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NFL Execs Discuss Idea of Titans Trading Derrick Henry Instead of A.J. Brown

Derrick Henry has been the face of the Tennessee Titans since taking over as the team's No. 1 running back in 2018.

As valuable as Henry has been, executives from other teams who spoke to The Athletic's Mike Sando wondered if it would have been better for Tennessee to trade him instead of A.J. Brown.

"Would you have been better off trading Derrick Henry, paying A.J. Brown and then drafting Breece Hall or the kid from Michigan State [Kenneth Walker III]?" one executive said. "You'd just transfer the money. Now the receiver gets $20-some million and we get rid of the back.