As the Kansas City Chiefs arrive in St. Joseph for their annual training camp at Missouri Western, the conversation is filled with myriad questions, concerns, and roster battles for the season ahead. But uncertainties come in all shapes and sizes, and the biggest of all is at left tackle.
Specifically, Josh Simmons' readiness for the role is going to be front-and-center on everyone's minds—from the coaches orchestrating practices to the fans watching.
The Chiefs drafted Simmons in the first round of the 2025 NFL Draft in the hopes that he could provide a long-term solution to a problematic position that seems to require intervention every year or two, ever since Eric Fisher's back pain became too much.