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Police video from NFL assistant coach Todd Downing's November drunk-driving arrest has surfaced, showing the now-former Tennessee Titans staffer claiming he was speeding home because he received a death threat and wanted to be with his family.
Downing has since been dismissed by the Titans and hired to be the New York Jets' passing game coordinator.
In the police video, which was first published by TMZ, Downing initially denied drinking before admitting to having a 'victory beer' following the Titans' win over the Packers in Green Bay earlier that evening. Downing was returning home from the team flight back from Wisconsin when he was pulled over for allegedly driving over 100mph.
An officer in the video can be heard telling the 42-year-old Minnesota native that he was 'hauling ass' and 'easily going over 100 [mph]' before he was pulled over in his black Mercedes.
'I'm with the Titans,' Downing stammered when interrogated by police in the driver's seat of his car. 'I got a death threat tonight. The Franklin police are outside my house. And I was trying to get home to my family.'
Police video from Todd Downing's November drunk-driving arrest has surfaced (pictured)
Downing would later be charged with DUI and ultimately served 48 hours in a Tennessee jail
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