The Tennessee Titans launched offensive lineman Jamarco Jones Thursday after he was dismissed from apply for a second time this week following a number of coaching camp fights.
Head coach Mike Vrabel addressed Jones’ departure with the media Friday, suggesting Jones’ latest conduct was not “in the perfect curiosity of the workforce.”
The Tennessee Titans’ John Ojukwu (61), Chris Hubbard (66) and Jamarco Jones (73) huddle after apply at coaching camp Saturday, July 29, 2023, in Nashville. (AP Photograph/Mark Zaleski)
“I’m gonna go away it at this: All of us have a accountability to the workforce,” Vrabel stated.
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“I feel my job is to guard the workforce. I feel the participant’s job is to discover a method on to that workforce. So we’re all the time going to carry the workforce in excessive regard and be sure that every thing we do and the way we feature ourselves is in the perfect curiosity of the workforce.”
Jones, who performed three seasons with the Seattle Seahawks earlier than signing with the Titans in March 2022, was concerned in two incidents with teammates this week.
Jamarco Jones (73) of the Seattle Seahawks in motion in opposition to the Pittsburgh Steelers Oct. 17, 2021, at Heinz Discipline in Pittsburgh. (Justin Okay. Aller/Getty Pictures)
On Tuesday, he acquired into an altercation with defensive sort out Jeffery Simmons, and the 2 gamers yanked at one another’s helmets, ESPN reported. They had been separated and subsequently kicked out of form.
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The workforce had Wednesday off. On Thursday, Jones was once more despatched residence early following a blindside block on linebacker Probability Campbell. In keeping with the workforce’s web site, the block almost began a combat with defensive gamers.
“We do not need to apply like that,” Vrabel stated Thursday. “We discuss on a regular basis about being aggressive and going to that line, and definitely not going to do something that hurts the workforce. We do not need to see that.”
Jamarco Jones of the Seattle Seahawks after a 31-7 win in opposition to the Jacksonville Jaguars at Lumen Discipline Oct. 31, 2021, in Seattle. (Abbie Parr/Getty Pictures)
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Vrabel helped recruit Jones to Ohio State College when he labored as an assistant coach with the Buckeyes. When requested Friday if the choice to chop Jones was a troublesome one, Vrabel supplied a blunt response.
“Defending the workforce isn’t exhausting,” Vrabel stated.
Waiving Jones leaves Tennessee with a $1.4 million useless cap hit. He by no means appeared in a recreation with the Titans after being positioned on injured reserve Sept. 22, 2022.
The Related Press contributed to this report.
