The Tennessee Titans managed to snap a three-game losing streak and get back into the win column in Week 12 thanks to a 17-10 victory over the Carolina Panthers. It wasn't the prettiest win Mike Vrabel's Titans have ever recorded, but a win is a win, and after celebrating Thanksgiving this past week, Tennessee will surely be thankful to have beaten Carolina.

In the spirit of Thanksgiving, it sounds like Vrabel made sure to utilize the holiday to his advantage when it came to preparing the Titans to take on the Panthers. After the game, it was revealed that Vrabel showed Tennessee's defense a funny Thanksgiving themed video (which can be seen here) to not only get his team in a good mood, but to also send a subtle message ahead of their big game.

“Strange as it sounds — though perhaps appropriate on Thanksgiving week — Titans coach Mike Vrabel used that theme to help straighten out his defense prior to Sunday’s 17-10 win over the Carolina Panthers at Nissan Stadium. On Friday, Vrabel gathered his team, in the midst of a three-game losing streak, to watch a video. Vrabel opted for the former, showing a pretty funny video of a woman giving her daughter a hard time about screwing up the mac-and-cheese on Thanksgiving — by trying to do too much with it.”  – John Glennon, Nashville Post

Mike Vrabel's humor may have helped the Titans defense get back on track

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While the video Vrabel showed was obviously quite funny, it also had a subliminal message for the Titans defense. Rather than trying to do too much, they needed to focus on doing their job in order to limit their opponents moving forward. Talk about a creative way to send that sort of message to your team.

Of course, playing the lowly one-win Panthers helped, but it's safe to say that this message got through loud and clear for Carolina. With a 4-7 record. Tennessee may not be able to salvage their season and make a playoff run now, but for fans who were doubting Vrabel's coaching abilities, this awesome story should reassure them that he is the right guy to lead this team forward.