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There is one week left in the regular season, and the Tennessee Titans are preparing for their season finale against the Jacksonville Jaguars. This is also the time of the year when players are recognized for their performances during the season.
Last week, the NFL announced its rosters for the 2026 NFL Pro Bowl Games, and Jeffery Simmons and Chimere Dike were both named starters for the AFC. This week, the two were selected by Bill Barnwell as members of his 2026 All-Pro team for ESPN.
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Simmons is having his best season in the NFL and was selected to his fourth Pro Bowl. The veteran defensive tackle has been dominant and has set career-highs for sacks and tackles for loss with one game remaining on the schedule. This is what Barnwell had to say:
Jeffery Simmons, Tennessee Titans
Although Simmons missed two games and most of a third with a hamstring injury, he was sufficiently dominant to qualify for All-Pro honors. He was a one-man pressure factory this season. Simmons leads all defensive tackles in pressure rate (13.5%), quick quarterback pressures (22), quick pressure rate (6.2%) and pressure rate against double-teams (11.2%) -- all while playing on a team that didn't have a significant second pass-rush threat to worry about elsewhere up front, especially after Dre'Mont Jones was traded to the Ravens at midseason. Simmons' 16 tackles for loss lead all defensive tackles.
To say that Dike exceeded expectations in Nashville would be an understatement. The explosive rookie wide receiver has already broken Tim Brown’s rookie all-purpose yardage record that had stood since 1988, and was named the AFC's return specialist in his first Pro Bowl nod. Here is what Branwell had to say about Dike.
Chimere Dike, Tennessee Titans
Dike has very high highs and very low lows. On one hand, he might be one of the worst blocking wide receivers on screens I've ever seen. On the other? He's a spectacular return man.
Tennessee had truly wretched special teams in 2024, but the arrival of John Fassel and the selection of Dike in the fourth round have transformed the Titans' return units. Dike leads all regular punt returners in yards per return (17.7) and is second behind Marcus Jones in punt return yards over expectation (Next Gen Stats). Both Dike and Jones took two punts to the house this season, but Dike gets the nod by virtue of his excellent work on kickoff returns, where he is second in the NFL behind KaVontae Turpin in kick return yards over expectation.
Dike is a tremendous weapon and became only the sixth Titans’ rookie to be named to the Pro Bowl, joining Earl Campbell, Jevon Kearse, Vince Young, Chris Johnson, and Marc Mariani on the short list.
This article originally appeared on Titans Wire: NFL analyst names Jeffery Simmons, Chimere Dike to 2025 All-Pro team
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