Titans DT Jeffery Simmons eager to smack talk Bears QB Caleb Williams in Week 1

LAKE FOREST, ILLINOIS - MAY 11: Caleb Williams #18 of the Chicago Bears looks on during Chicago Bears Rookie Minicamp at Halas Hall on May 11, 2024 in Lake Forest, Illinois. (Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images)

We're still a few months away from the Chicago Bears' season opener against the Tennessee Titans on Sept. 8, but that hasn't stopped one infamous trash talker from giving Chicago some early bulletin board material.

Titans defensive tackle Jeffery Simmons appeared on the Rich Eisen Show this week, where he explained he's eager to smack talk Bears rookie quarterback Caleb Williams -- and he's specifically going after one of his fashion choices.

"Painted nails. I can't wait to say that to him," Simmons said. "Most definitely. Oh, it's gonna be one of them games. 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. All the hype's gonna be around them of course. I think when special, even prime-time games … everybody just counts Tennessee out, which we all know. A game like Chicago, I'm sure (they're) thinking we 'bout to get beat bad. That also make me even talk more smack and boost me up a little more, get into a different mode, as well. I'll be in a different mode that game.

"I get it. You've got a first-round pick like Caleb Williams, which is a great player. Watching a couple games when he was at USC, he's a hell of a player. But it's a different league, and I'm excited to play him the first game."

Williams has been known to paint his nails as a way to express himself -- something he's been doing since high school -- and he's proven he's quite comfortable in his own skin. Following Simmons' early trash talk, it wouldn't be a surprise for Williams to have his nails painted with a message of his own ahead of his Week 1 debut against the Titans.

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