Five days. That's all Jeffery Simmons needed to make the Chicago Bears look like a completely different defense.
When general manager Ryan Poles surrendered two first-round picks to acquire Simmons from the Tennessee Titans, the message was undeniable: Chicago wasn't interested in patiently building toward a championship. The Bears believed their championship window was already open.
Monday night's 34-17 victory over the defending Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks offered the first evidence that Poles might have been right.
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