The Titans enter Saturday’s AFC playoff sport towards the Bengals with a lift — a 6-foot-3, 247-pound increase.
Working again Derrick Henry was activated off injured reserve on Friday and he'll grow to be a central determine within the AFC Divisional spherical sport in Nashville. Henry had been on IR since Nov. 1 after he fractured his proper foot towards the Colts. When he went down, Henry was main the NFL with 219 carries for 937 yards and 10 touchdowns in eight video games.
The query now turns into simply how efficient Henry may be after 2 ½ months on the shelf. The Titans tried to place Henry by means of some contact in follow this week, having defensive gamers bang into him as he went by means of drills.
“It has been some time since he has had contact,” Titans coach Mike Vrabel mentioned. “We're going to need to do this stuff that may come near replicating what's going to be requested of him in a soccer sport.”
Henry generally is a game-changer for the Titans if wholesome. He mentioned he felt good after working towards this week.
“I felt nice,” Henry mentioned Wednesday. “I simply wished to get some pads on. Haven’t had them on shortly and received some contact going.”
The Titans (12-5) are the No. 1 seed within the AFC. They went 6-3 following Henry’s damage, a exceptional run after shedding an MVP candidate. After getting the first-round bye, they need to now put together for the Bengals, who're using excessive after their first playoff win in 31 years.
Getting Henry again modifications the sport for the Titans. He mentioned he feels no distinction between his two toes aside from the metal plate he now has in his proper foot. The Titans have mentioned they are going to monitor Henry through the sport to determine on his workload.
Henry will face a Bengals defensive position that's banged up. Defensive deal with Larry Ogunjobi suffered a foot damage of their win over the Raiders final week and is out for the remainder of the playoffs. Edge rusher Trey Hendrickson has been cleared to play after spending the week in concussion protocol. Defensive finish Sam Hubbard has sore ribs and defensive deal with Mike Daniels left the sport towards the Raiders with a groin damage and is anticipated to overlook the sport Saturday.
“He undoubtedly weighs on you,” Bengals defensive deal with D.J. Reader mentioned. “He’s an enormous again, however you’ve received to do your job of not letting him get going on the market and put hits on him. Be sure we’re sporting on him simply as a lot as he’s sporting on us.”
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