The Tennessee Titans shocked their fans this week when they announced that defensive tackle Jordan Elliott is no longer on the roster.
Back in the offseason, Elliott agreed to a two-year, $8 million deal with the Titans. On Tuesday, he was abruptly released from their roster. The Titans said this decision was made due to “an incident at our team facility.”
According to Easton Freeze of AtoZSports.com and Aaron Wilson of KPRC, Elliott went to his car to retrieve his gun after an altercation with Titans offensive tackle JC Latham.
“Employed at the time by the Titans, defensive tackle Jordan Elliott got into an argument with offensive tackle JC Latham stemming from Elliott and Latham tangling play. After being told to leave the field, Elliott, who was officially released Tuesday after this incident transpired last Thursday, took off his pads on the sideline and stormed out of the Titans’ training facility,” Wilson wrote.
“Elliott went to his car in the players’ parking area to retrieve his gun, presumably to confront Latham with the entire sequence captured by security cameras, per sources. The peacemaker that talked Elliott down, per sources: Titans veteran defensive lineman John Franklin-Myers.”
Thankfully, no one was injured during this horrifying altercation.
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Will this mark the end of Elliott’s NFL career?
Elliott, a former third-round pick, has 159 tackles, 14 QB hits and five sacks since turning pro in 2020. It’s hard to imagine another team will immediately pick him up after hearing about this incident.
“This was so crazy,” an NFL source told Wilson. “Jordan has been having a lot of problems away from the building and obviously he brought it to work with him. There was no reason for him to go off like that. Everyone thought that was wild. To overreact like that is absolutely crazy. We’re just glad that no one got hurt and it’s over.”
As for the Titans, we’d have to imagine Robert Saleh will face some tough questions during his media availability Wednesday.
