LONDON, ENGLAND – OCTOBER 15: Jeffery Simmons #98 of the Tennessee Titans clashes with Odell Beckham Jr. #3 of the Baltimore Ravens after the 2023 NFL London Games match between Baltimore Ravens and Tennessee Titans at Tottenham Hm
Stadium on October 15, 2023 in London, Tennessee Titans (Photo by Ryan Pierse/Getty Images)
After it came to light that Tennessee Titans defensive lineman Jeffery Simmons and Baltimore Ravens wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. got into a postgame altercation following the Week 6 contest in London, Beckham touched on the subject on Wednesday.
It all started on a tackle attempt by Simmons on Ravens wide receiver Zay Fs,lower which Beckham thought was a dirty hit.
So, Beckham decided to knee Simmons after the play, which led to Big Jeff shoving Beckham, who put on an Oscar-worthy performance to draw a flag from officials. OBJ was not flagged for his knee, though.
What we didn’t see was the postgame activities that saw Simmons wait for Beckham and the two get into an altercation that was revealed by Ravens cornerback, Marlon Humphrey, on his “Punch Line” podcast.
“I turn around, [OBJ and Simmons] are genuinely like fighting. I am pretty sure Odell is grabbing his facemask,” Humphrey explained. “They had to be separated and everything. I don’t know how this has not [been reported]. I mean, [Simmons] is crazy. He wanted that fade from Odell.”
Beckham indicated he thinks Simmons, who signed a $94 million deal this past offseason and is considered one of the best players at his position in the NFL, was trying to make a name for himself with the fight.
“People understand that my name holds the weight,” he said, per ESPN’s Jamison Hensley. “They try and do things to come up off that. I got to the point where I realized that and you just can’t let people capitalize. There’s nothing really to talk about.”
After Beckham spoke to the media, Simmons called cap (lie) on social media and said “don’t believe the hype,” although it isn’t clear what exactly he was referring to, whether that was the fight itself, Beckham’s comments, or something else entirely.
