Titans’ Derrick Henry offers well wishes to Todd Gurley after release

Derrick Henry wished Todd Gurley well after he was released.

The Los Angeles Rams parted ways with running back Todd Gurley on Thursday by cutting him, which will save the cash-strapped team some money and make Gurley a free agent.

Gurley took it all in stride, though, and had a pretty funny tweet in response to the move. Tennessee Titans running back Derrick Henry retweeted Gurley and offered him well wishes.

This is yet another cautionary tale in the argument against paying running backs big money.

The Rams signed Gurley to a huge four-year, $60 million extension in 2018, but the 25-year-old’s production declined significantly in 2019 and he has arthritis in one of his knees.

Now, the Rams will be forced to eat more money than they are set to save by releasing Gurley.

The Titans are faced with the same dilemma of what to do with their star running back this offseason, as Henry was set to become a free agent before the team franchise tagged him.

Tennessee has until July 15 to work out a long-term deal with him, but clearly there is at least some hesitation on the Titans’ part to pay Henry big money — and Gurley is just the latest example of why that is the case.

Before franchise tagging him, NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport reported that contract talks between Henry and the Titans “haven’t really gotten off the ground.”

This appears to be a situation that could drag out until the aforementioned deadline, with the end result possibly being Henry playing out the 2020 season on the tag and both sides being back in the same boat in 2021.