{"id":269536,"date":"2025-08-07T17:31:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T17:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/269536\/"},"modified":"2025-08-07T17:31:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T17:31:09","slug":"is-chiefs-30-million-investment-switching-positions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/269536\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Chiefs $30 Million Investment Switching Positions?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Kansas City Chiefs spent big on offensive tackle Jaylon Moore in free agency, but the former 49er may not even suit up as a bookend for the reigning AFC champions. A fifth-round pick in the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-draft\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2021 NFL Draft<\/a>, Moore spent most of his career as a backup but looked servicable when injuries forced him onto the field. Adequate play would be a considerable upgrade for Kansas City, as the team shuffled through four left tackles in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>However, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2025\/04\/25\/chiefs-patrick-mahomes-josh-simmons-tweet-nfl-draft\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">rookie first-round pick Josh Simmons<\/a> appears to be running away with the left tackle job. While it\u2019s only training camp, early practice reports indicate Simmons will almost certainly be the Week 1 starter and, if everything pans out, could lock down the position for years to come. This leaves Jaylon Moore without a spot on the Chiefs offensive line, and $30 million is a lot to pay for a backup offensive lineman.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-241526\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Jaylon-Moore-Chiefs-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Jaylon Moore Chiefs\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\"  \/>Jan 7, 2024; Santa Clara, California, USA; San Francisco 49ers guard Jaylon Moore (right) blocks Los Angeles Rams linebacker Michael Hoecht (97) during the third quarter at Levi\u2019s Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Darren Yamashita-USA TODAY Sports<br \/>\nReport: Chiefs Playing Jaylon Moore At Guard<\/p>\n<p>According to <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/45841528\/2025-nfl-training-camp-position-battles-afc-nfc\" target=\"_blank\">ESPN\u2019s Nate Taylor<\/a>, Jaylon Moore has received reps at the vacant left guard position. Long held down by superstar Joe Thuney, the team traded the four-time Super Bowl champion to free up money for fellow star Trey Smith. Now, Moore and fellow <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2024\/03\/04\/kingsley-suamataia-2024-draft-profile\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">tackle convert Kingsley Suamataia<\/a> are reportedly competing for the same position.<\/p>\n<p>A second-round pick in the 2024 NFL Draft, Suamataia began his career at left tackle but had a rookie season to forget. While he lacks the athleticism to play tackle at the professional level, Kansas City hopes he can be their long-term answer at the less-demanding guard position.<\/p>\n<p>Jaylon Moore has never played guard in his professional career, while Suamataia lined up at the position for 31 snaps as a rookie.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo: Kyle Tereda \u2013 Imagn Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Kansas City Chiefs spent big on offensive tackle Jaylon Moore in free agency, but the former 49er&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":269537,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2063],"tags":[346,5404,7,11587,3503,1488,118,110,2438,2437,1730,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-269536","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-kansas-city-chiefs","8":"tag-chiefs","9":"tag-chiefs-featured","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-jawaan-taylor","12":"tag-jaylon-moore","13":"tag-josh-simmons","14":"tag-kansas-city","15":"tag-kansas-city-chiefs","16":"tag-kansascity","17":"tag-kansascitychiefs","18":"tag-kingsley-suamataia","19":"tag-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114988678190221067","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=269536"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269536\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/269537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=269536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=269536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=269536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}