Ron Sellers
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If true Simms needs to get some anger management counseling or he's going to be out of a cushy, very highly paid job. As I recall he got a little testy a few weeks ago when accused of showing favoritism towards the Pats and Brady, and supposedly after that reaction he had a confrontation with Steeler fans before the AFCCG in Pittsburgh when that subject was brought up to him at a hotel there.
Howard tweets about confrontation with NFL analyst Simms - NCAA Football - CBSSports.com
Howard tweets about confrontation with NFL analyst Simms - NCAA Football - CBSSports.com
ESPN analyst Desmond Howard said Saturday that former New York Giants quarterback Phil Simms threatened him over comments he made about Simms' son.
Simms, who is part of the No. 1 NFL broadcasting team for CBS, acknowledged through network spokeswoman Jennifer Sabatelle that he had "a private conversation that became heated."
Howard said Simms took offense to an on-air comment about a Tennessee-LSU football game. Simms' son, Matt, is quarterback for the Volunteers; he was replaced as the starter after a 2-6 start and is now entering his senior season.
Howard, a former Heisman Trophy winner from Michigan who later played for the Redskins, sent four tweets Saturday. One said he was "DEAD serious about the Phil Simms thing."
"We all thought he was joking, but he kept going and said he wanted 2 take a swing at me," Howard wrote.
"I was at a public signing for a sponsor when Phil approached me to express anger over on-air analysis I made months ago about his son," Howard said later in a statement provided by ESPN spokesman Josh Krulewitz. "During the conversation, Phil made a reference to hitting me and security and sponsor representatives soon stepped in.