Titans star rips into radio host during live broadcast

The Tennessee Titans' first day of padded practice is one that defensive tackle Jeffery Simmons presumably would like to forget.

The day began with the 27-year-old lineman getting into a brawl with a teammate during practice and ended with Simmons having it out with a local radio host live on air.

As he was walking toward the locker room, Simmons stopped by 104.5 The Zone’s media area where the station was live broadcasting “The Buck Reising Show” and unloaded on host Buck Reising for his recent social media activity.

The full video is below. Warning: there is some colorful language.

Simmons refused several invitations from Reising to sit down and discuss what had him so worked up. Someone in the background, likely a teammate or member of the Titans communications department, can be heard trying to calm Simmons down.

The outburst is a bit puzzling considering Simmons was asked a few days ago by a Titans reporter which member of the media made him mad on social media. Simmons responded by refusing to speak on the situation. Instead, he chose to air his grievances publicly in a way that reflects poorly on himself and the Titans.

Simmons also reportedly got into it earlier in the day with 2024 first-round pick JC Latham, and the two ended up getting into a fight. Simmons wasn’t thrown out of practice, and he reportedly kept chirping a few other players.

“It’s the first day of pads, guys are cranked up, they understand what it is,” head coach Brian Callahan told reporters after practice . “I don’t anticipate it being an issue. Fighting is not something that we want to accept, it’s not part of the rules of the game. I’ve explained that before, I’ll explain it again — it’s the first day of training camp in the pads, [Simmons] is trying to set a tone,  those things don’t bother me so much as long as we know we’ve got to play within the rules and protect our teammates.”