Titans Star Defender Reportedly Off-Limits

After entering their first rebuild in the better part of a decade just last year upon the firing of Mike Vrabel and subsequent hiring of Brian Callahan, the Tennessee Titans, despite their recently acquired bevy of rookie talent, are facing down a potential second rebuild in just two years following the aforementioned Callahan's departure.

Many coaches are given a greater grace period than Callahan, but then again, many coaches win more than four games in 23 attempts. Between his basic inability to stack victories and the occasional tendency to take shots at his own players, the now-former head coach, in the eyes of most, long overstayed his welcome.

And as is tradition when a team overhauls their staff in search of a new head man, rumors of shifting sands swirl ahead of the yearly trade deadline. A common subject of such rumblings for Tennessee specifically has been the team's league-leading defensive tackle Jeffery Simmons.

On the surface, this makes sense; a young team trying to recoup draft capital ahead of a long-term reset will often "sell high" on their better assets in order to futureproof their franchise to the greatest possible extent.

But according to ESPN's senior NFL reporter Jeremy Fowler, in news that has now been popularized on Twitter (X), Simmons is expected to be off-limits.