NASHVILLE – Tennessee Titans radio voice Mike Keith has heard the question more times than he can count.
“Everybody says, ‘When are you going back to work?'” Keith said with a chuckle Friday afternoon. “My answer is, ‘I’ve never stopped working. I’m getting ready for the season, just like any other year.'”
There will be no NFL season until the lockout officially ends and players are allowed to return to their team headquarters and practice facilities.
Yet even though Keith refused to speculate – and Titans headquarters at Baptist Sports Park was unusually quiet this week – no one believes there won’t be an NFL season, or that it will in any way be delayed.
As one former NFL assistant told me last week, “Both sides are making so much money, they have no choice but to play.”