At Super Bowl LVI, Titans RB Derrick Henry Still…

LOS ANGELES – Derrick Henry is in the Super Bowl city, but this is now how he envisioned it.

In fact, the Titans running back said on Thursday seeing all the signage around town promoting Sunday’s Super Bowl LVI contest is killing him.

“When I see anything about football, whether I am watching TV or see something on my phone about football, it brings that sick feeling back,” Henry said after devouring some eggs and pancakes at breakfast. “While I’m here, you just have to deal with it the best you can. It still hurts.

“I am still not over the fact that we lost, and we’re not here. It will replay in my head until we get back to football, which is going to be a while. But yeah, it still replays in my head every single day. I wanted (to win the Super Bowl) bad, and I know all of my teammates wanted it bad. Everybody was shocked when we lost. So that will be in my head until I am able to strap up again and play in a game.”

Henry, who missed the second half of the regular season because of a broken foot before returning for the team’s playoff game vs the Bengals, is in Los Angeles for several promotional appearances. He spent some time at the offices of Microsoft on Thursday morning, followed by a stop by Nike. After attending NFL Honors on Thursday night, he’ll do some work for Old Spice on Friday.

During an interview on Thursday morning, when he touched on a number of topics, Henry said the team’s season-ending playoff loss to the Bengals will serve as motivation for himself, and the team, all offseason.

Personally, Henry said he didn’t feel like he played his best in the playoff game.

“I am a competitor, and I pride myself on doing the best I can to be the best player I can to help us win and obviously I feel like I wasn’t that the last time we played,” said Henry, who ran for 62 yards and a touchdown in the 19-16 loss to the Bengals.

“I am pissed off about it, and I will be pissed off about it. … I can’t wait to play football again.”