Running backs (2): Derrick Henry, Jeremy McNichols
Alright, let’s talk about it.
Again, this is a list of players who clearly deserve to be on the Tennessee Titans roster based off of what they have done in the last year.
Henry had a better December than any other RB in the NFL so obviously he makes the list.
Jeremy McNichols has been very successful running and catching the ball this preseason. He has run the outside zone well, he has shown the vision and patience to cutback at the right times, he has motioned out of the backfield and lined up out wide, and he has had receiving and rushing TDs already in the preseason.
Add in some work on special teams and you are going to have to convince me that someone else on the Titans roster has done more to raise his stock in the past month.
Dion Lewis didn’t make this list because he just seems like a guy that has to be used in a very specific way. He needs to be used almost as a pure receiver because when he sees color coming he tries to make guys miss and he just hasn’t been able to do that well enough.
David Fluellen is another guy who gets mentioned a lot, but the most memorable things about him over the last year are his injury (that broke my heart because I was ready to see him bust that run vs New England) and him gaining weight.
Both of those will probably make the team, but that is based off of speculation and potential rather than what we have seen in the last year.