March 27, 2026, 7:15 a.m. MT<\/p>\n
It shouldn’t surprise Denver Broncos<\/a> fans that ex-safety Justin Simmons is still football-ready after not playing last season.<\/p>\n In 2025, Simmons took a “picky” approach to free agency after the Atlanta Falcons let his contract expire at the end of the 2024 campaign. “[I]n terms of where I\u2019m at now, (I\u2019m) being a little bit more picky where we want to go and where we want to call home next \u2026 the next two years, a year, whatever it is \u2026 but a contender is No. 1 on the list<\/a> right now,” Simmons told the Denver Post last year.<\/p>\n Simmons isn’t backing down from his demand of moving to a contender. Earlier this week, Simmons appeared on Guerella Sports’ “The Weekly Cut” to discuss his free agency and his future ambitions. You can see his response below.<\/p>\n Although the Denver Broncos<\/a> would now fit the bill of a contender, it seems like Denver’s front office isn’t in a hurry to re-sign the safety. With the addition of Talanoa Hufanga turning out to be a home run (as Hufanga put up an All-Pro season), and Brandon Jones coming back from a season-ending pectoral injury, Denver is ready to move on to bigger and better things.<\/p>\n However, it’s hard to imagine Simmons having any lasting hard feelings toward the franchise that gave him his first shot in the NFL.<\/p>\n Need a news break? Check out the all new PLAY hub with puzzles, games and more!<\/a><\/p>\n Social: Follow\u00a0Broncos Wire<\/a>\u00a0on\u00a0Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Twitter\/X<\/a>!\u00a0Did you know:\u00a0These 25 celebrities are Broncos fans<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"March 27, 2026, 7:15 a.m. MT It shouldn’t surprise Denver Broncos fans that ex-safety Justin Simmons is still…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":838468,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2062],"tags":[95878,232,231,258,2426,7,6,95879,95880,95882,100821,95893,101885,95896,95888,95899,95883,96180,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-838467","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-denver-broncos","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-broncos","10":"tag-denver","11":"tag-denver-broncos","12":"tag-denverbroncos","13":"tag-football","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-sstssportsnflbroncos","16":"tag-sstsnbroncos","17":"tag-tagamerican-football","18":"tag-tagbrandon-jones","19":"tag-tagfacebook","20":"tag-tagjustin-simmons","21":"tag-tagnational-sports","22":"tag-tagnfl","23":"tag-tagoverall-neutral","24":"tag-tagsports-news","25":"tag-tagtalanoa-hufanga","26":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116305192915926770","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/838467","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=838467"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/838467\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/838468"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=838467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=838467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=838467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}