Justin Simmons Possible Free Agent Fit With Cincinnati Bengals

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00:00could it be Justin Simmons? Justin Simmons has made it clear. The former pro bowler

00:04with the Denver Broncos, he played in Atlanta with the Falcons last year with Jesse Bates,

00:09that he would love to come to Cincinnati earlier this week. He responded to Chad Johnson. Chad said,

00:17yo, J Sims one, one, one nine on X. I freaking love you, man. I'm not tampering. Just curious

00:24if you like skyline chili, because I know a place if you're interested, Justin, my guy,

00:29I know I'm a Martin kid, a Martin County kid from St. Lucie. Always looked up to you.

00:34Both Florida ties. I've always heard about skyline chili. Would love to give it a try.

00:40I E would love to come to Cincinnati and would love to help Joe Burrow, help Al Golden, help this team

00:47get over the hump. Makes a ton of sense. He talked about this on the up and Adam show a few months

00:51ago with K Adams. Makes a ton of sense, by the way, that's on Fandle, which end of the jungle,

00:57our weekly show is brought to you by Fandle as well. But I look at this and you could say,

01:03oh, well, Simmons is on the decline, right? And you look at his PFF scores and in 2020,

01:09it's 77 and then it goes to 74 and then it goes to 71 and then it's 68. And then last year,

01:14it's 60, 59.9, 60. Yeah. Change of scenery. I thought he played pretty well in Atlanta overall

01:21anyway. And it wouldn't hurt. I'm not against signing Justin Simmons, but I have Jabril Peppers

01:28ahead of him. I would prioritize Jabril Peppers. He is someone that much like Von Bell last year

01:34from a contract standpoint, he's making guaranteed money. So he may sign for two or three million,

01:40like they may be the same price because he has the four plus million dollars guaranteed from the

01:44Patriots. And so to me, there's a clear tier difference between Jabril Peppers and Justin Simmons.

01:50This does not mean that you don't sign Simmons, by the way. I'm all about talent. I'm all about

01:55adding. And when you're in a Super Bowl window, add. And so both of these guys fit. Both of these

02:01guys are players I would be open to because they're proven because you're not asking them to carry the

02:07defense. You're asking them to be a piece of the defense. Jabril Peppers has done that his entire

02:10career. Justin Simmons used to carry defenses. Now he's going to have to be a piece. Fine. Do I think

02:16he's still capable of that? Absolutely. I do.

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