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Getty Images The Titans invested heavily in the running back position with a Derrick Henry extension, and they signed his backup Wednesday. According to a tweet from his agents, third-rounder Darrynton Evans signed his four-year rookie deal. The running back from Appalachian State was the Sun...

Getty Images Titans running back Derrick Henry said on Thursday that he and his teammates would welcome free agent defensive end Jadeveon Clowney with “open arms” if he were to strike a deal with the team, but it remains unclear if anything will come to fruition. Clowney has been linked to the...

Getty Images Talks on a multi-year contract between the Titans and running back Derrick Henry came all the way down to the wire on Wednesday before the two sides were able to reach an agreement on a four-year extension. Reports in the days leading up to Wednesday afternoon’s deadline indicated...

Getty Images The Titans took care of Ryan Tannehill. They got Derrick Henry signed. Now, could the Titans turn their attention to a player outside the organization? Defensive end Jadeveon Clowney remains a free agent four months after he hit the market. As long as he remains unsigned, the...

Getty Images Two Tennessee Titans contracts serve as a good illustration of how much running backs have been devalued in the NFL over the last decade. On Wednesday, the Titans and Derrick Henry signed a four-year, $50 million contract with $25.5 million guaranteed. In 2011, the Titans and...

Getty Images Despite a previous report that Derrick Henry wasn’t expected to get a long-term deal done with the Titans, it appears it’s going to happen. Henry and the Titans are finalizing a deal right now, Adam Schefter of ESPN reports. They’re running out of time: The deadline is 4 p.m...

Getty Images Sometimes a deadline is what it takes to motivate both parties to get a deal done. That appears to be the case with the Titans and Derrick Henry, who reached an agreement on a four-year contract just before the 4 p.m. deadline for franchise players to sign long-term contracts. If...

Getty Images Titans running back Derrick Henry was due to earn $10.278 million in 2020 under the franchise tag. On Wednesday, he traded in a $10.278 million bird in the hand for a guaranteed $25.5 million. Per a source with knowledge of the deal, Henry will be fully guaranteed to make $25.5...

Getty Images Titans quarterback Ryan Tannehill didn’t have to do an extended contract dance with the team this offseason because he signed a four-year extension with the club in March. Running back Derrick Henry hasn’t been quite as lucky. Henry got the franchise tag from the Titans and...

Getty Images None of the players given franchise or transition tags this offseason have signed long-term extensions with their current teams and it doesn’t sound like anyone should expect a flood of them before Wednesday afternoon’s deadline. Recent days have brought word that the deadline is...

Getty Images The University of Texas announced a series of changes on Monday, many of which were in response to calls from members of the school’s football team for the university to do more to make the school a welcoming place for black students. The moves included an announcement that they...

Getty Images Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers purchased a stake in the Milwaukee Bucks a few years ago. Now, Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce is trying to do something similar with the New York Mets. Kelce and former NFL players Brian Urlacher and DeMarco Murray are among a group of investors...

Getty Images The Titans face a Wednesday deadline to complete a long-term deal with running back Derrick Henry or he will play under the one-year franchise tag. A report Wednesday indicated the sides are not close. In addition, tight end Jonnu Smith, linebacker Jayon Brown and nose tackle...

Getty Images The Titans and running back Derrick Henry have six days to work out a long-term deal, or they won’t be able to do one until after the 2020 regular season. Titans coach Mike Vrabel is preaching patience as the process unfolds. “Derrick signed his franchise tender, he’s under...

Getty Images We’re a week away from the deadline for franchise- and transition-tagged players to sign multi-year deals with their teams and none of the 15 tagged players have agreed to extensions. Titans running back Derrick Henry is one member of that group and word last month was that his...

Getty Images Every other sporting enterprise which has tried to start in the middle of a pandemic has seen a quick burst of news about positive tests for COVID-19. So Titans General Manager Jon Robinson doesn’t see why his team would be any different. “I think this whole thing is pretty...

Getty Images Former Bears tight end and receiver Earl Thomas died July 4 in Houston following an illness, the team announced Wednesday. Thomas was 71. The Bears selected Thomas in the sixth round of the 1971 draft out of the University of Houston. He spent his first three seasons in Chicago...

Getty Images Titans General Manager Jon Robinson said last month that there have been no recent conversations with free agent defensive end Jadeveon Clowney, but the possibility of him coming to Tennessee remains open as long as Clowney hasn’t signed with another team. During a Tuesday night...

Getty Images Veteran kicker Stephen Gostkowski said in May that he expects to get a chance to make a team in training camp this summer and there may be an opportunity with a team coached by one of his former teammates. Gostkowski used to play with Titans head coach Mike Vrabel in New England...

Getty Images It appears we can cross the Browns off the list of teams interested in free agent Jadeveon Clowney. After the Browns agreed to a renegotiated contract with Olivier Vernon, a league source told PFT that Cleveland is unlikely to continue pursuing Clowney, whom they had previously...