The Tennessee Titans cut defensive lineman Jordan Elliott after he brought a gun to the team’s training facility in a “terrible lapse of judgement,” officials said Wednesday.
\n\nTitans coach Robert Saleh defended Elliott and called his now-former player “a good man” who deserves another chance — but just not in Tennessee.
\n\n“He’s a good man (who) had a terrible lapse in judgment that I recognize as a call for help more than a than a criminal act,” Saleh told reporters. “It’s unfortunate the way it went down.”
\n\nUnion officials and Elliott’s agent could not be immediately reached for comment on Wednesday.
\n\nIt wasn’t immediately clear what might have prompted Elliott to bring a firearm to the team’s Nashville headquarters.
\n\nNashville police were not called and did not respond to the scene, the department said Wednesday.
\n\n“The league’s firearm policy prohibits any personnel from bringing a firearm to club facilities, stadiums, and team hotels and on team planes or buses,” the NFL said in a statement to NBC News on Wednesday. “The club promptly notified the league of the matter which is under review.”
\n\nElliott had played in Tennessee’s first five games this season before being listed as inactive on Sunday…
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