Patrick Mahomes is going to have nightmares about Justin Simmons.
Simmons picked off a Mahomes pass late in the first quarter of a Sunday Night Football showdown between the Atlanta Falcons and Kansas City Chiefs in Week 3.
That marked the sixth time in his career that Simmons has grabbed an interception off a Mahomes pass. No other player in the NFL has totaled more than two interceptions against Mahomes.
Here’s a sampling of how Twitter/X reacted to Simmons’ latest takeaway:
Justin Simmons picks Mahomes for the 6th time!!!!! Nobody on earth better at that than Simmons pic.twitter.com/9QEiqhMC4z
— ThatsGoodSports (@BrandonPerna) September 23, 2024
Justin Simmons owns Patrick Mahomes pic.twitter.com/DHBhbLYid5
— Zac Stevens (@ZacStevensDNVR) September 23, 2024
https://twitter.com/ChrisHarrisJr/status/1838048332251300208
https://twitter.com/BossWard43/status/1838017565224013913
Justin Simmons reads that man like nobody else lol
— Brett Kollmann (@BrettKollmann) September 23, 2024
Doesn't matter what team Justin Simmons is on, he's always going to pick off Patrick Mahomes
— Romi Bean (@Romi_Bean) September 23, 2024
No one has picked Mahomes off more than Justin Simmons. That’s his 6th.
The next best is 2.
— Peter Schrager (@PSchrags) September 23, 2024
Death taxes and Justin Simmons picking off Mahomes
— Lindsay Jones (@bylindsayhjones) September 23, 2024
Find someone who loves you as much as Justin Simmons loves picking off Pat Mahomes
— Adnan Ikic (@SayWhichWay) September 23, 2024
Simmons, of course, played for the Denver Broncos from 2016-2023, which gave him an opportunity to play against Mahomes and the Chiefs twice a season.
Denver released Simmons this spring to save salary cap space and the 30-year-old safety ended up signing with Atlanta. Sunday marked his first interception as a Falcon. Simmons now has 31 career interceptions since he entered the NFL as a third-round pick out of Boston College in 2016.
