Pro Bowl lineman Jeffery Simmons says Titans pass rusher Arden Key’s suspension overturned

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Two-time Pro Bowl defensive lineman Jeffery Simmons first teased some big news on social media, then shared Saturday that his Tennessee teammate Arden Key won his appeal of a six-game suspension to start the season.

Simmons shared the update hours before the Titans played Seattle in an exhibition game Saturday night.

“See you guys Sept. 8,” Simmons wrote of one of the Titans’ starting outside linebackers. That’s when Tennessee opens the season at Chicago.

A report July 30 said Key was facing the suspension to start the season for violating the NFL’s policy on performance-enhancers. The NFL never announced a suspension, and a league spokesman declined to comment Saturday.

Key had six sacks last season, his first with Tennessee, and he has been expected to start opposite Harold Landry on the edge this season. The NFL announced July 29 that Houston defensive lineman Denico Autry was suspended for six games for violating the NFL’s policy on performance-enhancers.

Autry played with Tennessee the past three seasons.

Key has declined to talk when asked about the reported suspension. He wouldn’t have been available to the Titans until a game Oct. 27 at Detroit.