{"id":37463,"date":"2025-11-11T00:46:18","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T00:46:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=37463"},"modified":"2025-11-11T00:47:44","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T00:47:44","slug":"breaking-chiefs-andy-reid-reveals-josh-simmons-outlook-for-broncos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=37463","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING : \ud83d\udc40 Chiefs\u2019 Andy Reid Drops Surprising Update on Josh Simmons\u2019 Status vs. Broncos \u2014 What\u2019s Really Going On? \ud83c\udfc8"},"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\/11\/Josh-Simmons-Chiefs-Denver-Broncos-Game.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Josh-Simmons-Chiefs-Denver-Broncos-Game.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Josh-Simmons-Chiefs-Denver-Broncos-Game.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Josh-Simmons-Chiefs-Denver-Broncos-Game.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Chiefs Andy Reid Reveals Josh Simmons Outlook For Broncos\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" \/><\/figure>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The lengthy absence of Kansas City Chiefs rookie Josh Simmons, the team\u2019s first-round draft pick this year, has come to an end. The 22-year-old offensive lineman missed four games after abruptly departing the Chiefs on October 12, just hours before the defending AFC champions\u2019 Sunday Night Football clash with the Detroit Lions \u2014 not returning until November 3 when he showed up at the Kansas City practice facility.<\/p>\n<p>Simmons\u2019 return came at the start of the Chiefs\u2019 bye week, following a stunning defeat to their arch-rivals, the Buffalo Bills. The loss dropped the Chiefs to 5-4 and into the eighth seed in the AFC \u2014 out of the playoff picture.<\/p>\n<p>Now the Chiefs face their most important game of the season so far, a make-or-break road contest with the Denver Broncos who lead the AFC West at 8-2 \u2014 2 1\/2 games ahead of Kansas City.<\/p>\n<p>If the Chiefs lose this one, their chances of winning the division all but disappear \u2014 dropping to a mere seven percent according to a statistical projection model created by The Athletic.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Reid Offers Little Insight Into Simmons\u2019 Availability<\/h2>\n<p>In fact, according to the model, a loss would leave the Chiefs, who have played in five of the last six Super Bowls and won three of them, with a 39 percent chance \u2014 barely more than one out of three \u2014 of missing the playoffs altogether, effectively ending the Kansas City dynasty.<\/p>\n<p>Will Simmons be available to help his team when they need him most?<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to the media on Monday, coach Andy Reid gave his answer to that question and it was a definite maybe. Or maybe not.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think what we\u2019ll do is just see where we\u2019re at here,\u201d Reid said, as quoted by Pete Sweeney of the <em>Kansas City Star<\/em>. \u201cWe know we\u2019ve got a good player in there now, and we know what Josh is capable of and all that, so we\u2019ll just see where we\u2019re at when they get back.\u201d<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Broncos Pose \u2018Significant Challenge\u2019 For OL<\/h2>\n<p>All players are required to report to the Chiefs practice facility on Tuesday to begin preparations for the weekend\u2019s game in Denver. Reid did confirm that Simmons would practice with the team, saying, \u201cWe\u2019re expecting everybody back, Josh included,\u201d per Charles Goldman of A to Z Sports.<\/p>\n<p>But though Reid said backup lineman Jaylon Moore has done \u201ca respectable job\u201d filling in for Simmons, it seems clear that the team would prefer to put their star rookie back into the starting offensive line, if he is judged to be ready after four weeks away from the NFL.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Broncos also present the most significant challenge the Chiefs\u2019 offensive line will face this season,\u201d wrote Chiefs correspondent Jesse Newell of The Athletic. \u201cDenver leads the NFL with 46 sacks this season, well ahead of second-place teams Pittsburgh and Seattle, each with 32.\u201d<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Time For Mahomes to Throw is Crucial<\/h2>\n<p>Chiefs future Hall of Fame quarterback Patrick Mahomes has suffered 17 sacks in nine games this season, placing him in a tie for ninth-most in the NFL.<\/p>\n<p>The Broncos have allowed the 11th-fewest passing yards in the NFL so far at 1,795, and the fewest passing touchdowns with only eight, so allowing Mahomes the maximum amount of time to get the ball away will be critical to the Chiefs\u2019 chances to win on Sunday and keep themselves in the AFC West race.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The rookie first-round offensive lineman missed four games due to an unspecified family issue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":37464,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37463","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>BREAKING : \ud83d\udc40 Chiefs\u2019 Andy Reid Drops Surprising Update on Josh Simmons\u2019 Status vs. Broncos \u2014 What\u2019s Really Going On? 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