Andy Reid has a rule of thumb when it comes to Patrick Mahomes . If No. 15 gives the green light, the Chiefs usually follow. That’s how Josh Simmons ended up in Kansas City . Mahomes doesn’t just show up on Sundays; he treats the spring draft board like his personal side project. So when Kansas City traded back and scooped Simmons with the 32nd pick in April, Reid wasn’t surprised to learn Mahomes had already done his homework on the kid’s film.

By late July, Simmons was turning heads. Word out of camp was that he’d manhandled rookie Ashton Gillotte in one-on-one drills, even tossing him to the turf. Midway through a rep, with Mahomes rolling out like any normal drill, Gillotte tugged at his jersey and gave him a shove. Simmons’ patience snapped and he swung a right-handed pu

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