Titans Therapy

Jeffery Simmons should've retired a Titan. But the Titans suck. They've failed to field a competitive football team for YEARS. Wrong GMs, wrong coaches, a coach who should never have been fired, instability across the organization, and a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad team. If the Titans want to return to competitive football, trading Simmons was a necessary move. The most successful (and quickest) rebuilds in the modern NFL have come with multiple extra first-round picks over a multi-year span. Look at the Lions after they traded Matthew Stafford as a prime example. Look at the Texans after trading Deshaun Watson. The Titans got a haul. Two extra first round picks could really accelerate the turnaround this team has been chasing for 4 years. But it sucks to see Jeffery Simmons go. He was the one stability through all the suck, the closest thing the Titans have had to a superstar player since Derrick Henry walked, and the one reliable player Titans fans could count on to show up every single week. It will be weird watching him play in Chicago, but he deserves to play for a legitimate contender. By the time the Titans could even expect to be somewhat competitive, Simmons will be on the back nine of his career. The move makes sense for everyone involved. Maybe one day the Titans will be good enough that their biggest stars can actually retire with the Titans. So it sucks today, but it's also awesome for the future trajectory of this franchise. Draft season just got a lot more fun.