{"id":951099,"date":"2026-10-29T21:36:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T21:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/951099\/"},"modified":"2026-10-29T21:36:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T21:36:11","slug":"titans-trade-simmons-to-bears-for-pair-of-1st-round-picks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/951099\/","title":{"rendered":"Titans trade Simmons to Bears for pair of 1st-round picks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Tennessee Titans are trading four-time Pro Bowl defensive tackle Jeffery Simmons to the Chicago Bears for a blockbuster return that includes two first-round picks, the teams announced Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The Bears are sending their first- and fourth-round picks in 2027 plus a 2028 first-round selection in exchange for Simmons and a 2028 fifth-rounder.<\/p>\n<p>The deal marks the first time in the common draft era that a defensive tackle has been moved for multiple first-round picks, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AdamSchefter\/status\/2115823378498007281?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow\">ESPN&#8217;s Adam Schefter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Titans signed Simmons to a three-year, $105.8-million contract extension in June. His average annual value of $35.276 million is third highest among interior defensive lineman, per <a href=\"https:\/\/overthecap.com\/contracts\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Over the Cap<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Titans general manager Mike Borgonzi said Thursday that Simmons didn&#8217;t want to leave the franchise. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was hard,&#8221; Borgonzi told reporters, including <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TDavenport_NFL\/status\/2115847159916401121?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow\">Turron Davenport of ESPN<\/a>. &#8221; &#8230; I thanked him for everything he&#8217;s done here, on and off the field. It&#8217;s a really hard conversation. It&#8217;s also a great opportunity for him too, as I told him. To go someplace here and have an opportunity to compete now for a Super Bowl.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Borgonzi said the trade came together late Wednesday night when he received a phone call from Bears general manager Ryan Poles, according to team reporter <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/jwyattsports\/status\/2115846250528690466?a=fUwHAu35jlJ6E1Fzwjs&amp;s=20\" rel=\"nofollow\">Jim Wyatt<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Simmons is regarded as one of the best defensive tackles in the NFL. The 29-year-old is coming off a career-high 11-sack season in 2025, which earned him first-team All-Pro honors for the first time.<\/p>\n<p>The trade signals that the Bears are all-in after starting the season 5-2. They&#8217;re second in the NFC North, trailing only the Minnesota Vikings (6-0). Simmons will immediately boost Chicago&#8217;s interior pass-rushing unit. Defensive lineman Austin Booker and defensive back Kyler Gordon lead the team in sacks with four each.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Tennessee (1-6) is on course for another poor season after finishing 3-14 each of the last two years.<\/p>\n<p>A first-round pick in 2019, Simmons has played his entire career with the Titans, racking up 46.5 sacks, nine forced fumbles, and 72 tackles for loss.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Tennessee Titans are trading four-time Pro Bowl defensive tackle Jeffery Simmons to the Chicago Bears for a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":951100,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[49,48,82],"class_list":["post-951099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/951099","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=951099"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/951099\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/951100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=951099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=951099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=951099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}