The Tennessee Titans were back at Vanderbilt Health Football Center on Wednesday, where general manager Mike Borgonzi met with the media to discuss the Team and its most recent trade, sending Amani Hooker to the Buffalo Bills, and an interesting nugget came out.
During the availability, Borgonzi outlined the similarities between the Hooker trade and the previous trade of Jeffery Simmons, making it clear the organization was not shopping either defensive star.
#Titans GM Mike Borgonzi said he’d turned away #Bills GM Brandon Beane on Amani Hooker for a week. Saw him at the Notre Dame-Miami game, said to stay in touch and then the deal came together yesterday. pic.twitter.com/dxQGg0B1KB
— Mike Garafolo (@MikeGarafolo) November 11, 2026
In this case, the deal started to come together after conversations
in the press box in South Bend during Saturday's Miami vs. Notre Dame game, where Borgonzi and Bills general manager Brandon Beane bumped into each other. While no deal was worked out until Tuesday, those conversations laid the groundwork.
When asked, Borgonzi also pointed out that in both cases, the return Tennessee received was more than they expected, and it was something the organization couldn't pass up at this stage in the rebuild.
The Titans now have a tremendous amount of capital heading moving into the future and should be in a place to add some quality players.
This article originally appeared on Titans Wire: Much like Jeffery Simmons, Titans' Mike Borgonzi did not shop Amani Hooker
