Every teammate needs a guy like Ryan Tannehill ... 'cause here's the Tennessee Titans QB hyping up his star running back Derrick Henry ... while calling for him to get a HUGE payday.
It all went down outside the Sports Illustrated Super Bowl party down in Miami ... when we asked RT why he wasn't posing for pics with his buddy -- and he had a PERFECT explanation
"You see how much drip he has on? I can't stand next to him," a diamondless Tannehill tells us.
That's when we got into some football talk with the QB and asked him what kinda payday Henry should get in free agency .