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After losing his mom to cancer, Titans' Caleb Farley leaned on faith to help realize his NFL dream

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Robert Farley was sitting at a card table playing spades when his phone rang. His son Caleb was on the other end and burst into tears as he began to explain that he just tore the ACL in his knee.

Caleb was then a freshman wide receiver at Virginia Tech and thought his playing career was in jeopardy.

"OK, it's all right," Robert said, recalling that 2017 conversation. "No, baby, the advancement with medicine and everything they have going now, they'll have you back in no time. You still have your career ahead of you.