Chiefs top pick Simmons to be full-go for camp

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Offensive tackle Josh Simmons volition beryllium acceptable for afloat information erstwhile the Kansas City Chiefs statesman grooming campy successful July, manager Andy Reid said Thursday.

Reid besides said wide receiver Rashee Rice, who missed astir of past play with a genu injury, would besides beryllium disposable for grooming camp. Rice participated successful offseason practices.

The Chiefs drafted Simmons successful the archetypal circular this twelvemonth (No. 32 pick) aft helium missed portion of his 2024 play astatine Ohio State with a torn patellar injury. Simmons was a subordinate successful the offseason practices and minicamp but those sessions arsenic opposed to astir successful grooming campy are noncontact.

"You tin spot his diversion ability,'' Reid said arsenic the Chiefs wrapped up their mandatory minicamp. "You tin spot his want-to. He's got a large attitude. He's approached everything the close mode positive a small spot extra. You could archer if you conscionable privation to look astatine his rehab, you tin spot that he's got a mindset that, 'I'm going to get successful there.'

"He worked his process disconnected to get there. So, we respect that part. He's done a bully job, he's worked well, and we'll conscionable spot what grooming campy does. It's antithetic erstwhile things are flying accelerated up determination and you've got afloat interaction and pads on. We'll spot however helium does."

The Chiefs besides signed a seasoned escaped agent, Jaylon Moore, arsenic a campaigner to capable their vacant near tackle spot.

Reid besides said Thursday helium was not inclined to bounds Travis Kelce's snaps this play oregon different marque concessions to Kelce's age. The seasoned choky extremity volition crook 36 successful October.

"I'm not feeling that,'' Reid said. "It would beryllium akin to past twelvemonth I would ideate arsenic it goes. So, he's successful large signifier close now, truthful I deliberation he's looking guardant to getting going.''

Reid said helium would show Kelce's playing clip arsenic grooming campy and the play progresses and alteration the program if necessary.

"I ever ticker him,'' Reid said. "I ever support an oculus connected him. I cognize he's getting older. He doesn't cognize helium is getting older, but I bash truthful I tin beryllium the atrocious feline successful immoderate cases determination and if I deliberation it's catching up to him a small bit, I'll propulsion disconnected and enactment him wherever helium needs to be. Other than that, helium hasn't shown maine immoderate of that yet. He's done existent well.''