KANSAS CITY, Mo.(AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs were missing left tackle Josh Simmons for their Sunday night game against the Detroit Lions after the first-round pick had to travel home to California to deal with what the team called a family situation.

Jaylon Moore slid into the starting lineup as the blind-side protector for Patrick Mahomes.

Simmons has exceeded almost every expectation the Chiefs had for him when they chose him with the 32nd overall pick in the April. The 6-foot-5, 310-pound left tackle missed most of last season at Ohio State after surgery to repair a torn patellar tendon, and the uncertainty over whether Simmons would make it back caused his draft stock to drop.

Not only did he make it back, Simmons earned the starting job early in camp and never let go. He started e

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