{"id":241525,"date":"2025-08-07T13:00:25","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T17:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/?p=241525"},"modified":"2025-08-07T07:03:38","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T11:03:38","slug":"is-chiefs-jaylon-moore-tackle-guard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2025\/08\/07\/is-chiefs-jaylon-moore-tackle-guard\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Chiefs $30 Million Investment Switching Positions?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Kansas City Chiefs spent big on offensive tackle Jaylon Moore in free agency, but the former 49er may not even suit up as a bookend for the reigning AFC champions. A fifth-round pick in the 2021 NFL Draft<\/a>, Moore spent most of his career as a backup but looked servicable when injuries forced him onto the field. Adequate play would be a considerable upgrade for Kansas City, as the team shuffled through four left tackles in 2024.<\/p>\n

However, rookie first-round pick Josh Simmons<\/a> appears to be running away with the left tackle job. While it’s only training camp, early practice reports indicate Simmons will almost certainly be the Week 1 starter and, if everything pans out, could lock down the position for years to come. This leaves Jaylon Moore without a spot on the Chiefs offensive line, and $30 million is a lot to pay for a backup offensive lineman.<\/p>\n

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Jan 7, 2024; Santa Clara, California, USA; San Francisco 49ers guard Jaylon Moore (right) blocks Los Angeles Rams linebacker Michael Hoecht (97) during the third quarter at Levi’s Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Darren Yamashita-USA TODAY Sports<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Report: Chiefs Playing Jaylon Moore At Guard<\/h2>\n

According to ESPN’s Nate Taylor<\/a>, Jaylon Moore has received reps at the vacant left guard position. Long held down by superstar Joe Thuney, the team traded the four-time Super Bowl champion to free up money for fellow star Trey Smith. Now, Moore and fellow tackle convert Kingsley Suamataia<\/a> are reportedly competing for the same position.<\/p>\n

A second-round pick in the 2024 NFL Draft, Suamataia began his career at left tackle but had a rookie season to forget. While he lacks the athleticism to play tackle at the professional level, Kansas City hopes he can be their long-term answer at the less-demanding guard position.<\/p>\n

Jaylon Moore has never played guard in his professional career, while Suamataia lined up at the position for 31 snaps as a rookie.<\/p>\n

Main Photo: Kyle Tereda – Imagn Images<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kansas City Chiefs free agent signee Jaylon Moore has reportedly practiced at guard after first-round pick Josh Simmons impressed at tackle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2376,"featured_media":241527,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[36,16],"tags":[7811,4706,8172,33233,32492],"class_list":["post-241525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl-news","category-chiefs","tag-chiefs-featured","tag-jawaan-taylor","tag-jaylon-moore","tag-josh-simmons","tag-kingsley-suamataia"],"modified_by":"David Latham, Managing Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241525","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2376"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=241525"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241525\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":241670,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241525\/revisions\/241670"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/241527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=241525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=241525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=241525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}