Tennessee Titans defensive lineman Jeffery Simmons is now the Will Smith meme from “The Fresh Prince” in which he’s standing around in an empty room with nobody there.
Big Jeff is set to lose his best line mate from the past three years, as Denico Autry is expected to sign a two-year, $20 million deal with the Houston Texans, according to NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero.
The deal is for more annually than the 21.5 million Autry got from the Titans over his three-year deal in 2021, a contract that was the definition of a pure steal for Tennessee.
However, after 28.5 sacks over the past three campaigns, that’s still a good deal for such a productive pass-rusher.
— Courtland Sutton (@SuttonCourtland) March 9, 2024
With Big Jeff now the only Week 1 starter on the defensive line set to return in 2024, he was none too thrilled that not only did the Titans not bring Autry back, he’s going to a division rival.
No way we let Nico go to the Texans…. 🤦🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️
— Jeffery Simmons (@GrindSimmons94) March 11, 2024
Can’t say I blame Big Jeff at all.
Granted, it’s hard to say the Titans “let” Autry go before knowing what they offered him (if anything at all), and I’m not exactly going to lose sleep over a rebuilding team like the Titans losing a soon-to-be 34-year-old pass-rusher.
But there’s no question it sucks to see such a good player leave, especially to a division rival. Let’s hope Derrick Henry doesn’t follow the same path…
