Defensive Tackle · Tennessee Titans

Jeffery Simmons

No. 98 · 8th season

Simmons threw a punch at practice, then finished the day alone on a side field

Tuesday morning started like any other Titans practice. By the time the first team drill wrapped up, Jeffery Simmons was somewhere else entirely.

Simmons is one of the best interior defensive linemen in football — an All-Pro, the kind of player a franchise builds around. He is supposed to be the Titans' anchor. What he was on Tuesday was separated from the rest of the team, working through drills with a strength coach on a side field after throwing a punch early in a group session.

The details of what started it are thin. What is clear is that the team pulled him out of the main practice rather than let things continue.

For a player at that level, being pulled from a team drill and finishing the day apart from your teammates carries a weight that a box score can't capture. This is the kind of moment a locker room notices — and remembers.

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