Josh Simmons was ordered out of a Kansas City Chiefs meeting on Wednesday after Andy Reid told the 2025 first-round pick to put his feet down and Patrick Mahomes followed by telling him to leave. The next day, Kansas City placed Simmons on injured reserve.
That sequence gives the incident its weight. A dispute that started over how Simmons was sitting in the offense's meeting room ended with one of the team's younger players sent to injured reserve, and it came after the coach and quarterback both stepped in during the same exchange.
During the meeting, Simmons had his feet up when Reid asked him to lower them. Simmons said he had to sit that way because his back and hips were aching. Reid then told him to get treatment from the athletic trainers if he was in pain, and Mahomes also told him he should leave the meeting.
Simmons walked out and later apologized to Reid and his teammates. The report says the exchange came before Kansas City moved him to injured reserve on Thursday, but it does not explain what specific injury or medical issue led to that roster move. That leaves the most important unanswered point tied not to the argument itself, but to whatever condition now keeps him off the field.
The account was attributed to Mike Garafolo and Ian Rapoport. For Kansas City, the timing matters because the sideline issue was not a private footnote; it unfolded in a team meeting, involved Andy Reid and Patrick Mahomes directly, and was followed almost immediately by a roster decision that changes Simmons' status right away.
