It's possible three days in Nashville for practice and a preseason finale for the Bears could create an interesting or even hazardous reunion.
The Bears will be facing the Tennessee Titans in a practice on Aug. 27 before their Aug. 29 game to close preseason.
What this means is Caleb Williams and Jeffery Simmons on the same field together most likely in practice, but it could theoretically happen in the preseason game. The volatile mix, of course, stems from trash talk before the first regular-season game Williams ever played for the Bears.
It was the Titans Pro Bowl defensive tackle who in June of 2024 mocked Williams' habit of painting his fingernails. Titans, Jeffery Simmons agree to three-year, $105.8M extension making him highest-paid DT in NFL history. (via @rapsheet, @MikeGarafolo) pic.twitter.com/QwfPZP3D1p— NFL (@NFL) June 19, 2026"Most definitely. Oh, it’s gonna be one of them games," Simmons told Rich Eisen. "I mean, he probably gets smack-talked by his teammates right now, but especially a game like that. My first game, of course I missed the last end of the season. … It’s gonna be the first game of the season. They’ve got us coming to Chicago."
Simmons, who was just made the highest-paid defensive tackle in the league by the Titans, had said he wanted to knock to polish off Williams' nails and also thought the Bears would come in a heavy favorite.
