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Tennessee Titans Better Off Riding the Franchise Tag with Derrick Henry

The Tennessee Titans continue to state they'd like to sign reigning league rushing champion Derrick Henry to a long-term contract.

"He wants to get something done," Titans general manager Jon Robinson said in a June press conference. "We want to get something done, and we're working toward that. It's about coming to that common-ground spot as it is in every negotiation. We're anxious to keep the conversations going and keep talking through things."

But the sides are running out of time ahead of Wednesday's deadline to sign franchise-tag recipients, and Terry McCormick of Titan Insider reported this week that "no extension is on the verge of happening.