Titans allow big game by Burrow but still point to positive signs on defense after trading Simmons

CINCINNATI (AP) — The Tennessee Titans made a move for the future when they traded All-Pro defensive tackle Jeffery Simmons to the Chicago Bears.

Three days later, the Titans endured another setback, losing 43-36 in overtime on Sunday to the Cincinnati Bengals to fall to 1-7.

Tennessee coach Robert Saleh said he was pleased with his team's focus and mindset after the departure of one of its best players.

“These young men are really resilient,” Saleh said. “They attacked the week exactly the way you need. I hate to say it this way, or minimize it, but you know we can't allow the context of Jeffery not being here get in the way of what needs to happen.”

The Titans acquired first-round picks in 2027 and 2028, along with a fourth-rounder in next year’s draft, for the 29-year-old Simmons, who had four sacks in seven games this season and led all defensive tackles with 28 pressures.

Despite allowing 43 points and 510 yards without Simmons, the Titans' defense still made some plays against Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow, who was intercepted three times by Amani Hooker.

Hooker's three picks represented a career high. It was the most by a Titans player since Kevin Byard on Oct. 22, 2017 against the Browns, and the first three-interception game in the NFL player since Jordan Whitehead on Sept. 11, 2023, for the Jets against the Bills.

The Titans had four takeaways, their most since they had four against Denver on Sept. 7, 2025. Defensive end Jacob Martin had a career-high three sacks.

“I feel like we had a good defensive game,” Hooker said. “Obviously we gave up yards and points, but you know, you could tell (Burrow) was frustrated. They were frustrated. The defensive line did a good job of getting after him as well.”

The Titans led 13-0 at the end of the first quarter. Tennessee went ahead 28-23 with 11:39 remaining in the fourth quarter, then 36-29 with 3:46 left before the Bengals tied the score with 1:17 remaining and won it in OT.

The Titans are the fourth team in NFL history to lose back-to-back games in a season after leading by 13 or more points in the first quarter in both, the first since the Arizona Cardinals in 2006.

Five of the Titans' seven losses have been by an average of 3.57 points.

“I believe in our group,” Saleh said. “What do you say when a group of men give everything they got? Just got to figure out how to win in these four quarters. We're 1-5 in one-score games. It's getting old, but it is what it is. The narrative would be completely different around these young men. We're going to get it flipped.”

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Tennessee Titans cornerback Joshua Williams (25) tackles Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Ja'Marr Chase (1) uring the first half of an NFL football game in Cincinnati, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)

Tennessee Titans head coach Robert Saleh questions NFL side judge Chad Hill (125) and NFL down judge Sarah Thomas (53) during the first half of an NFL football game against the Cincinnati Bengals in Cincinnati, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Cincinnati Bengals running back Chase Brown (30) is tackled by Tennessee Titans safety Amani Hooker (37) and safety Kevin Winston Jr. (23) as he run during the first half of an NFL football game in Cincinnati, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Tennessee Titans safety Amani Hooker (37) celebrates after an interception against the Cincinnati Bengals during the first half of an NFL football game in Cincinnati, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)

Tennessee Titans defensive end Jacob Martin (57) sacks Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow (9) during the first half of an NFL football game in Cincinnati, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Authorities in Ukraine and Russia say their emergency alert mobile apps were targeted by cyberattacks late Sunday, with users in Ukraine receiving false warnings of dangerously high radiation levels in the capital, Kyiv.

In a Telegram post late Sunday, Ukraine’s air raid alert channel said “unauthorized parties” had interfered with the app’s operation and that the service had been temporarily suspended. It warned users not to click on links in “suspicious notifications.”

Authorities in Ukraine said the app, which Ukrainians rely on to seek safety amid daily Russian missile and drone strikes, was restored overnight. The alerts — making false claims of high radiation levels, a chemical threat and public disturbances in Kyiv — were written in English with spelling and grammatical errors as well as in a mix of Russian and Ukrainian.

One of the false posts mentioned the hacking group Hitcore. Mash, a Russian Telegram channel with links to the security services, said it had spoken to representatives of Hitcore and that they had claimed responsibility for the attack. That claim could not be independently verified.

Ukraine's state-run Center for Countering Disinformation reported the breach and urged users to monitor emergency channels on social media and rely on physical alerts while the cyberattack was being addressed.

Yurii Ihnat, a spokesman for Ukraine’s air force command, said the cyberattack had no impact on Ukraine’s security and defense operations because the app is separate from military command systems.

Ihnat told Ukraine’s private 1+1 television that the air force continues to report real-time threats through independent communication channels, including popular social media platforms.

In Russia, officials said Monday that hackers had sent fake emergency alerts after gaining access to the Russian Emergency Ministry's mobile app.

The ministry did not name who carried out the attack. In a statement, it reassured Russians that the wider public alert system was working normally, and that the mobile app acted as a supplementary service alongside alerts shared through SMS messages, media broadcasts and municipal sirens and loudspeakers.

Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said that all of Russia’s state agencies were under the constant threat of cyberattacks, including a growing number that use artificial intelligence.

“All government bodies must take steps to improve the cybersecurity of our digital resources,” Peskov said.

Ukrainian authorities in the war-divided Kherson region reported multiple Russian drone attacks early Monday, hours after a humanitarian ceasefire expired.

The regional administration said a 62-year-old woman and a 73-year-old man were hospitalized with blast injuries in the city of Kherson, across the Dnipro River from Russian-occupied territory.

The localized ceasefire ended at midnight at the start of Monday. The brief pause in fighting was tied to a humanitarian aid mission in the Russian-occupied city of Oleshky.

The ceasefire, which began Oct. 27, marked the most significant truce between Kyiv and Moscow since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine began nearly five years ago.

The White House said U.S. first lady Melania Trump helped broker the limited truce. Civilian negotiators from Russia and Ukraine also helped secure the pause, which allowed besieged residents of Oleshky to be evacuated in a rare joint operation that ended Saturday.

An estimated 2,000 civilians were in Oleshky when the temporary truce took effect. They could evacuate to territory controlled by either Ukraine or Russia, or remain in the city with replenished food and medical supplies. Exact evacuation totals were withheld to protect those who stayed.

Ukraine’s general staff said Monday that Russia’s military had bolstered its drone defenses and replenished ammunition supplies in the area during the ceasefire.

Elsewhere in Ukraine, emergency services reported that drone strikes injured 12 people in the eastern Kharkiv region and damaged a refrigeration facility, greenhouses and residential buildings.

Five people were also reported injured in the Black Sea port city of Odesa, where a warehouse was targeted and homes were damaged.

Russia’s Ministry of Defense said Monday that it had shot down 212 Ukrainian drones overnight, while the head of Russia’s Samara region, Gov. Vyacheslav Fedorishchev, said in a statement that local air defenses were repelling an aerial attack, but did not give further details.

Independent Russian media outlets later reported that Ukrainian drones had targeted one of Europe’s largest oil transport hubs in Russia’s Samara region.

Katie Marie Davies contributed to this report from Manchester, England.

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This screenshot made on a smartphone shows a series of false alerts received late Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026 from an emergency alert mobile application that was subject to a cyberattack, in Kyiv, Ukraine. Third message in Russian reads "Hi! There will be a nuclear threat across Ukraine. Do not worry, the Oreshnik is incoming. Telegram channel: [link]", Fifth and sixth messages in Ukrainian read "Increased danger, Go to the shelter". (AP Photo) Photo taken with a smartphone.

St. Andrew's Cathedral in Russian-occupied Nova Kakhovka, is seen across the Dnipro River from the village of Kozatske, during a localized ceasefire linked to a humanitarian aid mission to Oleshky, Kherson region, Ukraine, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

A representative of the Nova Kakhovka administration walks past an unexploded Russian FPV drone during a localized ceasefire linked to a humanitarian aid mission to Oleshky, in the village of Kozatske, Kherson region, Ukraine, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Oleh Tarabaka, head of the Nova Kakhovka military administration, left, and Vadym, a Ukrainian sergeant of the 42nd Marine Brigade, right, help evacuate Antonina, a local resident, as they walk past a destroyed residential building in an area contaminated with anti-personnel mines, during a localized ceasefire linked to a humanitarian aid mission to Oleshky, in the village of Kozatske, Kherson region, Ukraine, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Rescue workers pull a family from the rubble of a residential building destroyed by a Russian airstrike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Saturday, Oct. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Kateryna Klochko)