Bears dominate Seahawks as Jeffery Simmons makes instant impact for Chicago’s defense

The Chicago Bears and Seattle Seahawks asserted themselves as buyers ahead of the 2026 NFL trade deadline and debuted newly acquired stars on the Week 8 edition of "Monday Night Football." Bears star defensive tackle Jeffery Simmons made a significantly more noticeable impact than Seahawks left guard Quenton Nelson in their first game on new teams. As a result, Chicago controlled the game from start to finish and pulled away for a 34-14 win.

Simmons logged his first tackle in a Chicago uniform on the very first play from scrimmage, then he picked up his first sack on the opening play of his second defensive series. The reconfigured Seahawks offensive line (which inserted Nelson at left guard, moved Grey Zabel to right guard and inserted Josh Jones into the left tackle spot for the injured Charles Cross) struggled to keep Simmons out of the backfield both in run defense and on pass-rushing opportunities.

Nelson's arrival hardly unlocked anything new in the Seattle run game. Zach Charbonnet's entrance into the lineup for the first time this season and Jadarian Price's return from injured reserve did not deliver any kind of lift for the NFL's fourth-least-efficient ground attack by EPA per rush…

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