The Tennessee Titans are going to look a lot different in 2024 after the team saw major turnover on its roster. The most significant change is no doubt at the running back position after Derrick Henry moved on to play for the Baltimore Ravens.
As we inch closer to the start of the regular season, that reality is starting to set in more and more, something defensive lineman Jeffery Simmons had to come to terms with before running out of the tunnel for the preseason Week 3 game against the New Orleans Saints.
Thanks to video shot from Jim Wyatt of TennesseeTitans.com, we can see Simmons simulating a handshake with his former teammate and saying how weird it is that Henry is no longer by his side on the way to the field.
"My first time running out the tunnel with (Henry), man," Simmons said.
The moment @GrindSimmons94 realizes he’s coming out of the tunnel in uniform for the first time without former @Titans teammate @KingHenry_2. pic.twitter.com/qNhjeP7bwR
— Jim Wyatt (@jwyattsports) August 25, 2024
Henry saw the video and responded on social media.
I know you gon hold it down as always @GrindSimmons94 🤞🏾💪🏾💪🏾 https://t.co/njaSHon0it
— Derrick Henry (@KingHenry_2) August 25, 2024
The Titans took Simmons in the first round of the 2019 NFL Draft, so this is his first season in the NFL without Henry. And, it's the first season that Henry isn't in a Titans uniform since 2015.
It's certainly going to take some time getting used to, especially with Henry playing for one of the Titans' biggest rivals in the Ravens. But time heals all wounds and we wish Henry the best, as long as it doesn't come at Tennessee's expense.
