{"id":810759,"date":"2026-03-14T00:15:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T00:15:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/810759\/"},"modified":"2026-03-14T00:15:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T00:15:16","slug":"simone-biles-breaks-silence-after-husband-jonathan-owens-chicago-bears-exit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/810759\/","title":{"rendered":"Simone Biles Breaks Silence After Husband Jonathan Owens&#8217; Chicago Bears Exit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<img width=\"780\" height=\"520\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-2243526980.jpg\" class=\"attachment-featured-image size-featured-image wp-post-image\" alt=\"Simone Biles and husband Jonathan Owens\"   decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGetty\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Simone Biles sent a message to her husband Jonathan Owens after signing with the Indianapolis Colts<\/p>\n<p>Seven-time Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles has been with husband Jonathan Owens through much of his professional football journey, and she\u2019s about to experience her fourth <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" title=\"NFL\" href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/sports\/nfl\/\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"191508\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NFL<\/a> team.<\/p>\n<p>Biles and Owens got married back in April 2023 after dating for a little over three years.<\/p>\n<p>The couple met each other on Raya, a dating app geared toward celebrities, athletes, and the wealthy elite, back in March 2020. They went Instagram official five months later and announced their engagement in February 2022.<\/p>\n<p>During their relationship Biles has supported Owens during his stints with the <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/sports\/nfl\/houston-texans\/\" title=\"Houston Texans\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"191513\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Houston Texans<\/a>, <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" title=\"Green Bay Packers\" href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/sports\/nfl\/green-bay-packers\/\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"191506\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Green Bay Packers<\/a>, and Chicago Bears. And now, Owens is signing with another NFL team, and Biles is about to experience her fourth city as an NFL WAG.<\/p>\n<p>Biles Posts Reaction to Owens Signing With Colts<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5830220\" class=\"size-inline wp-image-5830220\" data-lazy-load=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-2247211940.jpg\" alt=\"Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles with her husband, Chicago Bears safety Jonathan Owens\" width=\"782\" height=\"521\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-5830220\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">GettyOlympic gold medalist Simone Biles with her husband, Chicago Bears safety Jonathan Owens<\/p>\n<p>It was announced on Friday that Owens was leaving the Windy City to sign with his fifth team in eight years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe #Colts have agreed to terms with safety and special teamer Jonathan Owens on a one-year deal,\u201d NFL Network\u2019s Mike Garafolo reported.<\/p>\n<p>Biles immediately hit social media to share her reaction to her husband\u2019s big news.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo proud of you baby \ud83e\udd0d. Indy, here we come,\u201d Biles wrote on her Instagram story while sharing the post of Owens\u2019 signing.<\/p>\n<p>One can assume one of the first things Biles will do before the start of next season is purchase some <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" title=\"Colts\" href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/sports\/nfl\/indianapolis-colts\/\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"191509\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Colts<\/a> gear.<\/p>\n<p>The 28-year-old gymnast caught plenty of flack on social media shortly after Owens joined the Bears back in 2024 for wearing a custom Packers jacket that prominently displayed her husband in a Packers jersey.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe way I be wanting to clap back soooo bad but I gotta stay as classy as possible,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.com\/@simonebiles\/post\/C-70DQgxwHH?xmt=AQF0d88fO1V4L_DSw0OHMol5-ROG1Fyk-yC1SPCobuhODQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external nofollow\">Biles posted on Threads<\/a> in response to all of the hate she received.<\/p>\n<p>However, Biles quickly remedied the situation, telling TMZ \u201cI have plenty [of Bears apparel] now, so don\u2019t you worry about it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>What Does Owens Bring to the Colts?<\/p>\n<p>Despite heading into his eight NFL season, Owens has yet to carve out a regular role for himself as a starter. Of the 82 games he\u2019s played, he\u2019s started just 35 of them \u2014 the bulk of which came in 2022 and 2023 with the Houston Texans and Green Bay Packers.<\/p>\n<p>Except for those two seasons, the bulk of Owens\u2019 snaps have come on special teams, where he\u2019s played 990 snaps since 2020.<\/p>\n<p>The 30-year-old safety has logged 295 tackles, 10 passes defensed, 4 fumble recoveries, 2 interceptions, 2 forced fumbles, 2 sacks, and a defensive touchdown.<\/p>\n<p>Last year\u2019s second-leading tackle Nick Cross left to join the <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" title=\"Washington Commanders\" href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/sports\/nfl\/washington-commanders\/\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"191507\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Washington Commanders<\/a>, leaving Cam Bynum and <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/nfl\/player\/rodney-thomas\/\" title=\"Rodney Thomas\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"191512\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rodney Thomas<\/a> II are the Colts\u2019 top returning safeties, though the latter played in a more reserve role in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s possible Owens could battle Thomas II for the second starting safety spot opposite Bynum while also likely serving as a big contributor on special teams as well.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/author\/mpatrickg\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Michael Gallagher<\/a> Michael Gallagher is a sports journalist covering the NFL for Heavy.com. He has more than a decade of experience working for both local and national news outlets covering the NFL, NHL, NBA, WNBA, college football, and MMA. His work has been featured in Newsweek, Yahoo Sports, Fox Sports, Athlon Sports, The Hockey News, the Nashville Scene, SB Nation, and Yardbarker. <a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/author\/mpatrickg\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">More about Michael Gallagher<\/a>\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tMore Heavy on Bears\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tLoading more stories\n\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Getty Simone Biles sent a message to her husband Jonathan Owens after signing with the Indianapolis Colts Seven-time&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":810760,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2070],"tags":[374,692,391,2493,7,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-810759","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago-bears","8":"tag-bears","9":"tag-chicago","10":"tag-chicago-bears","11":"tag-chicagobears","12":"tag-football","13":"tag-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116224651218389974","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/810759","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=810759"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/810759\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/810760"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=810759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=810759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=810759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}