Former Titans offensive coordinator Todd Downing admitted to drinking 'a victory beer' before he was arrested for DUI last year ... new police video, obtained by TMZ Sports, shows.
In dash cam footage, you can see a Tennessee Highway Patrol trooper pulled behind Downing's Mercedes on a freeway ... and said the 42-year-old was"hauling ass" -- going over 100 MPH"easily."
Body cam video shows when the officer eventually stopped Downing and began questioning him ... the coach apologized for being in a hurry -- explaining that he was trying to get home to his family because"I got a death threat tonight."The officer, though, said he smelled an odor of booze coming from Downing's car.
Downing then underwent several field sobriety tests, and according to the trooper, he failed them. He was placed under arrest for DUI. When he was put in the back of a squad car, he made a call to a member of the Titans' organization, telling him what had just happened. "Hey, man, I was rushing home and I got arrested for DUI," Downing said."I was panicking because I was scared about my family -- and I had a victory beer."Downing -- after pleading with the officer for"grace" -- was transported to a medical facility to get his blood drawn, before he was booked at a local jail.As for his job with the Titans, he didn't miss a game despite the arrest ... though he was fired in January.
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