To be fair I said I thought we could get two 2nds for him.
My prediction is he gets traded to the patriots within the next year or 2.
How about a 2nd and a 3rd?
It honestly felt like there was something a little off with Simmons last year, I get why people wanted to trade him, even though I don’t think abandoning the defensive unit that way is the right way to rebuild a culture of winning.
But man Big Jeff has been something else so far this year – I think he’s all in on Ward and is being a good leader and trying to show people by example not to quit and keep fighting for each other. Maybe it’s just because the results weren’t there last year and he fought just as hard but he looks so much more engaged and disruptive so far by the eye test. It makes me wonder if that’s the Cam Ward effect, and Simmons is trying to be a big bro and mentor with how much they pushed each other competitively and got along this offseason.
I have zero inside info on nothing; however, I think he ends up signing an extension.
He was playing so well I had to check and see if it was a contract year
Does he lead in stupid penalties too? No one has ever questions his talent…it is his head that has been a problem in the past. Leadership issues on and off the field and just some the dumbest possible penalties at the worst possible time. If he cleans those up he is the franchise player everyone wants.
His trade value was a day 2 pick realistically, but obviously he’s the kind of guy that you keep in the building long term for a good reason.
I do wonder since they’re lining him up on the edge so much and it’s been so effective this year, will he have maybe a tougher path to pro bowl/all pro honors being that he’s kind of playing a hybrid defensive end/tackle role
Trading Simmons still makes sense. His timeline is different than the titans timeline.
Have any been on the field remotely as often as him though? Feels like he never comes off
If we could give this man a DE that would help take the pressure with him, he’d be an all time great. He’s doing this with nearly zero help in the front.
Simmons is a beast! Even when playing injured he was still a beast, just less so. If he ever gets traded I’ll question WTF this organization is doing. Do we exist just to trade our great players away to better teams? Idk why everyone is obsessed with trades, keep the good players in the building!
He was never for sale for me. We need a personality on our defense. We do not have that right now besides him.
Slim Jeff is feasting.
It was insane he wasn’t in the players top 100
Late round pick swap
That o line is giving him some major confidence in practice
It’s a good thing we dont make personnel decisions, regardless of whether the organization does or not.
Hairbrained to think we do anything more than debate the hot flavors of the week against thr backdrop of our collective frustration at the lack of progress to reaching the goal of returning to relevancy (and then remaining relevant for more than 1-2 years).
Its his best season.
Its really weird when I was one of three guys hating on Jeff to see so many turn on him in a season where hes won me back lol
I would still take a 2nd and 3rd for him or a 1st this offseason. The Titans are roughly two years away from really competing. At that point he’s on the last year of his deal and 30 years old. So he’s either walking or you’re giving an extension to someone who is just going to keep on declining. The focus should be on building a core around Ward.
We really need to get Sweat back out there to get Jeff some help.
It’s not about how good he is. It’s about his prime of talent not aligning with how far out our window is. Even next year is toast with this dumpster fire of a team.
We need to get as young as possible.
2nd rounder now is perfectly fine if better then insane but sell high would be what i’d do as of right now, this team should be 0-5 cause we are absolute dog water
The sack he had against the Texans looked like a video game “perfect timing” on the sticks.
Personally, the best TFL/sack I’ve seen.
That being said, he’s been great and stepped up big time in his leadership role. He didn’t choose the staff/players the Titans have and he’s certainly had every reason to play passive considering our offense really only has 2 TD’s on the year lol (3 if you’re counting the fumble recovered in the endzone).
He’s literally our best player
The issue is that Jeffery Simmons is a 28 year old borderline elite DT on a team that isn’t really capable of competing, isn’t likely to compete next year, and desperately needs draft picks to fix the talent deficient and fill rosters spots with actual starters.
Ideally if we could trade Simmons to the bears for a 2nd + 3rd i’d jump on that deal… Simmons is probably worth a late first as far as talent is concerned but realistically we need the picks 2x 2nds or a 2nd + 3rd is probably worth more to us than a single elite player.
Think of it this way… if you got a 2nd + 3rd, then next year you could draft an Edge in the first round, a Tackle (to back up and perhaps eventually replace Dan Moore) + a WR in the 2nd, and get a replacement DT to line up along sweat + another depth player (i’d probably double up on edge as we need a definitive edge 2 anyway) in the 3rd.
If it takes badmouthing our boy to bring out this dog, then badmouth away right?
His talents are absolutely wasted on the Titans. I remember when my Bears won last year in the opener, he was mega pissed after the game. Defense held my Bears to basically nothing, and then he gets to watch Levis piss the game (and eventually, many others) away with that boneheaded pick 6. I wish my Bears had him. If we had him, we’d be able to stop the run and have a pass rush.
Non-contending teams trade valuable players all the time in every pro sports league. I would explain why, but I think you already watch sports and know.
Having an all-pro aging DT on a bad team is the equivalent of having a lights out closer on a one-year deal on a losing team in baseball. You trade that player every time, as long as you get a decent return. You get offered a 1st or even a second and third i think they gotta take it.
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Okay fine I’ll take a first
To be fair I said I thought we could get two 2nds for him.
My prediction is he gets traded to the patriots within the next year or 2.
How about a 2nd and a 3rd?
It honestly felt like there was something a little off with Simmons last year, I get why people wanted to trade him, even though I don’t think abandoning the defensive unit that way is the right way to rebuild a culture of winning.
But man Big Jeff has been something else so far this year – I think he’s all in on Ward and is being a good leader and trying to show people by example not to quit and keep fighting for each other. Maybe it’s just because the results weren’t there last year and he fought just as hard but he looks so much more engaged and disruptive so far by the eye test. It makes me wonder if that’s the Cam Ward effect, and Simmons is trying to be a big bro and mentor with how much they pushed each other competitively and got along this offseason.
I have zero inside info on nothing; however, I think he ends up signing an extension.
He was playing so well I had to check and see if it was a contract year
Does he lead in stupid penalties too? No one has ever questions his talent…it is his head that has been a problem in the past. Leadership issues on and off the field and just some the dumbest possible penalties at the worst possible time. If he cleans those up he is the franchise player everyone wants.
His trade value was a day 2 pick realistically, but obviously he’s the kind of guy that you keep in the building long term for a good reason.
I do wonder since they’re lining him up on the edge so much and it’s been so effective this year, will he have maybe a tougher path to pro bowl/all pro honors being that he’s kind of playing a hybrid defensive end/tackle role
Trading Simmons still makes sense. His timeline is different than the titans timeline.
Have any been on the field remotely as often as him though? Feels like he never comes off
If we could give this man a DE that would help take the pressure with him, he’d be an all time great. He’s doing this with nearly zero help in the front.
Simmons is a beast! Even when playing injured he was still a beast, just less so. If he ever gets traded I’ll question WTF this organization is doing. Do we exist just to trade our great players away to better teams? Idk why everyone is obsessed with trades, keep the good players in the building!
He was never for sale for me. We need a personality on our defense. We do not have that right now besides him.
Slim Jeff is feasting.
It was insane he wasn’t in the players top 100
Late round pick swap
That o line is giving him some major confidence in practice
It’s a good thing we dont make personnel decisions, regardless of whether the organization does or not.
Hairbrained to think we do anything more than debate the hot flavors of the week against thr backdrop of our collective frustration at the lack of progress to reaching the goal of returning to relevancy (and then remaining relevant for more than 1-2 years).
Its his best season.
Its really weird when I was one of three guys hating on Jeff to see so many turn on him in a season where hes won me back lol
I would still take a 2nd and 3rd for him or a 1st this offseason. The Titans are roughly two years away from really competing. At that point he’s on the last year of his deal and 30 years old. So he’s either walking or you’re giving an extension to someone who is just going to keep on declining. The focus should be on building a core around Ward.
We really need to get Sweat back out there to get Jeff some help.
It’s not about how good he is. It’s about his prime of talent not aligning with how far out our window is. Even next year is toast with this dumpster fire of a team.
We need to get as young as possible.
2nd rounder now is perfectly fine if better then insane but sell high would be what i’d do as of right now, this team should be 0-5 cause we are absolute dog water
The sack he had against the Texans looked like a video game “perfect timing” on the sticks.
Personally, the best TFL/sack I’ve seen.
That being said, he’s been great and stepped up big time in his leadership role. He didn’t choose the staff/players the Titans have and he’s certainly had every reason to play passive considering our offense really only has 2 TD’s on the year lol (3 if you’re counting the fumble recovered in the endzone).
He’s literally our best player
The issue is that Jeffery Simmons is a 28 year old borderline elite DT on a team that isn’t really capable of competing, isn’t likely to compete next year, and desperately needs draft picks to fix the talent deficient and fill rosters spots with actual starters.
Ideally if we could trade Simmons to the bears for a 2nd + 3rd i’d jump on that deal… Simmons is probably worth a late first as far as talent is concerned but realistically we need the picks 2x 2nds or a 2nd + 3rd is probably worth more to us than a single elite player.
Think of it this way… if you got a 2nd + 3rd, then next year you could draft an Edge in the first round, a Tackle (to back up and perhaps eventually replace Dan Moore) + a WR in the 2nd, and get a replacement DT to line up along sweat + another depth player (i’d probably double up on edge as we need a definitive edge 2 anyway) in the 3rd.
If it takes badmouthing our boy to bring out this dog, then badmouth away right?
His talents are absolutely wasted on the Titans. I remember when my Bears won last year in the opener, he was mega pissed after the game. Defense held my Bears to basically nothing, and then he gets to watch Levis piss the game (and eventually, many others) away with that boneheaded pick 6. I wish my Bears had him. If we had him, we’d be able to stop the run and have a pass rush.
Non-contending teams trade valuable players all the time in every pro sports league. I would explain why, but I think you already watch sports and know.
Having an all-pro aging DT on a bad team is the equivalent of having a lights out closer on a one-year deal on a losing team in baseball. You trade that player every time, as long as you get a decent return. You get offered a 1st or even a second and third i think they gotta take it.