Turning 29 in July, with two years left on his contract, Jeffery Simmons now becomes the first defensive tackle to land Via @AdamSchefter on X

What happened: Jeffery Simmons reset the defensive tackle market on a three-year extension that puts him at $35.3M per year, ahead of Chris Jones at $31.75M. Critics framed the gap as proof the market is broken rather than resetting.

Why it matters: The on-field case is real: per NextGenStats, Simmons ranked first among DTs last season in sacks (11.0), total pressures (60), and pressure rate (13.9%). When a player leads his entire position in the categories that define the job, paying him at the top of that position is the market working, not failing.

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