Changes will undoubtedly need to be done if the Dallas Cowboys are sincere about the issues that head coach Mike McCarthy brought up on Thursday, the day he announced his return to the position despite the team’s terrible performance in the playoffs versus Green Bay last weekend. The Cowboys cannot afford to win 12 games in a row in the fall and then falter in the winter when things get hard. Taking that into consideration, the Cowboys would be wise to replace their running backs (Tony Pollard was a bust).
Being a free agent, Pollard may choose to join with another team. The Cowboys may upgrade to Derrick Henry, the standout running back for the Titans, who was the best of his period.
Without a doubt, Henry will want to win when he selects his next team in free agency. Despite all of the Cowboys’ shortcomings, the club is plenty of talent, and Henry—a tough-minded, proven workhorse—might be the right match to make that talent into a genuine contender.
Henry declared his desire to win a Super Bowl when he was a guest on the podcast “Bussin’ With the Boys.” I’m not even close to finished playing. I’m not done yet. I think I can still run for another 2,000, but only time will tell.
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Yes, Henry is thirty years old, which is old by running back years. He may have changed since rushing for 2,027 yards in 2020, when he became only the eighth player in history to do it. Henry rushed for 1,167 yards this season against a struggling Titans squad, so don’t assume for a second that he has lost his rough-and-tumble ability. He gained 153 yards on 19 carries in the season’s final game.
This season, Henry tallied four 100-yard games—four times as many as Pollard did for the Cowboys.
And maybe, not at thirty, it wouldn’t be too costly to bring in Henry. He just signed a $50 million, four-year contract with Tennessee, but Spotrac believes he is good for a one-year, bargain-basement deal of $4.3 million. According to Pro Football Focus, Henry signed a two-year contract worth $20 million in total, which is a little more affordable for a player with his caliber of play.
Henry admitted that he prioritizes winning. However, he won’t give up all cash gain in his upcoming transaction.
Henry declared, “I want to be somewhere that gives me the best chance of winning the Super Bowl, whatever happens.” “There is a business side to things. It needs to make sense. However, given it’s a long season and we put our bodies through a lot, I won’t just take anything. However, I really want to be a part of a team that can go out there and position itself to win games, advance to the postseason, and challenge for a championship.
Return to the Titans Unlikely
Henry would not completely rule out going back to the Titans, who selected him with the 45th overall choice in the 2016 NFL Draft. However, he expressed astonishment at the organization’s decision to terminate coach Mike Vrabel, claiming that he had known all season long that the team was going to rebuild and take a different approach. The Cowboys might have an opportunity there.
When veteran defensive back Kevin Byard was traded, Henry claimed to have known that to be the case.
Henry remarked, “I was like, ‘Man, they trade KB, I might be out of here too.” “KB seems to embody everything and more when it comes to the Titans. I realized then that things were getting serious. When I initially returned, I had that feeling—it was unquestionably happening. It’s an enterprise. Ultimately, the Tennessee Titans are going to be the ones watching out for themselves.
“Everything has a shelf life; some things expire a little sooner than others. Undoubtedly a distinct year.
Veteran sports writer Sean Deveney works for Heavy.com, covering the NBA and NFL. With over 20 years of NBA coverage experience, including 17 years as the lead NBA correspondent for Sporting News, he has been writing for Heavy since 2019. A writer of seven nonfiction books, Deveney is the author of “Fun City,” “Before Wrigley became Wrigley,” and “Facing Michael Jordan.”Additional details regarding Sean Deveney
