Overview

• During a late red-zone drill Monday, Cam Ward threw a touchdown to Calvin Ridley, shoved Jeffery Simmons, and did his signature celebration before Simmons responded with a two-hand push to Ward’s facemask.
• Simmons was escorted off the field, Ward ran the next snap, and practice ended two plays later as Brian Callahan had the team run to close the session.
• On Tuesday, Simmons said tempers flared and the matter was left on the field, declined to dwell on it, and emphasized the locker room’s standard of keeping hands off quarterbacks.
• Callahan described assistant coaches escorting heated players to cool down and said his conversations with Ward and Simmons would remain private.
• Teammates defended the quarterback—left tackle Dan Moore Jr. said nobody touches the QB—as the Titans proceed with their final preseason work before facing Minnesota on Friday and preparing for the Denver opener.