D’Onta Foreman, Titans react to RB’s Week 17 showing vs. Dolphins

Titans RB D’Onta Foreman is ready to do whatever is asked of him when Derrick Henry returns.

Much like before the Derrick Henry injury, the Tennessee Titans leaned on their run game en route to claiming back-to-back AFC South division titles after Sunday’s 34-3 win over the Miami Dolphins.

Back when Henry went down in late October, much of the national media wrote off the Titans as Super Bowl contenders. However, Foreman, who was added to the team’s practice squad in early November, has been a workhorse in Henry’s absence.

On Sunday, the 25-year-old averaged 5.1 yards per carry on 26 attempts, collecting 132 rushing yards and a touchdown.

It took a couple of drives for the ground game to gain some traction, but running back D’Onta Foreman ripped off a 14-yard run down to the Dolphins’ one-yard line to set up the Titans’ first score of the game in the first quarter.

After settling for a field goal deep in Miami territory to make it a 10-0 Titans lead, Foreman trotted into the end zone on a 21-yard touchdown run in the second quarter, making it a 17-3 advantage in favor of the home team.

With Dontrell Hilliard, who put the victory on ice with a 39-yard touchdown run late in the fourth quarter, and Jeremy McNichols, the Titans’ ground game has more than gotten by without No. 22.

The early rumors have suggested that Henry could be back for the team’s Week 18 matchup against the Houston Texans. However, that was in the scenario where the Titans had not yet clinched a playoff berth.

With a win next week, the Titans would secure the No. 1 seed in the AFC.

As for what the future holds, Henry is likely to return in the playoffs, leaving Foreman and Hilliard’s expanded roles uncertain.

“I am not sure what the plan is, but whatever my role will be, I am going to do my role, do everything I can to help the team win,” Foreman said. “At the end of the day, the Titans gave me this opportunity, so I am just so thankful.”

Here was Foreman’s complete reaction to his performance, along with input from his teammates and head coach.