Sometime in the next few days, Titans general manager Ran Carthon should call Derrick Henry, thank him once again for all he’s done for the organization and then let him stroll straight into free agency.
That doesn’t mean Henry’s career is done — not by a long shot — nor does it mean the Titans are fools for letting him go.
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