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During his press conference late Thursday night, Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid addressed Ohio State offensive tackle Josh Simmons' injury recovery after suffering a torn patellar tendon last fall.
"So the league does the rechecks, so you're getting even the check at the combine. Then they do a recheck, and then you bring them in here, and you get a look at him. So we've got a pretty good idea of where he's at," said Reid. "He's got to go out and do it. But it's not one of those where you're looking at it (being) a problem, either from bad surgery, he just hasn't been working. He has been doing all of the above. The doctor did a nice job with it up to this point. So it looks like he's in pretty good shape that way."
Simmons suffered the patellar tendon tear last October during the first half of Ohio State's 32-31 loss at Oregon. Reid compared the injury recovery timeline to a former running back he coached years ago with the Philadelphia Eagles.
"So when you talk ACLs, you talk patellar tendon surgeon. ACLs normally take about nine months. The patellar tendon normally takes about six months," said Reid. "It's the same risk, though, that you're looking at there, and we've had success with patellar tendon type going back as far as Correll Buckhalter, and in his injury, he was able to come back and play as a running back. So Rick (Burkholder) has a pretty good feel for that. Our doctors also have a good feel for it; we thought it looked like a good surgery. He's got to get out and play football, too. So we gotta see from there, but where we're sitting, the experts would tell you it looks good."
Kansas City has added significant depth to the offensive line, in addition to Simmons, with the free-agent signing of Jaylon Moore. Wanya Morris is another option while Simmons fully recovers, but the coaching and medical staff believe he should be ready to start training camp this summer.
This article originally appeared on Chiefs Wire: Kansas City Chiefs HC Andy Reid on Josh Simmons' injury recovery
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"So the league does the rechecks, so you're getting even the check at the combine. Then they do a recheck, and then you bring them in here, and you get a look at him. So we've got a pretty good idea of where he's at," said Reid. "He's got to go out and do it. But it's not one of those where you're looking at it (being) a problem, either from bad surgery, he just hasn't been working. He has been doing all of the above. The doctor did a nice job with it up to this point. So it looks like he's in pretty good shape that way."
Simmons suffered the patellar tendon tear last October during the first half of Ohio State's 32-31 loss at Oregon. Reid compared the injury recovery timeline to a former running back he coached years ago with the Philadelphia Eagles.
"So when you talk ACLs, you talk patellar tendon surgeon. ACLs normally take about nine months. The patellar tendon normally takes about six months," said Reid. "It's the same risk, though, that you're looking at there, and we've had success with patellar tendon type going back as far as Correll Buckhalter, and in his injury, he was able to come back and play as a running back. So Rick (Burkholder) has a pretty good feel for that. Our doctors also have a good feel for it; we thought it looked like a good surgery. He's got to get out and play football, too. So we gotta see from there, but where we're sitting, the experts would tell you it looks good."
Kansas City has added significant depth to the offensive line, in addition to Simmons, with the free-agent signing of Jaylon Moore. Wanya Morris is another option while Simmons fully recovers, but the coaching and medical staff believe he should be ready to start training camp this summer.
This article originally appeared on Chiefs Wire: Kansas City Chiefs HC Andy Reid on Josh Simmons' injury recovery
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