The Tennessee Titans spent the early hours of Wednesday morning finalizing trades for two of their biggest name players, sending receiver DeAndre Hopkins to the Kansas City Chiefs and linebacker Ernest Jones to the Seattle Seahawks.

Those calls led to more trade calls ahead of the NFL’s Nov. 5 trade deadline.

Sources say several teams called Tennessee with one specific player in mind: Two-time Pro Bowl defensive tackle Jeffery Simmons. Despite the interest, those teams were all told the same refrain: Not happening.

In today’s NFL, with more trade-happy general managers than ever, it never hurts to ask. Those calls can happen this time of year when teams catch wind of teams willing to trade their top players. The list is extremely short of players leaguewide who would not be available if another team was willing to give up, say, two first-round picks and possibly more.