Josh Simmons

No. 71 · 2nd season

Andy Reid wants Simmons bigger — just not cheeseburger bigger

There is a version of bulking up that a football coach loves. Then there is the other kind.

Josh Simmons lines up at offensive tackle for the Kansas City Chiefs at somewhere around 285 to 290 pounds — light for a position that usually runs heavier. Most tackles in the league have fifty or more pounds on him. That number gets noticed.

Head coach Andy Reid addressed it this week, drawing a line between the kind of weight gain that makes a player stronger and more durable and, as Reid put it, cheeseburger weight. The distinction matters. One is a tool. The other is just lunch.

For Simmons, the question isn't whether he can play at his current size — he's already there. It's whether adding the right kind of mass could make him harder to move, harder to beat, harder to overlook. Reid clearly thinks there's room to grow. The kind that counts.

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