{"id":31958,"date":"2025-09-05T23:05:41","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T23:05:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=31958"},"modified":"2025-09-05T23:05:41","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T23:05:41","slug":"chiefs-inactives-vs-chargers-include-promising-rookie-wr-veteran-rb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=31958","title":{"rendered":"Chiefs Inactives vs. Chargers Include Promising Rookie WR &#038; Veteran RB"},"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\/09\/GettyImages-2188938229-e1757102570236.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2188938229-e1757102570236.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2188938229-e1757102570236.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2188938229-e1757102570236.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Chiefs Inactives vs. Chargers Include Promising Rookie WR &amp; Veteran RB\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" \/><\/figure>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Kansas City Chiefs kick off their 2025 campaign with a prime time showdown against the Los Angeles Chargers \u2014 but this one\u2019s not taking place at Arrowhead.<\/p>\n<p>The Chiefs will be the away team at Brazil\u2019s Arena Corinthians in S\u00e3o Paulo as part of the NFL\u2019s International Series on Friday night.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019ll be a massive opening test for both AFC West teams division rivals, with playoff implications and a global audience watching as K.C. tries to continue its international dominance. The Chiefs are 3-0 in international games under Andy Reid, and they\u2019ve won nine straight AFC West titles.<\/p>\n<p>Just prior to the start of the matchup, the team announced its inactives. Chiefs fourth-round rookie wideout Jalen Royals will miss the game due to tendonitis in his knee, and TE Jared Wiley, RB Elijah Mitchell, DT Omarr Norman-Lott, OL Hunter Norzad and DE Malik Herring round out the team\u2019s inactives.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Here are the Chiefs\u2019 inactives for tonight\u2019s game vs. Los Angeles:<\/p>\n<p>WR Jalen Royals<br \/>TE Jared Wiley<br \/>RB Elijah Mitchell<br \/>DT Omarr Norman-Lott<br \/>OL Hunter Nourzad<br \/>DE Malik Herring<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Matt McMullen (@KCChiefs_Matt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KCChiefs_Matt\/status\/1964096704203850112?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 5, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Chiefs Rookie OL Josh Simmons Set to Make NFL Debut vs. Chargers<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_5482102\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2228355681.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=782\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 782px) 100vw, 782px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2228355681.jpg 5225w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2228355681.jpg?resize=150,100 150w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2228355681.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2228355681.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2228355681.jpg?resize=1024,682 1024w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2228355681.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2228355681.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2228355681.jpg?resize=782,521 782w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2228355681.jpg?resize=780,520 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2228355681.jpg?resize=425,283 425w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2228355681.jpg?resize=254,169 254w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2228355681.jpg?resize=270,180 270w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2228355681.jpg?resize=225,150 225w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2228355681.jpg?resize=242,161 242w\" alt=\"Chiefs Inactives vs. Chargers Include Promising Rookie WR &amp; Veteran RB\" width=\"782\" height=\"521\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5482102\" data-lazy-load=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-5482102\">GettyKansas City Chiefs OL Josh Simmons will make his NFL debut against the Chargers in Brazil.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>When Kansas City\u2019s offense takes the field, all eyes will be on rookie OL Josh Simmons, who is making his first NFL start. His assignment isn\u2019t a small one, either, as he\u2019ll be protecting Patrick Mahomes\u2019 blind side with the likes of Khalil Mack lined up across from him.<\/p>\n<p>The Chargers\u2019 veteran is still one of the league\u2019s most technically savvy pass rushers, and he\u2019ll test every bit of the rookie\u2019s footwork and timing. Kansas City knows Simmons won\u2019t be able to win every rep alone, so offensive coordinator Matt Nagy and company will likely make every effort to help the rook with chip blocks and some misdirection at times.<\/p>\n<p>Less than a year ago, Simmons was rehabbing a torn patellar tendon that ended his 2024 season at Ohio State and put his draft stock in jeopardy. He stayed vigilant and remained hyper-focused on his rehab. When he showed scouts he was ahead of schedule at the combine, the Chiefs elected to make him their first-round pick. Now, Simmons will be making his NFL debut against a future Hall of Famer in Mack. That\u2019s quite the journey.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Patrick Mahomes Will Be Looking to Break Some NFL Records<\/h2>\n<p>Now entering Year 9, Mahomes has averaged more passing yards per game (288.9) and completions per game (24.8) than any other active players since taking the reins as the team\u2019s starter in 2018. On Friday against Los Angeles, he\u2019ll have the opportunity to add to his impressive r\u00e9sum\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p>Per Pro Football Talk, \u201cMahomes has 291 touchdown passes in his NFL career (245 in the regular season and 46 in the postseason), and can break the records both for the most in his first nine NFL seasons and for the most before turning 30 years old.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While he has played well against the Chargers, eight out of the last 10 games these two teams have played have been decided by one score or less, so playing mistake-free ball is going to be big for the Chiefs offense.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Chiefs Looking to Continue Dominance in AFC<\/h2>\n<p>The Chiefs swept the Chargers last year, so you can expect Jim Harbaugh\u2019s group to come into this one a little extra salty.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cListen, they\u2019re well coached,\u201d Reid said about the Chargers on September 2. \u201cJim does a great job with that crew; he\u2019s got good coordinators and good coaches. Like any year, early in the season, you have to be ready and flexible to adjust with new things that might come up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019ll be important for Kansas City to start fast on both sides of the ball.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have a lot of motivation going into this season,\u201d Chiefs defensive end George Karlaftis said heading into the game. \u201cProve some people right (and) prove some people wrong. Fired up and super excited to get this thing started and prove what we got and prove what we are made of.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Get the latest updates on the Chiefs inactives as K.C. faces the Chargers in a thrilling international showdown.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":31959,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kansas-city-chiefs"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Chiefs Inactives vs. Chargers Include Promising Rookie WR &amp; Veteran RB - Breaking News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=31958\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Chiefs Inactives vs. Chargers Include Promising Rookie WR &amp; 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