Nothing sticks out quite like an All-Pro defensive lineman suddenly landing on a good team. For most football fans, Jeffery Simmons has been one of the league's best defensive tackles by reputation only. A run of playoff appearances to start his career in Tennessee gave way to a handful of lost seasons, in which he…

SEATTLE — The Bears got everything they wanted from new defensive tackle Jeffery Simmons in his debut, and vice versa. Simmons led the team with six tackles, including a first-quarter sack and another tackle for loss, as well as loosening up the line of scrimmage for his fellow defensive linemen to make game-changing…

If you want to run with the big dogs, you go to Seattle, line up across from the defending Super Bowl champions and take your chances in front of a “Monday Night Football” audience. So what if the Seahawks came in with the best all-time winning percentage in prime time of any NFL team? Or if they’d won 28 times in…

Bears defensive coordinator Dennis Allen usually seems annoyed by having to do a weekly news conference, but coming off the trade for star defensive tackle Jeffery Simmons, talking to the media didn’t bother him at all. Normally ultra-serious, Allen bordered on wacky as he cartoonishly looked side to side when two…