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Henry Contract Extension?

Their is an article in the Tennessean today about how the Titans and Travis Henry's agent are working on a long term contract extension.  No matter what the outcome is there has to be some kind of deal done because Henry is due an $8.3 million roster bonus under his current deal.

How far has Travis Henry come since training camp?  There were a lot of people, myself included, that he would be the odd man out at the RB position.  He stayed determined though and used the competition as fuel to become a better player.  He never really complained.  The only time he spoke out was when he was told he wasn't going to be active before the Dallas game.  The only problem he had was that they didn't tell him until right before the game.  He said he would use that as motivation to be up the next week.

The organization didn't even have much faith in him.  Fisher said many times that it was all up to Travis whether he would be here or not.  Everytime Fisher was asked he would talk about how Travis had a lot of work to do to earn his spot.

This makes me wonder how the Titans feel about LenDale.  He has battled a lot of things this year from a training camp incident to a hip flexor to the flu.  Every week it seems that he has some other thing that is keeping him off of the practice field for a couple of days.  When the Titans took him in the 2nd round last year they drafted him to be the feature back.  If Henry does get an extension, and I think he should, what happens to LenDale.  Do the Titans start to employ the 2 back system so many in the NFL are running these days?  If the Titans do go with the 2 back system they will be able to put a hurting on some people in the run game.  Both Henry and White are backs that like to pound it straight ahead.  It would be fun to watch those 2 guys wear down defenses each week.

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are they trying to extend henry's contract because they don't think that lendale can be the feature back? i don't think his talent is in question but you have to wonder about his work ethic.

by SFhorn on Dec 21, 2006 12:37 PM CST reply actions  

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is an excellent question.  I think the do believe that you need 2 guys but there have to be some doubts about how hard he will work.  Apparently, Chow spoke really highly of him and that is what lead to the Titans drafting him.  I guess we will find the answer to these questions as we go along.

by Jimmy on Dec 21, 2006 12:40 PM CST up reply actions  

extend henry...
all good teams need 2 quality backs...

so i am in favor of extending henry and still having carries and such for lendale...injuries happen...so having 2 good backs is a solid idea

and forget chris brown...let him walk

by zackmann on Dec 21, 2006 2:26 PM CST reply actions  

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