Maybe it was a shot. Maybe it was a tip of the cap. Only Jeffrey Simmons knows.
On Tuesday, in the Titans’ locker room, Tennessee’s three-time Pro Bowl defensive tackle was asked about playing a quarterback in Bo Nix who doesn’t take many sacks. The reason Nix doesn’t take many sacks, Simmons noted, is because of his ability to take off and run.
He made that point. And then he made it again. And a few more times, too.
“His first read not there,” Simmons told local Titans media, for a second time, “he’s gonna take off running with the football.