{"id":109557,"date":"2025-10-19T11:02:49","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T11:02:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=109557"},"modified":"2025-10-19T11:02:49","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T11:02:49","slug":"chiefs-decision-on-josh-simmons-fate-expected-before-raiders-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=109557","title":{"rendered":"Chiefs Decision on Josh Simmons Fate Expected Before Raiders Game"},"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\/10\/Josh-Simmons-NFI-List-Decision.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Josh-Simmons-NFI-List-Decision.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Josh-Simmons-NFI-List-Decision.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Josh-Simmons-NFI-List-Decision.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Chiefs Decision on Josh Simmons Fate Expected Before Raiders Game\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" \/><\/figure>\n<div>\n<p>Getty<\/p>\n<p>Josh Simmons of the Kansas City Chiefs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The mysterious absence of first-round draft pick Josh Simmons from the Kansas City Chiefs will apparently continue into a second week, after the rookie offensive lineman was ruled out of Sunday\u2019s home game against the Las Vegas Raiders.<\/p>\n<p>While the Chiefs have given no indication of a timeline for Simmons\u2019 return after leaving the team on what coach Andy Reid called a \u201cpersonal\u201d situation, the team will need to make a decision on how to handle the 22-year-old\u2019s absence in a formal capacity, likely before kickoff in the Raiders game.<\/p>\n<p>That decision would give the first tangible clue as to how long the Chiefs believe Simmons will need to resolve whatever issue led to his leaving the team.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Veach Must Make NFI Decision on Simmons<\/h2>\n<p>Public details of what exactly Simmons is dealing with have been essentially non-existent. If Reid and the Chiefs players know the reasons for behind the rookie\u2019s departure prior to last Sunday night\u2019s matchup against the Detroit Lions, they are not saying.<\/p>\n<p>The team\u2019s desire to maintain Simmons\u2019 privacy is certainly understandable, but the Chiefs also have a football team to operate, and as long as Simmons is gone the Chiefs are playing shorthanded, unable to fill his roster spot.<\/p>\n<p>That means general manager Brett Veach \u2014 who Reid said was handling the Simmons situation \u2014 must decide whether to add his player to the NFL\u2019s Non-Football Injury (NFI) list, a move that would render Simmons ineligible to return for four games from the time his name is added to the list.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf it will be an extended absence for Simmons, Veach could consider placing him on the league\u2019s NFI list,\u201d wrote Kansas City Star Chiefs correspondent Pete Sweeney on Friday. \u201cThe move would open up a roster spot, which Kansas City could use to elevate tackle Chukwuebuka Godrick from the practice squad \u2014 or sign a free agent.\u201d<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Move Will Indicate Duration of Simmons\u2019 Absence<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cLook for the Chiefs to send their first real message on the Josh Simmons situation this afternoon,\u201d wrote Outkick reporter Bobby Burack on Saturday morning. \u201cIf the team believes he will out a while, today would be the day to put him on NFI. If they don\u2019t put him on NFI, it\u2019d suggest they think he could return shortly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As of 8 p.m. Central Time, however, the Chiefs had not announced any formal move to add Simmons to the NFI list. Nor had they said anything about a decision to keep him off the list.<\/p>\n<p>Because they have already ruled Simmons out for Sunday, adding him to the list prior to the game would allow the team to face the Raiders with a full 53-man roster.<\/p>\n<p>But it would also mean that they would definitely be without Simmons\u2019 services against the Washington Commanders, Buffalo Bills and Denver Broncos as well, the Chiefs\u2019 upcoming three opponents.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Jaylon Moore Pressed Into Service<\/h2>\n<p>If they do not add him to the NFI list, that could be an indication that they expect Simmons to resolve his \u201cpersonal\u201d situation soon, and are willing to do without him for this week in expectation that he will be back potentially prior to the October 27 Monday Night Football game against Washington.<\/p>\n<p>In the offseason, the Chiefs signed fifth-year veteran lineman Jaylon Moore to a two-year, $30 million free agenct contract, but Simmons quickly surpassed Moore and earned the majority of playing time at the left tackle position.<\/p>\n<p>But Moore was pressed into service against the Lions, and presumably will get the start Sunday against Las Vegas as well.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Jonathan Vankin JONATHAN VANKIN is an award-winning journalist and writer who now covers baseball and other sports for Heavy.com. He twice won New England Press Association awards for sports feature writing. He was a sports editor and writer at The Daily Yomiuri in Tokyo, Japan, covering Japan Pro Baseball, boxing, sumo and other sports. More about Jonathan Vankin<\/p>\n<h2>More Heavy on Chiefs<\/h2>\n<p>Loading more stories<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Kansas City Chiefs must make a formal decision on how to handle rookie Josh Simmons\u2019 absence, and it should come quickly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":109558,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-109557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Chiefs Decision on Josh Simmons Fate Expected Before Raiders Game - NEWS USA<\/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:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=109557\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Chiefs Decision on Josh Simmons Fate Expected Before Raiders Game - 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