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ArticleThe Bears wanted a defensive difference-maker. Simmons is already showing them...Captured November 6, 2026
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Perhaps fittingly, Simmons' first sack as a Bear -- and his fifth this season -- came quickly in the first quarter... From snap to sack: 2.6 seconds... the violent manner with which he flung quarterback Sam Darnold, with one arm, for a 6-yard loss.

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Darnold sacked by Simmons in 2.6 seconds; Bears' new defensive weapon immediately impactful.

Darnold was sacked by Jeffery Simmons in the first quarter of Monday night's game against the Bears. Simmons beat Seahawks guard Grey Zabel through the A-gap and flung Darnold for a 6-yard loss in 2.6 seconds from snap to sack. This was Simmons' fifth sack of the season and first as a Bear.

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