Derrick Henry is pondering what comes subsequent.
The star working again’s Titans have been eradicated from playoff rivalry on Sunday, and Henry, set to be a free agent at season’s finish, questioned if it was the top of his time in Tennessee after the 19-16 loss to the Texans.
“Positively right this moment you had that feeling,” Henry instructed reporters. “We had a hope of sort of slipping in there. after which being eradicated, figuring out its three video games left. I’ve been right here my complete profession. I undoubtedly need to exit sturdy, which isn’t the case. Simply attempting to offer it my all these final three video games and depart all of it on the sphere.”
Henry, who was drafted by the Titans in 2016, has struggled in his eighth NFL season, averaging a profession low 3.8 yards per carry for 884 yards on 230 speeding makes an attempt.
Sunday marked one of many worst outings of the 29-year-old’s professional profession, posting simply 16 yards on 9 carries, including a yard on 4 receptions.
“I put lots on myself. I really feel like I might be higher and do a whole lot of issues higher,” Henry stated. “However on the finish of the day, that is what it’s. I’m all the time going proceed to work arduous and work to proceed to enhance. By no means going level the finger and by no means going accountable anyone else.
“If something, I’m gonna criticize myself first if I do, not anyone else, and that’s simply what it’s this yr.”
Henry is nearing the top of a four-year $50 million contract he signed in 2020, and with the Titans in transition — quarterback Ryan Tannehill is probably going on the finish of his stretch with the staff — his time in Tennessee could also be over in a matter of weeks.
Nonetheless, the 6-foot-3, 247-pound battering ram was capable of punch in 10 touchdowns this season, reaching double-digit speeding scores for the sixth straight season, nonetheless has one thing to supply.
With the Seahawks, Texans and Jaguars on faucet for the ultimate weeks of the common season, Henry might be auditioning for his subsequent NFL deal — wherever it could come from.