Offensive line struggles have prohibited the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs of their two Tremendous Bowl losses within the Patrick Mahomes period.
In each cases, the left sort out place was a weak spot in cross safety. Due to this fact, it was nearly a foregone conclusion that the Chiefs would make investments a first-round choose on an offensive sort out.
Kansas Metropolis was lucky how the board fell on Thursday night time, permitting them to commerce again and purchase a 2025 fifth-round choose.
Offensive sort out Josh Simmons, who suffered a torn patella tendon in 2024, would have most certainly been drafted within the prime 10 if he had performed a full season. As a substitute, he was chosen No. 32 total as the ultimate choose of the primary spherical.
When Mahomes is protected, Kansas Metropolis is just about unbeatable, however the Chiefs have struggled to discover a long-term answer at left sort out.
Kansas Metropolis signed Jaylon Moore to a two-year, $30 million contract, with $21.24 million absolutely assured. It is a dangerous proposition for a participant who has began solely 12 video games all through his profession, together with 5 in 2024.
Ideally, the Chiefs would like for Simmons and Moore to grow to be reliable starters, probably pushing Jawaan Taylor out of the beginning lineup.
Simmons is a three-year starter who initially spent two years at San Diego State, the place he began 13 video games at proper sort out earlier than transferring to Ohio State earlier than the 2023 season. Throughout his time in Columbus, Simmons began 18 video games (13 at proper sort out and 5 at left sort out).
His expertise and elite athleticism for a participant his size (6-foot-5, 317 kilos) will assist him transition easily to the NFL.
All in all, this is a wonderful choose by the Chiefs, and the truth that a participant of Simmons’ caliber slipped to the top of the primary spherical is a cut price for a workforce with a determined want at a pivotal place.
