Jeffery Simmons Reportedly Stopped Titans Practice to Call Out Latham for Poor Effort

The Tennessee Titans appeared to be showing improvements after their Week 5 comeback win against the Arizona Cardinals, but they regressed once again in Sunday's 20-10 loss to the Las Vegas Raiders to fall to 1-5 this season.

According to The Athletic's Michael Silver, the Titans' struggles in games can be traced back to their "uneven" effort in practices. Silver went on to detail an instance from Thursday's practice in which defensive end and team captain Jeffery Simmons stopped the session to call out second-year right tackle JC Latham for what he felt was poor effort.

"I've watched you for the last 10 plays, and this ain't it," Simmons reportedly told Latham, who was returning after missing the first four weeks with a hip injury. "We need more from you."

Latham, for his part, doesn't seem to share Simmons' sense of urgency after a post on social media Tuesday:

The fiery moment from Simmons didn't do much to inspire the rest of his teammates, as Tennessee turned the ball over three times and totaled just 225 yards of offense in Sunday's loss against Las Vegas.

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Per Silver, Simmons made it clear after the game that he wasn't surprised by the team's performance because of how poorly the practices throughout the week had gone.

"In this league, you have to learn how to be able to stack wins and carry that momentum over," Simmons told reporters. "It started at practice. Just being honest, this was probably one of our worst weeks of practice. We came out flat Thursday. Sometimes things carry over."

The Titans will certainly be hoping for a better week of preparation as they gear up to face the New England Patriots in Week 7.