Jeffery Simmons ready to trash talk Bears QB Caleb Williams during Week 1 Titans clash - “Painted nails”
The first game of Caleb Williams' career with the Chicago Bears is going to be against the Tennessee Titans in September. Both teams have something to prove and are riding into 2024 with young quarterbacks, so this game has an extra meaning when the season kicks off.
But the trash talk has already started - and we're still nearly three months away from the kickoff. Titans superstar Jeffery Simmons is already looking forward to the matchup against Williams, and the reason has nothing to do with the NFL: he wants to make fun of Caleb's painted nails.
He appeared on The Rich Eisen's Show and spoke about the first game of the season:
JS - Painted nails. I can't wait to say that to him.
RE – For Caleb Williams?
JS – Most definitely.
RE - So you got that planned?
JS - Oh it's going to be yeah. It's going to be one of them games, especially... I mean, he probably gets smack talked by his teammates right now, but it's going to be especially a game like that. My first game - of course, I missed the last end of the season. It's going to be the first game of the season, they got us coming to Chicago, all the hype is going to be around him.
Caleb Williams' story with the Bears to start on September 08
The most recent first-overall pick in the NFL Draft will start his pro career playing against Will Levis and the Tennessee Titans. There were a lot of tougher games to start his career, so the opportunity to kick off the season with the right foot is there.
Wiliams is taking over the team following Justin Fields' trade to the Pittsburgh Steelers. Fields, a former first-round pick himself, struggled to develop his potential over the past three years, and with the Chicago Bears getting a golden opportunity with the first overall pick that wasn't even their own, Williams was too good of a chance to pass up.
Caleb Williams played college football at USC and is reuniting with Kliff Kingsbury, his former coach, in Chicago.