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Adam Teicher
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Offensive sort out Josh Simmons can be prepared for full participation when the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs start coaching camp in July, coach Andy Reid stated Thursday.
Reid additionally stated extensive receiver Rashee Rice, who missed most of final season with a knee damage, would even be obtainable for coaching camp. Rice participated in offseason practices.
The Chiefs drafted Simmons within the first spherical this yr (No. 32 decide) after he missed a part of his 2024 season at Ohio State with a torn patellar damage. Simmons was a participant within the offseason practices and minicamp however these periods versus most in coaching camp are noncontact.
“You may see his athletic potential,” Reid stated because the Chiefs wrapped up their necessary minicamp. “You may see his want-to. He is obtained a terrific angle. He is approached all the things the proper method plus just a little bit additional. You may inform in case you simply need to take a look at his rehab, you possibly can see that he is obtained a mindset that, ‘I’ll get in there.’
“He labored his tail off to get there. So, we respect that half. He is accomplished a pleasant job, he is labored properly, and we’ll simply see what coaching camp does. It is completely different when issues are flying quick up there and you have got full contact and pads on. We’ll see how he does.”
The Chiefs additionally signed a veteran free agent, Jaylon Moore, as a candidate to fill their vacant left sort out spot.
Reid additionally stated Thursday he was not inclined to restrict Travis Kelce‘s snaps this season or in any other case make concessions to Kelce’s age. The veteran tight finish will flip 36 in October.
“I am not feeling that,” Reid stated. “It might be much like final yr I’d think about because it goes. So, he is in nice form proper now, so I feel he is wanting ahead to getting going.”
Reid stated he would monitor Kelce’s enjoying time as coaching camp and the season progress and alter the plan if obligatory.
“I all the time watch him,” Reid stated. “I all the time regulate him. I do know he is getting older. He does not know he’s getting older, however I accomplish that I could be the unhealthy man in some instances there and if I feel it is catching as much as him just a little bit, I will pull off and put him the place he must be. Aside from that, he hasn’t proven me any of that but. He is accomplished actual properly.”
