Chicago Bears to Trade for Tennessee Titans Tackle Jeffery Simmons
The Titans receive multiple future first-round picks as Chicago lands a four-time Pro Bowl defensive tackle with 46.5 career sacks.
- On Thursday, the Chicago Bears acquired All-Pro defensive tackle Jeffery Simmons from the Tennessee Titans in a blockbuster trade, sources told ESPN's Adam Schefter.
- The 5-2 Bears are pursuing their first Lombardi Trophy since 1985, while the Titans, currently 1-6 under head coach Robert Saleh, opted to trade their star defender.
- Chicago is sending two first-round picks and a 2027 fourth-round pick to Tennessee for Simmons and a 2028 fifth-round pick; Simmons signed a three-year, $105.8 million extension with the Titans in June.
- Simmons joins the Bears' starting lineup alongside defensive tackle Grady Jarrett and faces the Seattle Seahawks on Monday, November 2, at Lumen Field.
- This move escalates the NFC North arms race, joining a division featuring Detroit's Aiden Hutchinson, Green Bay's Micah Parsons, and Minnesota's Dallas Turner as Chicago competes for divisional supremacy.
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Chicago Bears acquire DT Jeffery Simmons in trade with the Tennessee T
CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Bears have acquired All-Pro defensive tackle Jeffery Simmons in a blockbuster trade with the Tennessee Titans, a person familiar with the deal told The Associated Press on Thursday. The Bears sent their
Report: Bears bolster D, acquire Jeffery Simmons from Titans
By Field Level Media Oct 29 (Field Level Media) - The Chicago Bears are acquiring All-Pro defensive tackle Jeffery Simmons from the Tennessee Titans, ESPN reported on Thursday morning. The Titans reportedly will receive first-round draft picks in 202...
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Daily HeraldChicago Bears trade for All-Pro DT Jeffery Simmons, sending 2 1st-round picks to Tennessee Titans, reports say
Jeffery Simmons had a career-high 11 sacks and 17 tackles for a loss last season, when he earned his first first-team All-Pro selection.
Bears trading for Titans DT Jeffery Simmons
<p>The <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/bears" target="_blank" >Bears</a> have made a massive swing to improve their defense, agreeing to trade for four-time Titans Pro Bowl defensive tackle Jeffery Simmons on Thursday.</p><p>The Bears will give up two first-round picks and a fourth-rounder, per NFL Network, and get Simmons and a 2028 fifth-round pick back. That's the biggest package the Bears have sent out since former GM Ryan…
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