You’d have to search far and wide to find a better match between a running back and his organization than Derrick Henry and the Tennessee Titans.
The Titans are committed to smash-mouth football, even in today’s chuck-it-around era. Henry is an imposing 6-foot-3, 250-pound freight train of a man with breakaway speed and a stiff arm from hell. He is the game’s premier big back, a worthy successor to Eddie George and Earl Campbell, famed power backs in the organization’s past.
For all the talk about the ongoing devaluing of the running back position in the NFL, in retrospect perhaps we shouldn’t be surprised the Titans locked him up long-term Wednesday.