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Dion Lewis Player Outlook: A Vulture Approaches
6 years agoLast December, the Tennessee Titans took on the Jacksonville Jaguars on Thursday Night Football. Lewis entered the game as the Titans starter, playing 63% of the team’s offensive snaps and rushing for an embarrassing 13 yards on 10 carries. To make matters worse, his backup, Derrick Henry, ran 17 times for 238 yards and four touchdowns despite only being on the field for 40% of Tennessee’s offensive snaps. Why are we bringing this up? Because this is what it took for the Titans to finally make Henry the bell-cow, rather than backing up a running back in the midst of one of the worst years of his career. Dion Lewis has no business doing anything other than catching passes and occasionally spelling Henry from time to time, but we simply cannot underestimate the Titans’ obsession with not giving Derrick Henry the ball. Henry is bigger, better, and younger, but the presence of Lewis will forever complicate things. If you don’t trust Tennessee’s coaching staff to make smart decisions, Lewis might be worth taking a late-round flier on. There’s a chance that this backfield remains a time-share, even if it shouldn’t. If nothing else, Lewis will likely remain the team’s primary pass-catcher out of the backfield.
