It didn’t take long for Jeffery Simmons to get his first sack as a Bear.

Simmons took Sam Darnold down on the Seahawks’ fourth offensive play on Monday night, and he said afterward that as soon as he saw that they were blocking him one-on-one, he knew a big play was coming.

“If you block me one-on-one, I need to win the one-on-one. If I don’t win a one-on-one, the coaches should be on me. I hold myself to a high standard,” Simmons said. “It felt great to get my first sack as a Chicago Bear in my first game.”

Simmons always drew a lot of double teams during his All-Pro seasons with the Titans, and he drew plenty on Monday night in his first game since the Titans traded him to the Bears as well. He said he challenged his fellow Bears defensive linemen to take advantage of it when he was getting double teamed.

“If I’m getting a double team, I expect them to win their single block,” Simmons said. “We don’t need to blitz. I feel like if we can win at the line of scrimmage without the blitzes, that makes the guys’ jobs on the back end that much easier.”

Simmons played 55 defensive snaps, by far the most of any Bear in the game. He played 87 percent of the Bears’ defensive plays, which was exactly his snap count percentage for the Titans this season before he was traded. The Bears made a big investment in Simmons, trading two first-round draft picks for him, and they got a big return immediately.

In the moments before kickoff, Simmons said he was trying to keep his emotions in check by reminding himself, “It’s just football.” But it was hard not to be emotional.

“The emotions, especially during the national anthem, the emotions were coming and coming,” Simmons said.

Simmons said after the game that it means a lot to him to be playing meaningful football. The Titans are 1-7 and the Bears are 6-2 and Simmons knows the blockbuster trade was an opportunity for him to compete for a Super Bowl.