Last offseason, safety Justin Simmons didn’t sign with the Falcons until Aug. 15 — midway through training camp.
Simmons is once again a free agent in 2025 after completing his one-year deal with Atlanta. And this time, he would like to sign with a team a little earlier.
“I mean, that’s always the goal,” Simmons said in an interview with Kay Adams on Tuesday. “I think — yes, there’s pros and cons to training camp. Cons [would be] going through it, your body breaking down, the whole nine — especially as you get older. But, I mean, a lot of the pros is building that rapport, especially when you’re not with the team and you haven’t necessarily played with a lot of those guys.