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WATCH: Derrick Henry gets hilarious reaction from teammate over practice rep

IMG_0985by: Griffin McVeigh01/19/22griffin_mcveigh
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Tennessee Titans running back Derrick Henry rushing the ball against the Indianapolis Colts. (Andy Lyons/Getty Images)

Tennessee Titans running back Derrick Henry suffered a foot injury in Week 8 and was thought to be out for the season. However, he is on pace to play in Saturday’s AFC Divisional round matchup against the Cincinnati Bengals.

Henry was back in practice this week, going through normal drills after the Titans had a week off. When running through two defenders at a slower speed, the running back was still to knock defensive lineman Larrell Murchison off his feet.

Murchison found the situation funny, laughing about it with Henry. Even when going at half speed, Henry is one of the most powerful players in the league.

You can watch the full sequence here.

Despite only playing in eight games this season, Henry was nearly bale to eclipse the 1,000-yard mark. He finished the regular season with 937 yards and 10 touchdowns, both still good enough for top 10 in the NFL. Henry coming back against Cincinnati will be a huge boost.

However, the Bengals are one of the league’s top rush defenses. They gave up the fifth-fewest rushing yards this season with only one team able to go over 155 yards in a single game (Cleveland Browns in Week 18).

Mike Vrabel gives status update on Derrick Henry

Before the week of practice, Tennessee head coach Mike Vrabel gave a status update on Henry, who is still dealing with the foot injury. He said the running back will have to get back into the swing of things.

“It’s going to be a big week of practice for us to continue to get Derrick back out there and get him acclimated to running the football and to seeing blocking schemes and seeing where guys are and to see where the cuts are,” Vrabel said, as reported in The Tennessean.

Vrabel made it clear getting Henry back would be huge for their offense. Even if the Bengals have a stout run defense, they cannot solely rely on quarterback Ryan Tannehill in the pass game.

“We’re going to need to run the football,” Vrabel said. “We’re going to need to do that to be who we are and to be at our best and not be one-dimensional. To be able to run it to set up things to be able to run our offense. That’s always been critical.”