Before that the Titans would be open to working on a new
contract with you. Would you be excited about that? How would
you feel about the idea of working on a new contract with
it is always good to get a promotion at your job,
anything. So you can promotion this up, that's always good.
But, um, yeah man, I'm just trying to work through that and
I'm
horny currently still in the contract and
if that's that that what the future holds in? Yeah I mean
that's that's that'd be great.
Derrick Henry, talking about the contract that he signed in
the 2020 offseason franchise tag by the Titans. The
franchise tag was replaced with a 4 year, 50 million dollar
contract, the reality is
teams. Rarely give big money to running backs that came from
another team. Your best bet is to stay with the team that
you're on, because there's Equity there in the fan base
they want you there. There's a political aspect to it
a business aspect to it. They want that
star player there,
so he stayed. And when you look at it, Chris he's To make 12
million
this year and 12/5, next year, something's wrong with this
picture. When we consider you've got receivers
multiple receivers making 25 million or more per year.
Derrick Henry, arguably one of the most dangerous if not
the most dangerous total offensive weapons in the NFL right now,
especially when he gets going downhill in a game and you
know, he just takes it over,
he's Unstoppable,
he's worth more than Twelve million.
He is he is. But is he worth more than 12 million a year
seven of his career? After missing, what nine games last
year, that's where the balance comes in.
And of course, then you have to play that. I think, you know,
as, you know, to the market of the running back all together,
and that's what hurts them he's being underpaid. There's no
doubt, no doubt. But I mean,
I don't know, I guess I'm one to go. I'm a little surprised
that we're even talking about this really the, the new
contract. I mean,
if I'm the Tennessee Titans, I'm we're not talking about
that right now. There's no way, you know,
Sledgehammer running back. Coming off, playing half
the year, we're going to talk about contract extension,
that, to me, would not make sense on the Titans part there
and I, and to your point, you know, even with Derrick Henry,
I think you're right. Where,
hey, you play this out and you go, you know, maybe you get to
next year or something and then maybe,
you know, you, you
do get another contract, another two-year bump from
the Tennessee Titans and I think that to your point, Point when
you stay with that team. Yeah, they're going to pay you more
than anybody out and free agency. And I think that's
where the value is of kind
of staying at home there because you've built a name and
you're such a big part of the organization.
The problem is and we've talked about this, is it just two
receivers and running backs. The running back position is
conducive to injury, the Derrick Henry foot injury, that
happened after that big win over the Colts, the day after
we're like,
what are you talking about? He's got a foot injury. He's
got a foot injury is out the rest of the regular season. Are
you kidding me? It's the
Addition, it's not the player, Christian McCaffrey gets
the huge contract. He's played in 10 total games since then. It's
not a knock on him, it's the position. If you're going to
make that investment, you want to know that you're going to
get the return on the investment,
that's the challenge.
So,
I agree with you. I don't know why the Titans would entertain
this, but the problem is, the guy knows he's getting closer
to the end.
And he's worth more when he's healthy. That's the key when
he's healthy, he's worth well more than 12 million. But baked
into the salary, is the recognition that you may not be
able to earn
half of this or more than half of this because you may get
injured by virtue of the position you play. If you're
the running back, like why does that matter?
You either want me on the team or you don't either want what
I can do when I'm healthier you don't? We accept that I may get
injured and you're going to have a good backup for me but
you still have me. It's a tough spot. It is for everybody.
Is and and the other side of it too is we don't know where
the end is going to come, right? And the last great Titans
running back was Eddie George. What happened to him? Yeah he
didn't have any serious injuries. Got to a point where
I couldn't do it anymore. Steve the body says Nope, right? No,
I agreed and you know the assume running back that's not
that, you know, dissimilar from from Derrick, Henry
huge giant, human being who was a car crash running back.
So that's where yeah, you'd get a worry about that with Derrick
Henry, maybe. Hey, maybe if he really is unhappy with
the money,
maybe they. Find a way Allah, like
the Patriots with grunk,
or we saw that we've seen other teams do it. We may point, you
know, add some incentives to go away. K if you play, if you
stay healthy and you play, hey, here's
you know, and your top three top five in the NFL, right?
Here's an extra three, four million dollars, that way to
me, that would be a way that I think you can protect both
sides and hopefully make everybody happy.