The Tennessee Titans and Kansas City Chiefs will face off on Sunday afternoon for the AFC Championship Title, and for the chance to play in the SuperBowl. But for two former Crimson Tide players, this game is special.
Reggie Ragland and Derrick Henry will face each other for the second time this year. Earlier this season, the Titans defeated the Chiefs 35-32 in Nashville. In that game, Henry ran for 188 yards and 2 TDs. But this game is different. The game is in Kansas City, and there’s more on the line.
But Reggie Ragland made it clear that he’s excited to face Henry, one of his closest friends since since their days as teammates in Tuscaloosa.
But Regland also made it clear that Derrick is a threat, and has to be stopped.
“I just told them you’ve just got to go out there and try to hit him…He’s a big guy, and if you’re playing defense, you’ve got to love to hit, so this is my type of game. I think I’m used to hitting him a little bit from my years at Bama with him, but we’ve just got to go out there, get in the way of him and just hit him and wrap him up.
Anytime you got a running back that can run a 4.5, that’s 6-4, 240, you’ve got to kill the engine, as the coaches would say…But me, I’m just going to go in there and hit him because I just love to hit, so I’m just going to do the best I can. If I’m the first guy there, I’ve got to try to hold him up and let the cavalry come. We’ve just got to go out there and try to hit him. It’s football. It’s that time of year. Everybody’s trying to win the championship, so I don’t care how big you is, we’ve got to go out there and play.”
The AFC Championship between the Chiefs and Titans will be on CBS at 2:05 PM CT.
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