Tennessee Titans running back Derrick Henry will not play in Sunday's matchup against the New Orleans Saints as he deals with a hamstring injury.
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The Titans listed him among their inactives after ESPN's Adam Schefter first reported on Henry's status. Schefter later reported Henry is expected to return for Week 17 against the Houston Texans.
The 25-year-old (26 on Jan. 4) out of Alabama has 1,535 scrimmage yards and 15 touchdowns for the 8-6 Titans this season. He's rushed for 4.9 yards per carry.
The 6'3", 247-pounder had only missed one game in his four-year career, which came in 2016. A strained calf muscle kept him off the practice field during the 2019 preseason, but he returned in time for Week 1.
Henry rushed for 1,059 yards and 12 touchdowns during a breakout 2018, and he dominated during his last four games thanks to 585 yards and seven scores.
The 2015 Heisman Trophy winner saved his best for a Thursday Night Football game against Jacksonville on Dec. 6, rushing for 238 yards and four scores.
He also contributed one of the year's best plays on this 99-yard rumble for a score:
Per Tucker Bagley of Sharp Football Analysis: "The Titans ran the ball 48 percent of the time in 2018, second-most in the NFL. Henry led the NFL in carries during the final three weeks of the season, and his 57 percent success rate was tops in the league as well."
Henry slowly took over the Titans backfield. In his rookie season, he backed up DeMarco Murray before the two split carries the following year.
Dion Lewis and Henry initially shared backfield duties in 2018, but the latter handled the rock down the stretch and nearly led the Titans to the playoffs before losing a win-or-go-home game versus the Indianapolis Colts in Week 17.
Without Henry, the Titans should turn to Lewis. The versatile pass-catching back has 279 scrimmage yards and a touchdown. Khari Blasingame could also see more touches.
Adam Schefter is reporting that Derrick Henry is not expected to play today against the Saints.
This comes after the Titans had downgraded him to questionable and added Dalyn Dawkins to the active roster yesterday. Dion Lewis seems to be in line to get a ton of work today.
This whole thing is weird to me. Henry didn’t practice at all last week and played. This week he practiced on Wednesday and was limited on Friday.
Did they decide to hold Henry out after the Texans won yesterday and there was no chance to win the AFC South? That is certainly possible, but there is still a scenario where this game matters.
The Titans don’t get in at 8-8 if the Steelers and the Colts are also both 8-8. They would obviously get in at 9-7 in that same scenario.
There is also the whole thing where you aren’t supposed to play these types of games with injury reporting (if they decided to hold him out after the Texans won), but nobody really cares about that.
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