Henry insists foot is healthy, open to extension from Titans

“The foot is great,” Henry said Tuesday.

A broken proper foot price Henry 9 games very last year. He returned for the Titans’ playoff reduction to Cincinnati and ran 20 occasions for 62 yards and a person landing. The male who ran for 2,027 yards in 2020 and was top the NFL in rushing when he broke a bone in his suitable foot very last Oct patiently experimented with his greatest to make crystal clear that is not an situation.

“Yeah, I sense fantastic,” Henry explained. “For authentic.”

Henry hadn’t talked to reporters given that the divisional decline in January. He was amongst many veterans at the Titans’ required minicamp Tuesday. Exterior linebackers Harold Landry and Bud Dupree, appropriate guard Nate Davis, inside linebacker Zach Cunningham all had been on the discipline.

Defensive lineman Jeffery Simmons, who a short while ago took part in Von Miller’s move speeding camp, and rookie wide receiver Treylon Burks had been “unavailable” Tuesday, according to coach Mike Vrabel.

Tennessee finished with the AFC’s No. 1 seed and was fifth in the NFL, averaging 141.4 yards hurrying with no Henry for 50 percent the year.

The 6-foot-3, 247-pound Henry is the male who will make Tennessee’s offense get the job done at its best. With Henry sidelined, the Titans concluded 15th in the NFL, averaging 24.6 points a game — a significant fall from 2020 when they ranked fourth with 30.7 details a recreation.

This was the third straight year that Henry spent the voluntary part of the NFL’s offseason method operating out on his possess following having fun with his method in 2020 in the course of the pandemic. He will work out two or a few moments a day, using off some Sundays to choose his daughter out or when traveling.

“I just felt like if it ain’t broke, don’t resolve it,” Henry reported. “And I’ll proceed to do those people items. I’ll connect with the coaches and they understood what was going on and I chat to them just about every now and then, so that was good.”

Henry mentioned he has been functioning with a actual physical therapist on a good deal of footwork, generating guaranteed he finds his toes and balances on his foot. He’s been jogging hills, which has been documented with videos on social media, and executing all the factors to make guaranteed he is prepared when the Titans report for teaching camp July 26.

Missing nine weeks with the initially serious personal injury of his soccer vocation manufactured Henry enjoy the game even much more together with lacking staying around his teammates.

“With a bone, you have to enable it heal on its have,” Henry said. “It requires time and issues like that. You just want to make certain you are taking treatment of your entire body, executing every little thing probable so that when the time arrives once again, you happen to be well prepared and ready.”

He’s also eager to prove anyone doubting he can perform at his regular amount mistaken.

“The doubters, whatsoever they want to be, I’m absolutely determined,” Henry said. “I’m ready to go. So we’re going to see.”

Even with Henry missing nine online games, the 2015 Heisman Trophy winner and 2020 AP Offensive Participant of the Year still finished ninth in the NFL with 937 yards dashing. He tied quarterback Jalen Hurts of Philadelphia and functioning back Ezekiel Elliott of Dallas for sixth with 10 rushing touchdowns.

The Titans would be open up to extending Henry’s agreement, in accordance to a the latest report. Henry signed a four-year deal in July 2020 immediately after getting franchise tagged, and he is scheduled to make $12 million this time and $12.5 million in 2023.

“It’s usually superior to get a advertising at your task …,” Henry said when requested about a possible extension. “I’m just seeking to get the job done by means of that. I’m now however beneath deal. If that’s what the potential retains, that’d be terrific.”

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