on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s tough to say a player should lose their job, especially when it wasn\u2019t involving an injury. But maybe this is Nagy\u2019s way of giving the youngster a heads-up to hurry back soon, as we\u2019re about to enter the second-half push,\u201d the <em>KC Kingdom<\/em> scribe speculated.<\/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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