The Tennessee Titans are running out of time before the NFL trade deadline, and after already sending Jeffery Simmons to the Chicago Bears, they may not be done yet.
That move alone put Tennessee squarely in the seller category, but the chatter around the team suggests there could be more action before the clock runs out. The Titans have already made the kind of splash that changes the tone of a deadline week, and now the question is how far they go from here.
One area to watch is the linebacker room. The Titans could give Anthony Hill Jr. the chance to become the clear leader of the defense, but there are still veterans in the way. That leaves the unit in a spot where one more move could reshape things quickly.
There was also a near miss in the Simmons deal. Tennessee reportedly came close to sending him to the New York Giants before ultimately landing on the Bears’ offer. In the end, the Titans went with Chicago, and Mike Borgonzi had good reason to do so.
Around the rest of the league, the trade deadline picture is starting to fill in, with deals involving Jessie Bates, Jacoby Brissett, and others already part of the tracker. And in the AFC South, the Jacksonville Jaguars are making a push to the Super Bowl.
For Tennessee, though, the focus remains on what comes next. The Simmons trade was the headline move, but the Titans still have hours left to decide whether that was the beginning of a bigger sell-off or just the first domino.
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