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At one point, cameras appeared to catch the Jets’ head coach, Aaron Glenn, nodding off.
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Dan Greene, New Yorker, 18 May 2026
Now the image is body-cam footage of a puffy-eyed 50-year-old man hiccupping and nodding off in the back of a police car after another DUI arrest.
—Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 Apr. 2026
The footage also shows how Woods appeared to be astonished as he was handcuffed after failing a sobriety test and a video from the back of the patrol car shows the handcuffed golfer hiccupping, yawning and repeatedly appearing to nod off during the 15-minute ride.
—R.j. Rico, Fortune, 3 Apr. 2026
Toward the end of the performance sequence, editor Adam Biskupski cuts between the Vanguard stage and 25-year-old LaFaro nodding off at the wheel of his car less than a month later.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 13 Feb. 2026
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Dan Greene, New Yorker, 18 May 2026
Now the image is body-cam footage of a puffy-eyed 50-year-old man hiccupping and nodding off in the back of a police car after another DUI arrest.
—Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 Apr. 2026
The footage also shows how Woods appeared to be astonished as he was handcuffed after failing a sobriety test and a video from the back of the patrol car shows the handcuffed golfer hiccupping, yawning and repeatedly appearing to nod off during the 15-minute ride.
—R.j. Rico, Fortune, 3 Apr. 2026
Toward the end of the performance sequence, editor Adam Biskupski cuts between the Vanguard stage and 25-year-old LaFaro nodding off at the wheel of his car less than a month later.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 13 Feb. 2026
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“Nod off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nod%20off. Accessed 19 May. 2026.
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