I'm all about a redshirt year for him, just like you would with a prized rookie QB that you don't wanna ruin before he even gets started

If Moore looks decent you gotta do it IMO, we simply have too much riding on this to hurry him along... I mean if he is consistently destroying souls in camp then yeah fine throw him in the deep end week 1, but otherwise lets tread cautiously with him

Silverback? Definitely moves like him.

Not the same thing.

If he's good to go, he plays.

If he can't beat out a former 5th round pick, he's not what we thought he was.

We've already done our little dance together on this

I believe there might be, that there is the possibility of some unforeseen adjustments and/or complications along the way in his early development

You don't and thats fine, its not something I'm going to argue about... we'll just see how it plays out and go from there

Complications or setbacks mean he's NOT good to go. That's a different matter.

I'M NOT TAKING YOUR ARGUE-BAIT

We'll see how it all plays out :D

Mahomes, Montana, Rodgers, Favre, Brady all sat on the bench to begin their careers. Wonder how amazing they would have been if their coaches started them day 1.

Calm the F down guys. Simmons can take a redshirt year.

I have zero issue with they slow playing it. That's the entire point of taking this gamble and having Moore already in the fold.

oooookay. Now you're going on ignore.

To expect anything from Simmons this season is simply going to be a letdown. We’ll be lucky to see him late in the season during a meaningless game…it’s a full year+ to get back to whatever level he’s able to. And that’s ok.

After what happened with Kingsley I think I'm in the group that thinks he can sit, learn, and heal for as long as needed.

HA!

What fun would the off-season be if we all did that?!

No, what I mean is this-

If he's not healthy, okay, that's one thing. Get him healthy. Don't rush it.

BUT-if he's healthy, you need to play him, in my opinion, for two reasons:

1) You need to know if he's going to be able to do it. You don't want to find out in training camp of '26 that "oops, yeah, he can't move like he needs to anymore." You need to know as soon as possible.

2) If he IS healthy, he's absolutely one of the best 5 offensive linemen you have, and Andy's always said they'll play the 'best 5'.

He's not a QB, he doesn't need a red-shirt season, he needs to PLAY if he CAN.

Now, if he's not healthy, that's totally different.

All just my opinion, but I don't want to not KNOW what's happening there NEXT spring, you know what I mean?

I'm 100% on board with bringing Simmons along slowly, this is exactly why they brought in Jaylon Moore. It's great that we finally have some quality depth at the most important position in football outside of QB. The Chiefs have been operating on razor thin margins on the OL and it finally bit us in the ass vs an amazing Eagles team in the SB.

I am really excited to see Kingsley play at LG if that becomes reality/barring injuries etc. It's really sad how they threw him to the wolves as the starting LT last year in the midst of a three-peat try, with no chip help in sight no less.

Kingsley has the attitude to be NASTY in the IOL

Bet?