According to Jordan Schultz, the sense from around the league regarding the Titans is that following the trade of S Kevin Byard, “everyone really is available.”
Schultz says that starts with RB Derrick Henry and WR DeAndre Hopkins, two big-name veterans whom the team could be open to shipping out for draft picks like they just did with Byard.
However, it’s not clear how much of a market the Titans will have for Henry. Dianna Russini reported this weekend that while the Titans were getting calls on players like Byard, she hadn’t found a team showing significant interest in Henry.
Henry’s name came up in trade rumors this offseason but the team downplayed the idea that it was ever a serious possibility.
As for Hopkins, the Titans just signed him to a lucrative two-year contract. However, he’s making only the veteran minimum base salary in 2023 and none of his 2024 compensation is guaranteed.
Henry, 29, is a former second-round pick of the Titans back in 2016 out of Alabama. He finished the final year of his four-year, $5.407 million rookie contract and was set to be an unrestricted free agent when the Titans franchised him.
In July 2020, Henry signed a four-year, $50 million contract with the Titans that included $25.5 million in guaranteed money.
He’s in the final year of that deal and slated to make a base salary of $10.5 million before becoming an unrestricted free agent in 2024.
In 2023, Henry has appeared in six games for the Titans and rushed for 425 yards on 98 carries (4.3 YPC) and three touchdowns to go along with 11 receptions on 13 targets for 117 yards receiving.
Hopkins, 31, is a former first-round pick of the Texans back in 2013. Houston later traded Hopkins to the Cardinals ahead of the 2020 season in return for David Johnson and draft picks.
Hopkins was in the third year of his five-year, $81 million extension that included $49 million guaranteed when he agreed to a two-year, $54.5 million extension with the Cardinals.
He was owed base salaries of $19,450,000 and $14,915,000 over the final two years of the agreement when the Cardinals opted to release him. Hopkins eventually signed a two-year, $26 million contract with the Titans.
In 2023, Hopkins has appeared in six games for the Titans and caught 27 passes on 47 targets for 376 yards receiving and no touchdowns.
We’ll have more on Henry and Hopkins as the news is available.
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