{"id":999766,"date":"2026-09-13T14:33:18","date_gmt":"2026-09-13T14:33:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/999766\/"},"modified":"2026-09-13T14:33:18","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T14:33:18","slug":"chiefs-rule-out-starting-left-tackle-for-week-1-matchup-with-broncos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/999766\/","title":{"rendered":"Chiefs rule out starting left tackle for Week 1 matchup with Broncos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chiefs rule out starting left tackle for Week 1 matchup with Broncos<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kmbc.com\/news-team\/95fb19f9-1c32-4bc5-9443-a143dbfa9b70\" aria-label=\"Eric Graves profile page\" class=\"css-15eikfp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/95fb19f9-1c32-4bc5-9443-a143dbfa9b70_1761880555.png\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"Eric Graves\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/a>KANSAS CITY, Mo. \u2014<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"0\">The Kansas City Chiefs&#8217; injury report ahead of their Monday night season opener has some concerning names on it.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"1\">Starting left tackle Josh Simmons has been ruled out for the matchup with the Denver Broncos on Monday night.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"2\">Simmons has been dealing with a back injury during the preseason.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"3\">Coach Andy Reid has indicated that undrafted rookie lineman Khalil Benson could protect Mahomes&#8217; blind side on Monday. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"4\">Two defensive starters are also dealing with injuries. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"5\">Veteran safety Chamarri Conner has been ruled out with a knee injury.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"6\">Defensive tackle Chris Jones did not practice on Saturday with a calf injury. The injury report did not say whether or not he&#8217;ll play on Monday. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"7\">Several players who have dealt with preseason or offseason injuries did practice on Sunday. QB Patrick Mahomes, WR Rashee Rice, WR Xavier Worthy, DE Ashton Gillotte, G Trey Smith, CB L&#8217;Jarius Sneed and DE R Mason Thomas were all listed as full practice participants on Saturday. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chiefs rule out starting left tackle for Week 1 matchup with Broncos KANSAS CITY, Mo. \u2014 The Kansas&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":999767,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2063],"tags":[501,23587,232,30043,40287,27111,346,46241,2025,258,7,17416,1488,122413,118,110,2438,2437,3672,5551,15902,4647,6,130952,499,9735,11520,130951,4000,1940,3958,3667,1189,1216,1549,18879,130953,1080],"class_list":["post-999766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-kansas-city-chiefs","tag-andy-reid","tag-back-injury","tag-broncos","tag-calf-injury","tag-chamarri-conner","tag-chief","tag-chiefs","tag-chiefs-injury-report","tag-chris-jones","tag-denver-broncos","tag-football","tag-injury-report","tag-josh-simmons","tag-kahlil-benson","tag-kansas-city","tag-kansas-city-chiefs","tag-kansascity","tag-kansascitychiefs","tag-knee-injury","tag-ljarius-sneed","tag-matchup","tag-monday-night","tag-nfl","tag-offseason-injury","tag-patrick-mahomes","tag-practice","tag-preseason","tag-qb-patrick-mahomes","tag-rashee-rice","tag-saturday","tag-season-opener","tag-sunday","tag-tackle","tag-trey-smith","tag-week","tag-week-1","tag-wr-rashee-rice","tag-xavier-worthy"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/999766","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=999766"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/999766\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/999767"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=999766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=999766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=999766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}