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Chapter V: Stealing the Draft Picking Nashville: The Road to the 2019 NFL Draft
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The team had fallen back into mediocrity, and attendance was dwindling. But following the death of longtime owner Bud Adams, his daughter, Amy Adams Strunk helped breathe new life into the franchise.
A new kind of underdog story was underway. After a half-century holding the NFL Draft in New York, the league decided to hold it in another big city -- Chicago or Los Angeles. Nashville wanted it, and wasn't taking 'no' for an answer.
The team had fallen back into mediocrity, and attendance was dwindling. But following the death of longtime owner Bud Adams, his daughter, Amy Adams Strunk helped breathe new life into the franchise.
A new kind of underdog story was underway. After a half-century holding the NFL Draft in New York, the league decided to hold it in another big city -- Chicago or Los Angeles. Nashville wanted it, and wasn't taking 'no' for an answer.
16 min