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<\/p>\nThe fate of the Kansas City Chiefs in 2025 could rest on the shoulders of two key positions.<\/p>\n
The\u00a0Kansas City Chiefs\u00a0have seen a lot of people jump off their bandwagon in 2025, with the reworked offensive line a big reason why.<\/p>\n
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Star guard Joe Thuney is now a Chicago Bear, career backup Jaylon Moore is the starter at left tackle, and Kingsley Suamataia is the new left guard after failing to take his chance at tackle last season.<\/p>\n
Plus, rookie\u00a0Josh Simmons, Kansas City’s first-round draft pick, is on the comeback trail from a nasty knee injury. Also, there is Jawaan Taylor at right tackle, who, as we know, has had up-and-down form over the past couple of seasons with a combined 28 penalties.<\/p>\n
There is a lot of uncertainty surrounding the protection of\u00a0Patrick Mahomes, and according to Sports Illustrated’s Albert Breer, the Chiefs’ 2025 season rests squarely on the offensive line.<\/p>\n
“So much to me depends on those two tackle positions,”\u00a0Breer said. “What does Jawaan Taylor look like coming back? I think eventually the plan is to have Josh Simmons at left tackle and Jaylon Moore at right tackle, that’d be my guess in 2026. But can you get a good year out of Jawaan Taylor? Can you get anything out of Simmons coming off of a really bad injury in year one? What does Jaylon Moore look like at left tackle? I think those are the things that are going to determine how far this team goes.”<\/p>\n
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We saw in the\u00a0Super Bowl\u00a0how easily a ferocious\u00a0Philadelphia Eagles\u00a0pass rush ran through the offensive line. Does the signing of Moore, the drafting of Simmons, and\u00a0 Suamataia to left guard change that?<\/p>\n
The Chiefs sure hope so.<\/p>\n
With a division that is set to be improved, and the Chiefs having a host of question marks over them entering the year, they will have to do something they haven’t had to do in the Mahomes era – prove people wrong.<\/p>\n
Does everything fall on the offensive line in 2025? Given how the season ended for Kansas City last year, that is a fair assumption.<\/p>\n
Which makes getting this offensive line firing perhaps the No. 1 priority for the Chiefs this offseason.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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