A pair of backups with starting experience — Chris Simms and Rex Grossman — are making their free agent visits.

The Tennessee Titans have a pair of free agent quarterbacks, Kerry Collins and Chris Simms. And they definitely want one of those quarterbacks back — and it may surprise you who it is. Simms told The City Paper in Nashville, Tenn. that the Titans have contacted his agent about remaining with the team.

Chris Simms, who once committed to play at University of Tennessee in 1999, now finds himself in the same state after signing with the Tennessee Titans.

It’s official. The Titans have signed QB Chris Simms, who will have the chance to be at least a No. 2 in Tennessee, with the chance to play well enough to perhaps challenge for a starting job.

Tennessee coach Jeff Fisher has confirmed the Titans agreed to terms free-agent QB Chris Simms on Tuesday. The move comes after the Titans worked out QBs Quinn Gray, Joey Harrington and Doug Johnson earlier Tuesday.

The Titans are nearing a deal with free-agent QB Chris Simms, who spent much of Tuesday visiting the Chiefs in Kansas City.

As it turns out, the Patriots were ahead of their time, as usual. They made plans to bring quarterbacks Chris Simms and Tim Rattay to Foxborough, Mass., last Saturday –- a full day before Tom Brady suffered a season-ending knee injury.

The New England Patriots brought in quarterbacks Chris Simms and Tim Rattay for workouts on Monday.

The happiest person of any player released in the NFL today is quarterback Chris Simms. The Buccaneers released Simms today.