With Isiah Pacheco on the inactive list the Chiefs activated running back Elijah Mitchell for the first time this season. Mitchell, who signed as a free agent after spending his first three seasons with the San Francisco 49ers, didn’t get the call in the Chiefs’ most recent game, at Buffalo in Week 9 before their Week 10 bye.

Simmons returned to the Chiefs on Nov. 3, NFL Network's Ian Rapoport reported. At that time, there was nearly two weeks until Kansas City's next game, on Nov. 16. The team played the Bills on Nov. 2, but then had a bye week in Week 10.

With the KC Chiefs back at practice for Week 11 vs. the Broncos, HC Andy Reid and QB Patrick Mahomes spoke about LT Josh Simmons returning.

Josh Simmons is back with the Chiefs, the rookie left tackle's hiatus persisting far longer than the bye week provided his teammates. It's been a literal month since Simmons abruptly left town for what the organization vaguely termed a family matter, invoking a confrontation between what we're entitled to know versus perhaps what we want to know.

Whether there was any doubt Josh Simmons would start at left tackle in his return on Sunday may have crystalized three hours before kickoff. The

The Kansas City Chiefs bolstered their offensive line during the 2025 NFL draft when they selected left tackle Josh Simmons in the first round, and the Ohio State product immediately made an impact while starting the opening five games.