Tennessee Titans reporter gives update on situation with Jeffery Simmons

Mike Moraitis

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UPDATE: After Tennessee Titans defensive lineman Jeffery Simmons went off on him on Tuesday, AtoZ Sports' Buck Reising revealed on Wednesday that he and Simmons had "a great chat" and that everything is all good.

"Had a great chat with Jeff (Simmons)," Reising tweeted. "All good on both sides. Enough with the side shows. Play ball."

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The Tennessee Titans had quite the training camp practice on Tuesday, as the session, which was the first in pads, included multiple fights during it, and a Jeffery Simmons tirade at a reporter after it.

According to beat reporters in attendance, Simmons was responsible for starting a few fights, one of which turned into an all-out scrum resulting in a dog pile and punches thrown between players.

One of the beat reporters to tweet about it, AtoZ Sports' Buck Reising, got some heat from Simmons after practice for something he said. Simmons going off on the Titans reporter was caught on camera, and we think it might have been because of this tweet, although we can't say for sure.

And here's the video of Simmons going off on Reising as he was about to conduct an interview with cornerback Roger McCreary (warning: NSFW language). Poor Roger was caught in the middle.

"I don't want to talk to you, you're a p----," Simmons said to Reising. "You do a lot of talking on social media!"

Reising later addressed the situation on his show.

“When we have opinions on stuff, they should be able to address it with us,” he said, per TMZ Sports. “There’s a lack of accountability, just generally, with people who talk in front of microphones and talk on Twitter and things like that. I don’t think there’s anything wrong with having a discourse. Now, does it have to look like that? Ideally no. But I mean, that’s not a big deal. I don’t think it’s as big a deal as everybody seemed to make it.”

Simmons is no stranger to voicing his displeasure with Titans media, as he accused some in the group of hating the team because of negative things said about the players.

If Simmons thinks it's bad in Tennessee in terms of criticism and whatnot, he should see how things are in bigger markets. Titans media is incredibly tame compared to those media groups.

The bigger issue is Simmons keeping his cool at practice. It's fine to set the tone and bring the energy, but he can't keep getting into fights with teammates, and especially not to the extent of what we saw on Tuesday.

Mike Moraitis

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After cutting his teeth with Bleacher Report, Mike Moraitis has covered the Los Angeles Rams and Tennessee Titans for FanSided, and the Titans and New York Giants for USA TODAY Sports Media Group. On top of his duties with Sporting News, Mike is the managing editor and lead writer for Titans Wire.