How Jeffery Simmons put aside a crazy week to lead the Chicago Bears in a win over the Seattle Seahawks

Jeffery Simmons said he had to treat Monday night’s game “like just football,” but the emotion was real. The 29-year-old All-Pro, traded from the Tennessee Titans to the Chicago Bears on Thursday for two first-round draft picks, faced the defending-champion Seattle Seahawks at Lumen Field and helped drive a 34-17 win. Simmons spent days learning new defensive calls from coordinator Dennis Allen after preparing for Cincinnati earlier that week. Wearing an orange undershirt so his 3-year-old daughter Mulani could spot him, he finished with a team-leading six tackles, one sack, two tackles for loss, and a pass defended, as Chicago forced punts on four of Seattle’s first five possessions.