Tennessee Titans owner Bud Adams: ‘Jeff Fisher will be our head coach next season’
By Zaket on January 8, 2011
Bud Adams has thought it over, and the Tennessee Titans’ owner has decided he isn’t ready just yet to part with Jeff Fisher.
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