Way Before Jonathan Owens’ $4.5 Million Contract, Simone Biles Flew to Chicago for Her Iconic Moment

The news gets exciting whether it’s the commotion around Simone Biles‘ NFL safety husband signing with the Chicago Bears or the gymnasts making lighthearted jabs at the Green Bay Packers. Shortly after the athletic power couple’s Mexican wedding last year, Owens left for his Packers duties in Wisconsin.

But it seems like a stroke of luck has favored them both, to a common training ground such as Chicago. As luck would have it, Owens now starts a new journey with the venerable NFL team Chicago Bears, leaving fans excited to see similarities in accomplishment as Biles too seems to have had an enduringly long-standing connection with Chicago.

The Simone Biles’ ilk have a cosmic connection with the environs of Chicago

Following her seventh Olympic medal in Tokyo, the 26-year-old gymnastics sensation took a long hiatus from elite competition before making a comeback. Upon her comeback, Biles secured a five-point lead in the all-around scoring 59.100 in the 2023 U.S. Classic outside of Chicago reported WTTW news. This signaled the start of her post-comeback domination, which was marked by her 2021 introduction of the classic Yurchenko double pike.

With Chicagoland serving as her training ground, Biles also won first place in the balance beam with 14.800 and an impressive 14.900 on the floor event. This gave her the confidence she needed for a remarkable performance at the 2023 World Championships, where she won five medals, including four golds. While Biles focused on resuming her gymnastics career, her husband Jonathan Owens centered on preparing to play defensive back for the Green Bay Packers.

Owens played 84 tackles, 3 pass breakups, 1.0 sacks, 1 forced fumble, 1 recovered fumble, and 1 defensive score, among other noteworthy stats making him an above-average pass rusher.

The 28-year-old played seventeen regular-season games with the Packers last year, with 22 catches on 33 total targets according to Pro Football Focus. Now, he charts greener pastures with the Bears, which thrilled his wife given it would be easier to go a shorter distance as he makes a shift to the south!

Jonathan Owens’ new contract perks and salient features

Jonathan Owens recently signed a $4.5 million, two-year free-agent contract with the Chicago Bears, making it the highest-paid deal of his six-year NFL career. His prior cumulated salary of $3.25 million was earned while playing for the Arizona Cardinals, Houston Texans, and Packers.

Biles announced that she was thrilled by the news, especially because she would be able to skip the intermediate flights to visit Owens, which was a huge relief considering her earlier grievances on the trip from Texas to Wisconsin to catch a glimpse of her hubby dearest.

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