{"id":897061,"date":"2026-10-28T02:58:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T02:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/897061\/"},"modified":"2026-10-28T02:58:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T02:58:12","slug":"josh-simmons-may-be-done-with-chiefs-after-andy-reid-blowup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/897061\/","title":{"rendered":"Josh Simmons may be done with Chiefs after Andy Reid blowup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Josh Simmons might never take the field for the Chiefs again.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s what NFL insider Ian Rapoport suggested during an appearance on ESPN\u2019s \u201cBig Day with Peter Schrager\u201d on Tuesday, just days after the offensive lineman was reportedly <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/10\/25\/sports\/patrick-mahomes-andy-reid-told-chiefs-tackle-to-leave-meeting-before-ir-decision\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">told to leave a team meeting<\/a> by head coach Andy Reid and quarterback Patrick Mahomes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are a lot of questions about Josh Simmons, who is as talented a left tackle as you could possibly get,\u201d Rapoport said. \u201cHe is a stud as a player. I don\u2019t know if he plays for the Chiefs again. I don\u2019t know when he plays for the Chiefs again. There\u2019s nothing more important than protecting Patrick Mahomes. You have to believe in the person doing it, and until that happens, I don\u2019t know that he\u2019s out there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The incident, which was first reported by Rapoport and his ESPN colleague Mike Garafolo, took place on Wednesday when Reid asked Simmons to take his feet off a desk during a meeting.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Simmons, 33, reportedly pushed back against his head coach, explaining that his back and hips were hurting. Reid and Mahomes then told him to leave and seek treatment.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"   data-modal-image=\"37714638\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/josh-simmons-71-kansas-city-109951809_5f7178.jpg\" alt=\"Kansas City Chiefs player Josh Simmons #71 watches from the sidelines.\" class=\"wp-image-37714638\"\/>Josh Simmons of the Kansas City Chiefs watches a preseason game from the sidelines. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"   data-modal-image=\"41547634\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/kansas-city-chiefs-head-coach-145890416_e6e553.jpg\" alt=\"Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid talks with quarterback Patrick Mahomes during warmups.\" class=\"wp-image-41547634\"\/>Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid, left, talks with quarterback Patrick Mahomes during warmups before an NFL football game against the Los Angeles Chargers in Kansas City, Mo., Sunday, Oct. 18, 2026. AP Photo\/Charlie Riedel<\/p>\n<p>Simmons later apologized for the exchange and was placed on injured reserve with a herniated disc in his lower back.<\/p>\n<p>Simmons, a first-round pick in 2025 out of Ohio State, has yet to play in a game this season <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/09\/12\/sports\/chiefs-likely-have-to-use-undrafted-rookie-at-left-tackle-in-week-1\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">thanks to the back injury<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Last season, Simmons played in just eight games after missing four weeks <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/11\/19\/sports\/josh-simmons-staying-mum-on-mysterious-22-day-chiefs-absence\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">due to a family situation<\/a> and later fracturing his wrist and undergoing season-ending surgery.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, the Chiefs lost for the first time this season, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/10\/26\/sports\/kenneth-walker-doesnt-shake-hands-with-former-seahawks-teammates-after-loss\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">falling 20-3 to the Seahawks in Seattle<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Josh Simmons might never take the field for the Chiefs again. That\u2019s what NFL insider Ian Rapoport suggested&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":897062,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[7650,1236,349,1821,99],"class_list":["post-897061","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-andy-reid","tag-kansas-city-chiefs","tag-nfl","tag-patrick-mahomes","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/897061","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=897061"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/897061\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/897062"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=897061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=897061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=897061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}