The Tennessee Titans may very well be botching their rebuild.
On Saturday, separate studies surfaced noting that the franchise has no intention of buying and selling standout three-time Professional Bowl defensive deal with Jeffery Simmons, arguably the crew’s most useful commerce asset.
NFL insider Ian Rapoport wrote that following former head coach Brian Callahan’s firing earlier this week, “Seemingly everybody known as the Titans to see if star defensive deal with Jeffery Simmons was accessible forward of the league’s Nov. 4 commerce deadline.
“These had been informed clearly that Simmons shouldn’t be accessible,” Rapoport added.
The Athletic NFL insider Dianna Russini echoed that sentiment, writing, “The Titans are open for enterprise on each participant however QB Cam Ward and defensive deal with Jeffery Simmons.”
Retaining Jeffery Simmons holds Titans again from full-on rebuild
Simmons could be rather more beneficial on a contending crew than spending the remainder of his prime on the Titans, who will not be sniffing the playoffs for the foreseeable future. It is more likely that the draft picks Tennessee would get from buying and selling the proficient defender may very well be a part of the franchise’s subsequent playoff core than Simmons, who’s signed via 2027.
By six video games in 2025, Simmons has 4.5 sacks. Per Stathead, he leads defensive tackles in quarterback hits (11) and tackles for loss (eight).
Beneath contract for 2 extra seasons after this yr, Simmons, 28, would doubtless command a major haul on the commerce market. For a crew like Tennessee that’s in full rebuild mode, that ought to outweigh conserving him on the roster.
The Titans want draft capital for gamers who higher match rookie quarterback Cam Ward’s timeline, and so they may squander a chance to gather premier picks by holding onto Simmons.
It is normally dangerous enterprise for groups to commerce away their greatest gamers, but Tennessee is not in place to learn from Simmons’ manufacturing. It is extra smart for the Titans to ship the seven-year veteran someplace he could make a distinction and for them to decide to the longer term. However with somewhat over two weeks till the Nov. 4 commerce deadline, Tennessee may very well be poised to make a vital mistake.
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