Ex-Broncos safety wants to play in 2026 (with a stipulation)
Justin Simmons remains a free agent, but he wants to play in 2026 — on his terms.
It shouldn't surprise Denver Broncos fans that ex-safety Justin Simmons is still football-ready after not playing last season. In 2025, Simmons took a "picky" approach to free agency after the Atlanta Falcons let his contract expire at the end of the 2024 campaign. "[I]n terms of where I’m at now, (I’m) being a little bit more picky where we want to go and where we want to call home next … the next two years, a year, whatever it is … but a contender is No.
1 on the list right now," Simmons told the Denver Post last year. Simmons isn't backing down from his demand of moving to a contender. Earlier this week, Simmons appeared on Guerella Sports' "The Weekly Cut" to discuss his free agency and his future ambitions.
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