{"id":421295,"date":"2023-03-27T18:16:13","date_gmt":"2023-03-27T18:16:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=421295"},"modified":"2023-03-27T18:16:13","modified_gmt":"2023-03-27T18:16:13","slug":"jets-todd-downing-dui-arrest-in-a-video-blames-death-threat-for-his-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/jets-todd-downing-dui-arrest-in-a-video-blames-death-threat-for-his-action\/","title":{"rendered":"Jets\u2019 Todd Downing DUI Arrest: In A Video Blames &#8216;Death Threat&#8217; For His Action"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On police footage from his DUI arrest in November, the new Jets passing game coordinator Todd Downing claimed that his family had received a death threat.<\/p>\n<p>In the body cam film, which<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2023\/03\/27\/todd-downing-arrest-video-ex-titans-oc-says-he-had-victory-beer-pleads-for-grace\/\"> TMZ<\/a> was able to get, Downing acknowledged consuming &#8220;a victory beer in Green Bay&#8221; before being detained for a DUI on November 17, 2022, following a &#8220;Thursday Night Football&#8221; victory against the Packers.<\/p>\n<h2>Jets\u2019 Todd Downing Arrested For Drunk &amp; Rash Driving: Blames &#8216;Death Threat&#8217; For His Action<\/h2>\n<p>Downing informed the Tennessee Highway Patrol trooper that he was trying to return home to his family due to a death threat. Police said that Downing was &#8220;hauling ass&#8221; and travelling &#8220;well over 100 [mph]&#8221; in his black Mercedes.<\/p>\n<p>After apologizing for speeding, Downing said, \u201cWe just landed, I\u2019m with the Titans.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Former Titans offensive coordinator Todd Downing admitted to drinking &quot;a victory beer&quot; before he was arrested for DUI last year &#8230; new police video, obtained by TMZ Sports, shows. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4MNhF5aHBc\">https:\/\/t.co\/4MNhF5aHBc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; TMZ (@TMZ) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TMZ\/status\/1640368185445695488?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 27, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI got a death threat tonight and the Franklin police are outside my house and I was trying to get home to my family.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The officer said he noticed an odor of alcohol on Downing\u2019s breath and slurred speech.<\/p>\n<p>The 42-year-old coach said he had not been drinking, adding, \u201cyou can check with our security.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Prior to a series of field sobriety tests \u2014 which were conducted on the side of the road, near a gas station \u2014 Downing then said he had \u201ca victory beer in Green Bay.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Former Titans offensive coordinator Todd Downing admitted to drinking &quot;a victory beer&quot; before he was arrested for DUI last year &#8230; new police video, obtained by TMZ Sports, shows. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sbXX2zYPzE\">https:\/\/t.co\/sbXX2zYPzE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; TMZ Sports (@TMZ_Sports) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TMZ_Sports\/status\/1640251902372769792?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 27, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI never meant to go reckless, I\u2019m just worried about my family,\u201d he said.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Downing was then put in handcuffs and placed under arrest for DUI.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cHere\u2019s the deal, I think you\u2019ve had entirely too much to drink tonight to be behind the wheel of a car,\u201d the arresting officer said.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cHey Jon, hey, man, I was rushing home and I got arrested for DUI,\u201d Downing said.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI was panicking because I was scared about my family, and I had a victory beer.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Titans&#8217; general manager at the time was Jon Robinson, albeit it was not made clear who was on the other end of the line.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Must&#39;ve been a pretty strong &quot;victory beer.&quot;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ToddDowning?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ToddDowning<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Titans?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Titans<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SncDFdkqN0\">https:\/\/t.co\/SncDFdkqN0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Whiskey Riff (@WhiskeyRiff) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WhiskeyRiff\/status\/1640389656935006210?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 27, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The caller was then questioned by the officer on Downing&#8217;s familial circumstances.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThere had been some social media stuff\u2026 he\u2019s telling the truth about that,\u201d the person said.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>But, according to TMZ, Downing said that he would rather have head coach Mike Vrabel deliver the news of his arrest.<\/p>\n<p>After that, Downing was taken to a hospital where he had his blood taken.<\/p>\n<p>At after 4:30 a.m., he was then taken into custody and released a few hours later.<\/p>\n<p>Downing was accused of speeding and impaired driving.<\/p>\n<p>To end the case, Downing spent 48 hours in jail in January.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AIX5yEUyNE4\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>FOR MORE NFL UPDATES-\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"QB Lamar Jackson: Upon Not Meeting Contract Demand Requests For A Trade From Ravens\" href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/qb-lamar-jackson-upon-not-meeting-contract-demand-requests-for-a-trade-from-ravens\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">QB Lamar Jackson: Upon Not Meeting Contract Demand Requests For A Trade From Ravens<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On police footage from his DUI arrest in November, the new Jets passing game coordinator Todd Downing claimed that his family had received a death threat. In the body cam film, which TMZ was able to get, Downing acknowledged consuming &#8220;a victory beer in Green Bay&#8221; before being detained for a DUI on November 17, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":421297,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[144,48],"tags":[5940,6256,6258,6257,6259],"class_list":["post-421295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-york-jets","category-nfl","tag-jets-news","tag-todd-downing-arrested","tag-todd-downing-arrested-death-threat","tag-todd-downing-drunk","tag-todd-downing-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421295","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=421295"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421295\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/421297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=421295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=421295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=421295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}