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By Michael Gallagher
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The Kansas City Chiefs have been in the headlines a few times this week — and not for anything good.
Kansas City took it on the chin on Wednesday after it was announced the team had signed controversial kicker Justin Tucker, who was accused of sexual misconduct by 16 Baltimore-area massage therapists regarding incidents that allegedly happened between 2012 and 2016, to the practice squad.
The team also dealt with a PR nightmare after former first-round pick Josh Simmons was dismissed from a team meeting by both head coach Andy Reid and quarterback Patrick Mahomes after getting into a heated dispute with Reid.
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“Simmons was sitting with his feet up in the offense's meeting room when Reid asked him to put his feet down, according to multiple sources who witnessed the interaction,” NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport and Mike Garafolo wrote. “Simmons pushed back by telling Reid he had to sit that way because his back and hips were aching, according to sources. Reid instructed Simmons to get treatment from the athletic trainers if he was indeed in pain.
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“The exchange continued and disrupted the meeting, sources said, until Mahomes echoed Reid's sentiment for Simmons to leave the room and go get treatment. A perturbed Simmons left the room but did not leave the building. Later in the day, Simmons apologized to Reid and team leadership by saying he could have handled the situation better.”
Simmons has had a tumultuous tenure with the Chiefs in the two years since they drafted him, and some question what kind of future he has with the team.
Mahomes was asked for his recollection of the confrontation with Simmons and how he feels it was handled internally. He tiptoed around the subject without divulging too much information.
“We’ve had the right conversations now, we’re moving in the right direction,” Mahomes stated. “You have to have hard conversations at some point. I think we’ve had those, we’ve had great conversations after, and I think we’re moving in the right direction, and I think that’ll be great for the team.
“If you handle it the wrong way, it could be (a distraction). But at the same time, I feel like we’ve built this culture of coming together as a family and kind of doing whatever we can to make sure that not only the player but the person is going in the right direction. You can have those hard conversations, and then you can have the good conversations that come after that.”
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