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Tennessee Titans, Derrick Henry shock NFL with massive new contract

By Will Lomas

NASHVILLE, TN - NOVEMBER 24: Head Coach Mike Vrabel congratulates Derrick Henry #22 of the Tennessee Titans after scoring a touchdown during the second half of a game against the Jacksonville Jaguars at Nissan Stadium on November 24, 2019 in Nashville, Tennessee. The Titans defeated the Jaguars 42-20. (Photo by Wesley Hitt/Getty Images)
NASHVILLE, TN - NOVEMBER 24: Head Coach Mike Vrabel congratulates Derrick Henry #22 of the Tennessee Titans after scoring a touchdown during the second half of a game against the Jacksonville Jaguars at Nissan Stadium on November 24, 2019 in Nashville, Tennessee. The Titans defeated the Jaguars 42-20. (Photo by Wesley Hitt/Getty Images) /
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Tennessee Titans and Derrick Henry agree to a deal.

In a shocking development, the Tennessee Titans and Derrick Henry were actually able to get a long term deal done before the deadline.

Let’s start with the man who broke the news, because when Adam Schefter reports something, you would do well to listen…and when he reports something different the next day you should definitely listen.

Here are the two tweets in question:

Then just 33 hours later, Titans fans saw this:

This is great news for Titans fans. On one hand, paying running backs is generally such a bad idea for a team, and you would be hard-pressed to find a handful of examples to defend the idea over the last five years.

On the other hand, Titans finally have a true star in Derrick Henry and it is the first time that the Titans have had a focal point for attention AND been successful at the same time since Steve McNair.

Ryan Tannehill, Derrick Henry, Taylor Lewan, and Kevin Byard are all locked in on big deals now and young players like Harold Landry, Rashaan Evans, Jeffery Simmons, and A.J. Brown are cheap stars who help afford the Titans a chance to pay Henry.

When it was all said and done, Henry got $50 million over 4 years right before the deadline.

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