During Sunday’s training camp press conference, Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid shared his thoughts on the scuffle between Ashton Gillotte and Josh Simmons during practice last week.
“It’s one thing you see with the rookies, because they do a couple different things before we actually get them out on the field, where they’re together at these different functions.” said Reid, “There’s certain pride in your rookie class, and what, how you’re going to establish yourself, and that. Then, when they compete, those two are competitive guys, and they get in there, banging around a little bit. I think it’s all healthy. They’re friends, so it works out off the field, but they’re both trying to chase a starting spot and see what they can do there.”
Last season in college, Gillotte earned Second-team All-ACC honors and led the Louisville Cardinals with 10 tackles for loss and 4.5 sacks, starting 12 games and recording 43 total tackles. Simmons earned Third-Team All-Big Ten honors for the 2024 National Champions, the Ohio State Buckeyes.