The Tennessee Titans designated running back Derrick Henry to return from Injured Reserve on Wednesday, which opens his 21-day window to return to practice and be activated off the list.
Before practice on Wednesday, Titans head coach Mike Vrabel touched on the situation involving his superstar running back, per beat writer Paul Kuharsky.
“Just to see how he responds and ask him to start doing some of those things he’s going to need to do in a football game,” Vrabel said. “No different what we’ve done with any other guy that’s come back from the Injured Reserve, and as they start to return to play.”
Vrabel also noted that the Titans will try and do what they can to re-create game situations in order to help give Henry trust and confidence that he can handle what he’ll eventually have to do on the field when he gets back, also per Kuharsky.
“I think that we will try to do everything we can for the players that are coming back to try to re-create, to give them the confidence and trust that they can go out there and do their job,” Vrabel said. “We try to do that with every player that’s returning.”
The door is still open for Henry to return in Week 18 against the Houston Texans, a game in which the Titans need a win to secure the No. 1 seed.
However, as ESPN’s Dianna Russini reported on Tuesday, Henry making his return in Week 18 is considered a “long shot,” so it appears he’ll have to show quite a bit at practice this week in order to play on Sunday.
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